Just saw the review on this movie.

They say there’s a disjoint between the characteristics of the “returning” characters and their form in the previous movie.

So the actors’ portrayal are not “loyal” to the original story.

Still, I can’t wait to watch it this Thursday!

My ticket is for tomorrow. Dayummm

Leaps and bounds better.

It plays your tear glands like a guitar.

Eternals flirted with the persoalan of others forgetting who you are, this one downright brawls with it to the mud.

I think Aunt May deserves her demise. Why? Peter wanted to send the villains back but she just had to moral high ground into making Peter help them further right? SJW gets what she deserved I guess.

But I dont understand why you hate on Strange. He’s fine. He exmachinaed nth. When things go wrong he seeks for solution one step at a time. Ex/machina would be if Strange just propose the last spell right after the first one failed.

As for that Peter with 0 character growth, I guess that’s true. After Mysterio’s event and losing Stark, he still wants to meddle with a spell that tamper with the memory of everyone (though he was not warned about the multiversal consequence). And he does not know better than to follow Aunt May’s advice, so yes he has it coming.

But if Spider-Man is as cold blooded rational as we are then he’s not Spider-Man anymore is he?

If your grandma falls from a building I won’t risk my life to save her. I bet you wouldn’t save mine either. But Spider-Man would. That’s the diff between us and Spiderman

Ok, cherrypicking the plot holes aside, I give this movie a solid 9 because of the theme it explores. It is definitely on par with Endgame.

It resonates with someone who is growing up.

1. Conflict of identities
It’s never possible to live a double life and be truly happy. Growing up there are times when we gotta choose who we are, and at times we tell ourselves if we’re not sure then why not choose both?

Peter learned this the hard way, and it reflects in his final decision in the end of the movie. If he chooses Spider-Man, he sacrifices everybody else, otherwise everyone else sacrifices for him.

2. People who want too much ends up with nothing
A part of growing up is about making choices on the goals we want to achieve. When you ask for too much, you end up getting nothing at all.

Peter’s idea of college is far too optimistic. MJ’s idea of “expecting disappointment” is what rooting us as audience to the reality. The theme shows again when Peter wants to not only send the villains back, but also cure them. In the end he was successful in doing so, but with too huge an expense.

3. Dealing with Loss
As we grow up, we win some, we lose some. Sometimes the loss is too heavy to bear. The takeaway is you gotta pick yourself up, not succumbing to negative emotions like rage, remorse, and most certainly not be vengeful.

When we expect Peter to read his letter to MJ, he didn’t. Dealing with loss, he decides to be the final bearer of the pain and not propagate the pain further. In today’s society where everyone expects gratification and justice, this is an important lesson to know that sometimes, it is better to just accept the loss than to appeal it.

The movie is basically Adulting 101. Hence, adults dont fathom Peter’s choices; the kids felt so emotional at Peter’s losses; and the in-betweeners feel torn and the pain resonates so well.