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In comparison, Spiderman No Way Home is the 8th highest grossing film of all time. I haven't seen it yet, but some of my friends have said the two films are equally bad. It seems they both attempt to sell nostalgia, and one of them worked and one didn't

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I enjoyed Resurrections. It was the kind of lighter Matrix I was craving. IMHO No Way Home was boring and tried to do too much. I didn't enjoy the Maguire or Garfield Spiderman movies, so them being in it and old villains reappearing didn't do much for me. Willam DaFoe is always a welcome addition to any movie, however. There were some bright spots that I hope they build upon, and I'm looking forward to more in the Dr Strange universe. Aside from that, it was underwhelming, in direct contrast to Far From Home.

No Way Home seemed like it was doing the "let's reexamine the legacy of a long-established superhero IP" thing that Into the Spider-Verse already did three years ago.

And Spiderverse did a much better job at story telling.

Spider-Man I thought was a well done blockbuster. First half drags a little but the climax and second half are pretty solid with an emotional scene and great chemistry

If you like Spider-Man or marvel you’ll enjoy it

Haven’t seen either, but IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes reviews beg to differ that they are equally bad.

I guess that heavy marketing and hyping nostalgia to fans and reheating an old film's ingredients somehow still works with die-hard super-fans. However, the result of this and reviews from the fans generally always ends in disappointment as their expectations are never met.

Sequels are even harder to impress fans and critics these days. Always better to ignore and cut through the hype as the opposite just happens.

You ever have that one friend who's taste in movies is so bad that you know any recommendation from them is likely horrible and they also don't seem to like popular movies? You seem to have multiple of those.

Hmmm, actually I don't find their recommendations bad.

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