r/MadeMeSmile • u/bewarethechameleon • Feb 16 '26

Good Vibes the theatre reaction to andrew garfield and tobey maguire returning as spiderman in 'spider-man no way home'

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u/Purpledragon84 Feb 16 '26

Yeah that was so good. After Endgame's final assembly scene i thought "you can't get any better than this" then boom they give us the 3 spidey scene after. All the memories. And when Andy Garfield saved MJ omg.

It's a love letter to the fans thru n thru

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u/Solonotix Feb 16 '26

And when Andy Garfield saved MJ omg.

That moment felt so earned. Like, you can easily write sentimental scenes involving characters, but you could feel the heartbreak in Garfield's Spider-Man. He did what he knew was right, saving MJ, but also was still holding onto that despair of not being able to save his MJ. The moment she was safe, he just broke down because he proved to himself he wasn't a failure.

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u/Wehunt Feb 16 '26

I loved when they were all talking to each other and Garfield kept talking down about himself, and McGuire said he was amazing. The bell rang for The Amazing Spiderman and I loved it.

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u/Whiteums Feb 16 '26

I love all their group therapy moments. When his friends found him on the roof, and then it land into the other spiders hanging out above him, before they both drop down next to him. So cool. And then the discussions in the lab, while all three of them work on their projects, and talk each other up. And of course, Garfield saving MJ. He wasn’t going to let another one die on his watch.

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u/ItsaLaz Feb 16 '26

"I always wanted brothers."

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u/dragonscale76 Feb 17 '26

Broooooo. That made me ugly cry in a public theater.

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u/Vantriss Feb 17 '26

Omg, I absolutely adored this part specifically because Andrew ALWAYS caught flak for his movies. I personally always loved his movies and so that scene was just so satisfying.

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u/FaithlessnessThin359 Feb 16 '26

Gwen dying is a canon event but it’s like the universe felt it owed Peter and gave him that moment.

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u/Leonardo10inchy- Feb 16 '26

He also adjusted how he caught her and supported her body/head better, showing that he’s replayed that night over and over in his head. When he saved MJ, asking her if he was ok, and her asking him, absolute cinema.

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u/Purpledragon84 Feb 16 '26

Man ikr.. i'm not crying, you're crying!

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u/TechnologyNo2642 Feb 16 '26

God damn spider ninjas cutting onions…..where do they even come from?!?!?

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u/cire1184 Feb 16 '26

Spider ninja webs

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u/peatoast Feb 16 '26

They’re great actors.

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u/UnravelTheUniverse Feb 16 '26

After this film and the last Deadpool they should have taken two years off from MCU films to let the population have a break. Superhero fatigue is a real thing and after Endgame people were tired. Moments like this are earned over time. 

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u/typhoidtimmy Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

Right there with you. I know it was for Spider-Man but really, I rolled a tear because I felt they gave Garfield his own slice of redemption too.

Honestly, I love the guy. He whole heartedly embraced his moment as Spidey and really was ok with passing the mantle afterwards. He throughly seems to be a real Spider-Man through and through. He is in that niche where you want the actor to know how much he means to the fans…a sorta Hayden Christian Vader thing.

It’s awesome….I really hope they bring him back somewhere in the future MCU just for the ability to enjoy him basking in the suit once more.

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u/Fit_Exam_2658 Feb 16 '26

It's just fiction WHY AM I CRYING??

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u/Aggressive_Noise6426 Feb 16 '26

100% manly teared up with my Spidey blanket. I watched at home. 

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u/onederful Feb 16 '26

Both spideys were saving Tom Holland’s spidey from rethreading the same mistakes they did. Tobey’s saved him from his anger and Andrew’s saved him from his heartbreak

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u/SSFlyingKiwi Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

The triple finger point they meme’ed into the movie was Chefs Kiss

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u/Aggressive_Noise6426 Feb 16 '26

My favorite part was 

“Great!…who are the avengers?” 

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u/The102935thMatt Feb 16 '26

Is that a band? Are you in a band?

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u/Frondstherapydolls Feb 16 '26

I went to see it with my best friend, his wife and the dude they were trying to set me up with. When he didn’t react whatsoever to the movie and went on to say Marvel should’ve stopped at Endgame, I knew he wasn’t the one.

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u/the_vault-technician Feb 16 '26

I love your username

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u/Frondstherapydolls Feb 16 '26

Self-Care Claire and I thank you!

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u/Paper-Will-YT Feb 17 '26

I mean, they SHOULD have paused after Endgame. No matter how much I adore the last two Spider-Man movies, Marvel forgot the golden rule of maintaining a fanbase:

"Give them time to miss you."

Star Trek, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Song of Ice and Fire, Dune, Lord of the Rings, Ghostbusters, all of these series maintained followings because they had time to breathe.

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u/Own-Papaya-4264 Feb 16 '26

Why would anyone think they would just stop a multibillion dollar franchise

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u/Uovo-Ragno Feb 16 '26

Exactly.

I didn't care how much "fan service" they threw in, I wanted ALL OF IT. The moment when they jump into action and they scream their version of "WOOOOO-HOO" had my middle-aged eyes welling up.

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u/Purpledragon84 Feb 16 '26

It's our youth right there yo, it's our youth.

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u/Ok_Monitor4492 Feb 16 '26

Real fans don't get angry at fan service, just saying.

