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What is it with Spider-Man where all the movies have to be called vaguely the same thing. Granted there's only two of these, but I'm genuinely not sure which ones I've seen of Far From Home, Homecoming and No Way Home.

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They just really want you to associate “spiders” and “home.”

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140 minute long animated movie and it doesn't even complete the story? Sheesh. Not to be cranky, but back in my day I remember when you could tell a complete story in two hours

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Yeah I am a huge fan of the original (despite not fully liking, to my memory, and other Spider-man movie) but am leery of this one

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The only good defense for The Boogeyman is the David Dastmalchian scenes/death and the video game stalking scene with the audio cutting out as (a character) is thrown around. But otherwise it is very passable.

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Just came home from watching Across the Spiderverse and absolutely loved it even after all the hype. Tons of heart and emotion that grounds all the action and visual spectacle with new characters, namely Spider Punk and Miguel O’Hara, that aren’t merely fan-service but have their own human motivations and pathos. If only the powers-that-be at Marvel had half of that...

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Wow, does the excellent “Across the Spider-verse” take a turn into terror and dread in its closing stretch. I went in not knowing this would end with a cliffhanger. I want “Beyond” now.

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I'm 100% with you. Wow, what a movie. That cliffhanger was like they *knew* they were making their Empire Strikes Back. I'm here for it.

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