No Way Home’s MJ Scene Was Deeper Than You Realize For Garfield’s Spidey
Spider-Man: No Way Home was packed full of sequences to make audiences cheer, gasp, and cry, but one of these moments involving Garfield’s Spider-Man and MJ was deeper than many initially realized. Soon to receive its digital release, the film has grown to become one of the most popular of all time, achieving financial and critical success during a period in which cinema numbers were dwindling. At the time of writing, Spider-Man: No Way Home is the sixth highest-grossing movie of all time, just one place below Avengers: Infinity War.
One of the largest reasons for the film’s success is due to the number of returning Spider-Man characters that appear throughout the narrative. The trailers announced the return of many famous Spider-Man villains, including Doctor Octopus and the Green Goblin. In addition, the mass of rumors around Spider-Man variants appearing in the film was confirmed when Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire each returned as Peter Parker despite long denying their involvement. This led to many references being made to the former Spider-Man franchises, both as obvious callbacks and Easter eggs for the fans.
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One such moment is not seen but heard in the film’s final act when Garfield’s Spider-Man catches the falling MJ – a direct inversion of his failed attempt to do the same for Gwen at the end of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. As the pair land safely on the ground, James Horner’s heroic theme from the Amazing Spider-Man series plays on the score, marking its first appearance in the film. Horner’s musical motif not only emphasizes which of the Spider-Man variants came to MJ’s rescue, but its use here marks a critical development in
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