Spider-Man: No Way Home Astounds Viewers

By Jane Elkins

Photo Credit: Marvel Studios via CNET.com

Spider-Man: No Way Home released exclusively in theaters on December 17th, 2021 and has become the 2nd ever highest grossing film in a weekend in American history. The movie was the finale to Marvel’s Spider man trilogy starring Tom Holland and has so far surpassed all other Marvel movies in revenue besides Avengers: Endgame. The film begins immediately after the events of the 2019 Spider-Man: Far From home, after the main villain, Mysterio, reveals to the world Spider Man’s identity; Peter Parker. No longer able to separate his life as Spider-Man and Peter Parker, as well as being seen as a villain to the world, SpiderMan, played by Tom Holland, seeks the help of Dr. Strange, and the stakes become all the more dangerous. Since the film’s announcement in 2020, many theories regarding the cast have been circulating social media. After it was announced that Jamie Foxx, an actor who played Electro in a previous SpiderMan franchise, would bring the character back in Spider-Man: No Way Home, many fans started questioning if any other SpiderMan characters from other franchises would appear in the movie. Toby Macquire, an actor who played Spider-Man in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, and Andrew Garfield, who played Spider-Man in the 2012 reboot An Amazing Spider Man, are the most popular characters that fans hoped to see in the latest movie. “I was super excited to watch the movie after hearing that Electro from the Amazing Spider Man would make an appearance.” senior Malachi Robinson Says. “I remember seeing so many fans online hoping to see previous Spidermen in the film.” Although the rumors were backed by expectations from fans, many speculated that Andrew Garfield and Toby Mcquire would not make an appearance in the movie. The two were not in any promotions of the movie and are both not listed in the cast list. Fans who clung to this theory believed the film would create a multiverse in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, similar to that of Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, that would connect the 3 Spider-Man franchises together. Surprisingly, these fan theories were correct. Both Andrew Garfield, Toby Mcquire, and a multitude of former Spider-Man villains like Doc Ock, Sandman, Electro, and the Green Goblin played a huge role in the film.

“The audience in my theater went crazy when Andrew Garfield made an entrance and I started crying,” senior Ella Rier says. “No one actually thought that Marvel could actually get the actors on board because of legal and timing issues. Theaters all over the country shared this same reaction upon the entrance of former Spider-Man characters. “These characters were such a huge part of my childhood, “ senior Malachi Robinsonsays. “It was insane to not only see them in the movie, but see them play such important roles. ” “Watching Spider-Man: No Way Home in theaters was an overwhelming experience,” senior Ella Rier says. “I have watched it in theaters 4 times now, and if you haven’t watched it yet, you are truly missing out.”