In article <10uctru$1q1dk$1@dont-email.me>, ijball@mac.invalid wrote:

On 5/17/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

Spider-Man: No Way Home (Disney+) - This follows the usual pattern
lately, that only "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" manage to beat - the >pattern that the third film in the "superhero trilogy" isn't as good or
as enjoyable as the first two installments.

I liked it, but I hated how it hinged on Doctor Strange granting
Peter's wish on a whim and then allow him to interupt him. Surely,
the Doctor would be like "let's contemplate the implications and
parameters before doing this".

This film also does a much better job than "Multiverse of Madness"
in showing why everyone thought Dr. Strange was as big a danger to the >multiverse as Wanda was - in "Multiverse of Madness", I kept wondering
why everyone was so afraid of Strange - well it turns out "No Way Home" >shows Strange at his most irresponsible (and unhinged?), and "Multiverse
of Madness" would have benefited from showing this film's Dr. Strange
more clearly!

If memory serves, the Doctor Strange movie was ssppsd to be released before this one.

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arthur@alum.calberkeley.org wrote:

On 5/17/2026 11:00 AM, shawn wrote:

"Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 5/17/26 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

Spider-Man: No Way Home (Disney+) - This follows the usual pattern
lately, that only "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" manage to beat - the
pattern that the third film in the "superhero trilogy" isn't as good or
as enjoyable as the first two installments.
Now, this isn't as bad a misfire as "Ant-Man 3" or "Deadpool and
Wolverine", and I can't fully put my finger on why, but I did not enjoy
this one as much as the first two films in this trilogy, despite this
flick going into overdrive in doing fan service for the earlier two
"Spider-Man" film series (FTR, I am not sure I have ever seen the
second Andrew Garfield Spider-Man flick, though I enjoyed his first
one)

What?!? See it! See it now! This movie references the events from the >sequel. And of course Jamie Foxx's Electro is from the Andrew Garfield >sequel.

Don't listen to Arthur. Amazing Spiderman 2 was crap.

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