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Spider-Man: No Way Home Director Confirms What We All Suspected About the Ending (thedirect.com)

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The Spider-Man: No Way Home - The Art of the Movie book just landed on shelves worldwide, and in it, the film’s director, Jon Watts, confirmed what audiences always suspected about the ending of the movie: it ends at the beginning.

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[–] SulaymanF 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

the film’s director, Jon Watts, confirmed what audiences always suspected about the ending of the movie: it ends at the beginning.

I don’t understand what that means.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

They mean that the three Spider-Man films have effectively become an origin trilogy for the Spider-Man that exists at the end of the movie - no more Avenger buddies, no more Stark tech, more of a solo friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

'It ends at the beginning' is a bit of a confusing way of expressing that - and I don't think this was the intention of the trilogy when they set out - but I do think where No Way Home left things will make for a more interesting premise for Spider-Man 4. The MCU has done enormous galactic stakes to death - they can't beat Thanos destroying half of all life in the universe (as Ant-Man 3 showed - it just doesn't work). The only way to progress is to go back to a small scale and more personal stories and stakes, and Spider-Man 4 will be a great opportunity to get that right.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The phrasing is terrible. After reading the article, what they mean is that the ending was a full reset that lets them start over.

They consider the Tom Holland trilogy (so far) an “extended origin story”.

[–] chickenwing 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Took them 5 movies with Tom Holland Spider-Man but they finally have the origin done lol.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Just you wait until we get to the prequel septology dedicated to Uncle Ben getting shot.