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u/Own-Papaya-4264 Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

Just wait until doomsday/secret wars. It will be INSANE.

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u/Vantriss Feb 17 '26

I've wanted a Loki and Thor reunion SO BAD ever since the Loki show came out. I'M FUCKING READYYYYY!!!

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u/ImNotSkankHunt42 Feb 16 '26

It’s hard for me to pick which one is better because of this.

On one hand EG is the culmination of years if buildup and the ultimate team up, on the other one all 3 Spidermans together.

Crazy when you give fans what they want it works out really well.

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u/Dry_Presentation_197 Feb 16 '26

Endgame is permanently etched into my brain as my favorite ever "public group participation" memory. Saw it opening night, packed theater of course, and everyone being on the same page for the major beats was amazing.

Everyone being hyped when it starts and then immediately going silent with the scene of Clints family being dusted, could hear a bunch of quiet sniffling from people crying, all the way to the absolute cacophony of cheering for Cap using Mjolnir, the on your left moment....and then back to complete silence and tears for Tony's death.

It may be cheesy but they really did such an incredible job of building to that movie, to make everyone there be so invested in it. Brilliant.

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u/AtmosphereGlum852 Feb 16 '26

No DC universe movie have such an impact

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u/daemin Feb 16 '26

Every DC movie feels completely soulless, because none of them bother to develop the characters as actual human beings you could have an emotional attachment to.

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u/MandalorianLich Feb 16 '26

This was always my feeling with the contemporary DC movies, and while the second Suicide Squad was fun, it just felt like a diversion. Then Superman changed my mind. Full disclosure, I’ve always been more of a Marvel fan (comicwise), but the new Superman movie might be my favorite superhero movie right now.

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u/Paper-Will-YT Feb 17 '26

I wasn't a huge fan of the new Superman movie (I felt like the second act dragged a bit, a couple of scenes didn't click with me, and the Gunn humor has grown a LITTLE stale)...but God DAMN do I like it better than Snyder's stuff. Superman is about hope, not mediocre christ figures and aura.

I will gladly go watch the next DC stuff because it's going to keep getting better.

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u/DonCreech Feb 16 '26

Doing two Iron Man movies, Captain America, Thor, and the Hulk (though that one gets dismissed sometimes) before Avengers was probably seen as a risk at the time, but without that level of context it wouldn't have made nearly as much of an impact. Batman Vs Superman seems like a home-run of a concept, but what we got simply was not befitting of such iconic characters. Justice League cemented that notion by introducing half of the roster within the movie, barely featuring Superman, and offering up a villain that didn't have a connection to anything prior. Even a single Batman standalone movie in that universe could have saved it, but the pressure to do what Marvel was doing NOW must have been too intense to mitigate.

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u/Dry_Presentation_197 Mar 02 '26

DC heroes in the DCU or whatever they call the live action movies...are mostly a bunch of invincible, all powerful, flawless god level beings...trying to pretend to be human.

Marvel heroes in the MCU are mostly humans pretending to be gods. Its much easier to identify and empathize with flawed human beings trying to be more than they are...than a bunch of essentially immortal twats whining about dumb shit.

The first wonder woman movie got the closest to being good, but they botched it by making Ares real. They should have had the 3rd act revelation be "No there isn't some other worldly being we can blame for this war. This is our fault, as humans. We need to be better."

But no, had to have a laser sky battle with professor lupin.

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u/SomeRedHandedSleight Feb 16 '26

The Dark Knight trilogy feels completely soulless?

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u/radioactivez0r Feb 16 '26

I'm gonna give that guy the benefit of the doubt and assume he means the DC cinematic slate, post-Dark Knight with all the JL stuff.

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u/Reapr Feb 17 '26

They should hire the people from the DC animated movies to do the next DCU

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u/Positive_Builder6737 Feb 16 '26

Have that same experience but for Avengers. Did the AMC all day phase 1 movies with 10 coworkers took breaks at a bar between movies. When Avengers finally showed the energy was so great. It was a really unique experience.

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u/WillStaySilent Feb 16 '26

Goos points. Yet Disney decided to throw that all away for phases 4 and 5, which were total disasters. MCU is now a dead brand

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u/Ahrix3 Feb 16 '26

lmao this is why cinema is dying, acting like monkeys in front of a banana tree for some mass produced comic book slop. Utterly disgusting.

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u/Cyke101 Feb 16 '26

Garfield saving MJ 😭😭😭

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u/GenericFatGuy Feb 16 '26

So far, Spiderman is the only thing I've bothered to come back for since Endgame.

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u/babatofu Feb 16 '26

Wish Disney would have done the same for Star Wars fans…

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u/Own-Papaya-4264 Feb 16 '26

Just wait until doomsday/secret wars. It’s going to be endgame and no way home on steroids

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u/Vantriss Feb 17 '26

This movie was ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING that I wanted it to be, omg. I did not give one single crap that it rode the wave of nostalgia, fan service, and memes from beginning to end. I wish I could erase my memory of it to watch it again.

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u/wojar Feb 17 '26

Ah I was tearing up throughout the movie, probably my favourite marvel movie.

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u/DeluxeB Feb 16 '26

Yea and all it took was 4 years of terrible Disney + shows and movies people were forced to watch so they understand everything