Saw this again with my brother, and second time around there were more things that bothered me just with the writing itself.
I feel like the stakes should have been higher than his friends just not getting into college. Like have them be attacked, life in danger, being mobbed constantly, something.
Then they try to cop out with Strange saying I keep forgetting you're just a child. And then he turns around and tasks said child with apprehending supervillains from other universes?
Strange getting punked in his own dimension. Trapped in his own dimension where he's in control, by a child. Lmao.
May delivering Great Power Great Responsibility...dumb. It was a waste, because Peter already knew this, which is why he was Spider Man. He tells Stark as much when he meets him.
When you can do the things that I can, but you don't, and then the bad things happen, they happened because of you.
Killing May fell flat. I feel like Ned should have been the one to get killed because he had the most development and strongest shown relationship with Peter. Did anyone really give a shit that May died? We barely saw her through 3 films.
Electro didn't know Peter Parker was Spider Man, and shouldn't have even been there.
The therapy session on the rooftop to calm Tom down and say May didn't die for nothing, and his anger subsides, that was a waste because as soon as he sees Norman, he's all Poor Peter, too weak to send me back to die, and he replies I just wanted to kill you myself and goes punisher mode.
Like, WHAT? What do you mean bruh? Lmao you were literally just fine and joking around and now you're an attempted murderer?
With the multiverse cracking all around them, Dr Strange is trying to argue with Peter about the world forgetting him. Lmmfao.
WHAT?
Strange has always been about the bigger picture. As if he would allow this cataclysmic event to occur, just so people don't forget Peter existed?
One person, who isn't even going to die, against the entire multiverse? There's no discussion to be had here if Strange is supposed to be taken seriously in future films.
In the end this is a great action movie with all 3 Spidermen, but under a little scrutiny is a sloppy retcon that requires a lot of mental gymnastics to not fall into the numerous holes in the story.
Fun to watch as long as you don't think too much on what is being presented.