Andrew Prince
Staff Reporter The best movie of 2021 was No Way Home the story the content of the film was 20 years in the making. It is a masterclass in balancing MCU Peter Parker's story with nearly 20 years of legacy elements from Tobey Magiure to Andrew Garfield. Green Goblin is particularly intense, and Willem Dafoe is clearly having an amazing time being a total monster.The new look lets Dafoe do plenty of face acting and brings him much closer to the horrible comics version of the character. The arrival of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield Peters was magnificently timed bringing hope in a super dark moment. It was fun to catch up with Maguire and Garfield. If there's one thing you absolutely need to give this film credit for, it's how seamlessly it blended the vibe of each Peter and his film set. Tobey Maguire's mature Peter has always held more of the weight of this responsibility, so it felt all the more rewarding to see him as a sage mentor for not just Tom Holland's Spider-Man, but also Andrew Garfield's. Meanwhile, Garfield's Peter was easily the most troubled, so to see him finally shed the emotional baggage and guilt in No Way Home felt right. However, Garfield reminds us that he's the most talented actor to play the role. Everything you've read about in the online rumor mills is in the film. Garfield, as mentioned, was dealt a poor film, and the way the film resolved his arc by saving Tom Holland's MJ after, losing Gwen Stacy the same way, was powerful, as was seeing Maguire stop Holland from killing Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin. Little grace notes like Maguire reconnecting with Alfred Molina's Doc Oct and Garfield talking with Jamie Foxx's Electro were nice moments that offered a cathartic sense of closure. The ending, Holland's Spider-Man opts to live in a world where no one remembers his Peter Parker, brings back that classic down-on-his-luck character that doesn't have the luxury and Stark technology or aid from the Avengers. He finally is his own character; it seems as though the “Home” trilogy was a longer origin story that lets us better appreciate the films while getting hyped up for what's next.
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