Spider-Man: No Way Home (The More Fun Stuff Version) My Thoughts on the Extended Edition

It's about time for a Spider-Man blog post, don't you think? 😉

A few hours ago I got back from seeing the "More Fun Stuff Version" of Spider-Man: No Way Home in theaters. Before diving into any of my thoughts on the movie, I just want to start out by saying that Spider-Man: No Way Home is my absolute favorite Marvel Cinematic Universe film that we have thus far. I have seen it multiple times since its first release in December 2021 and it never fails to disappoint.

Before the movie even began, there was an awesome clip of Tom, Tobey and Andrew all together on a Zoom call in which Tom and Tobey tell Andrew that they love him, and share a little joke about how they have been holding on to that since they filmed the "I love you guys" scene for the original release. It was such a sweet moment, and great to see the three of them chatting all together! Tom's thanks on behalf of all of the people who worked on the movie seemed so genuine and heartfelt. I wonder if the three of them knew how much of an impact this movie would have on so many peoples' lives. Also, I have to admit that for a solid thirty seconds I was in excited-panic mode, because I really thought they were going to announce The Amazing Spider-Man 3. I got played 😭

The "extended" scenes in the movie were scattered throughout the plot, but I can definitely see why they left certain scenes or dialogue pieces out of the final cut of the film. While they were fun, a lot of the scenes didn't add much to the rolling story line, and it definitely felt a bit jarring in certain sections. There were a bunch of fun clips of Peter at the police station trying to explain why he was always at different monuments, and the diagrams were cracking me up.

I loved getting to see more of the stress that Peter was feeling at school, like the scene of Flash selling his book in the hallway and doing a book singing. Betty's news cast was cute, but I can understand why they ended up cutting it from the movie, too. It was a huge chunk of footage that just kind of felt like a halting stop to the story line. But it was so fun to see that while it wasn't in the original release in 2021, they managed to still utilize some of the clips by putting them on the Daily Bugle TikTok account! The only scene that really kind of bugged me was the scene of Peter's gym class asking him to scale the wall. They kept cheering for him to climb it and then as soon as he started to it was just dead silence. I don't know, it just felt so awkward. Like there was all this hype leading up to it and then no cheering or anything? It was just strange to me.

I think my favorite added scene, though, had to be the little montage they had of Doctor Strange's basement. The scale model of the Sanctum that MJ was looking at was so cool, and I loved the added detail of Strange's shadow! Makes me wonder if that was a real-time reflection of him hanging out in the window? Or just a little loop that Wong added for visual effect 😝 and also Ned just knocking over ever table in existence kept cracking me up as well!

I love love LOVED seeing that there was a second Matt Murdock scene, and that he was Happy's lawyer! I'm still learning a lot about Daredevil and his character, but it made me so happy to see him again! And Happy actively watching the security camera footage was so funny. I'm going to miss him hanging out with Peter so much 😭

The added Andrew and Tobey interactions as well were so fun, too! I literally would watch a full length movie of just the three Spideys talking and getting to share experiences with one another. It was just hilarious to hear a more in depth conversation that we didn't originally have.

As the end credits rolled, I was curious if they would even have a second end credit scene, especially where the first time they released the movie it was just the trailer for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Not going to lie, it made me so emotional! First of all, seeing that none of the clips they used for Betty's little "graduation" send off had Peter in them made it that much more real that everyone forgot about who he was. It was bittersweet watching all those clips from them during Far From Home. I wonder if they were actual video footage that the actors had shared for the film after their trip? Regardless, Betty saying her "one last time" sentence made me so sad. It really settled in how little we know about what is going to happen next with MCU Spidey. I hope we learn more soon! Here's to hoping we learn a little bit more at D23 Expo next week 🤭

No She-Hulk episode review just yet, because I have been waiting to watch with my family and today has been a crazy day! I'll be posting as soon as I watch sometime tomorrow (Friday, 09/02/22) and let you all know when it's up! But until then, I'm signing off.

​-FPP

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