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GavsEvans123
The last film of the MCU to date serves as a breather from the climactic events of Infinity War and Endgame. Spider-Man needs a break just as much as the rest of us do, as hes going on a school trip. Naturally, this is still a superhero film, so he wont get to do too much relaxing.

Something this does well is develop several secondary characters from the previous film with more significant roles. The most important of these is MJ, who is STILL TOTALLY NOT MARY JANE, SERIOUSLY, WHY WOULD YOU EVEN THINK THAT? Peter now has a crush on her, and a major plot thread involves him planning to confess his feelings to her. This would have been far-fetched in the first film, when she mostly stood on the sidelines with some haughty remark along the lines of Everyones stupid but me, but its more believable now that she receives more focus, and with it, some much-needed character development. Betty joins the main cast and becomes Neds girlfriend, with the two forming a hilarious sickeningly sweet couple. Flash also gets character development, slightly toning down his antagonism towards Peter and portraying him as having a compulsive need to be the centre of attention due to emotional neglect. Finally, Mr Harringtons black comedy line from the first film about not losing a pupil on a school trip again is expanded to make him the subject of some very funny cringe comedy.

In some ways, Peter acts in an opposite way to how he does in the first film. Whereas there he wanted to be taken seriously and start foiling more serious crimes than he had been in order to prove himself, here hes more reluctant and would rather not interrupt his holiday. Luckily, Peter remains sympathetic despite this, thanks to his relationship with Mysterio. Speaking of Mysterio, is he the first time an MCU villain has been presented as a hero, but it turns out they really are a villain after all? Its fitting that this should be done with a villain who specialises in illusions and deception. The nightmare sequence is quite creative and screwy in how it has illusions within illusions, and would fit right in to one of Scarecrows levels in Batman: Arkham Asylum. Mysterio also provides a contrast to Vulture, who remained honourable and noble despite his villainy, whereas Mysterio pretends to be a hero, only to be ruthless and gleeful in harming innocents once his faade is broken.

Finally, we end on a cruel twist ending, even crueller than the one in Ant-Man and the Wasp. Im eager to see how Spidey can get out of this one! My only concern is one I shared with the Doctor Strange sequel hook, that this intriguing plot thread will be disregarded or resolved quickly to make room for the multiverse, especially since multiple characters from the older pre-MCU Spider-Man films are returning. Come to think of it, the MTV Spider-Man cartoon ended in a similar way, only there he really did commit the crime he was accused of, albeit he was tricked into it. Between that and the Electro episodes, that show could get pretty dark!

First, Captain Marvel in Endgame, now the SHIELD agent who tells Peter to take off his clothes I now want Peter getting flustered when older women address him in a way that seems like theyre hitting on him, even though they arent, to become a running joke. It was a little weird that Brad tried to discredit Peter among his classmates by taking a picture of him in a state of undress with an attractive woman. With MJ I understand, but not the rest of the class. Maybe Im out of touch and times have changed, but when I was that age, having sex meant you were cool, and having sex on a school trip would confer upon you the status of Absolute Legend (Not that Im aware of it ever happening on any school trips I went on, I hasten to add.)

As this is the last film to date, and my last write-up for this project, Id like to say thank you for letting me participate, and to everyone who read all these. I hope you enjoyed reading them and that I didnt come across as being completely clueless and having no idea what Im on about. I love you 3000!

Raka Putra
"I wanted to like this movie more than I actually did. I do agree with the common opinion that the fixation on Tony Stark is annoying and kinda holding back Peter from being his own character. Mysterio's powers are actually really cool but I just wish there were more of it. A lot more. (I also appreciate them showing Mysterio's backstage team).
Oh and MJ is actually likeable here and had probably the best romance subplot in recent MCU memory. Altogether, still quite fun and picturesque but it had the potential to be much more."

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