Few superheroes are as iconic as Spider-Man - but behind the masks we are reminded that there is an ordinary Peter Parker. "Spider-Man: No Way Home" is the perfect Christmas present for the average action lover, but still for the nostalgic Marvel fan.
While the smoke dissipates after the tough final battle between Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) in "Spider-Man: Far From Home", Mysterio reveals, in a final cruelty to the public, that it is the young Peter who is Spider -MAN. Here, too, our film takes over - the panic from both the media and other threats makes Peter seek out the magician Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), to get help with the rather comprehensive idea of ​​magically making the rest of the world forget that it is Peter who wears the red-blue spider costume.

We know from experience that time and space can go awry, and as a rule, so does this. A sort of Pandora's box filled with superheroes from other universes and times is accidentally opened, and they are here to stay - and preferably to create chaos. Already from the trailer we have heard that we get glimpses of a reunion of the villains Doc Ock (Alfred Molina, who appeared in "Spider-Man 2" from 2004), Electro (Jamie Foxx, "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" from 2014) and probably the most anticipated of them all, Green Goblin (played by Willem Dafoe in "Spider-Man" from 2002).

In addition to Peter getting his hands full from being tamped with all the creatures he has just released, we are reminded again that Peter is, after all, an ordinary teenager. One day you may end up in a multiverse, while the next day you sit and are nervous about your letter of admission from what you and your best friends MJ and Ned (Zendaya and Ned Leeds respectively, who together with Holland again form a wonderful trio) hope can be your new university. Behind the entire facade of a world-famous Spider-Man, there is this smart Peter Parker that we all - well, maybe not the now digital J. Jonah Jameson - admire.

It is in Peter himself that we find the magic in the new "Spider-Man: No Way Home". Holland, who now touches on Maguire's three films in the jerseys, finally gets a well-deserved boost in his character development, where he gets to blossom into the Peter he has probably always dreamed of creating. The film cements once and for all why Spider-Man is such an iconic superhero as he actually is - we have laughed, cried, stressed, and above all related to the ordinary side of him - Peter.

"Spider-Man: No Way Home" is, without exaggeration, the best Spider-Man movie ever made. It oscillates both accustomed and nicely between colorful humor and tough drama, and despite their many characters, they all - even those we only get glimpses of - get their moment in the spotlight. The little over two and a half hours pass by, just like Peter's many swishing rides among the parade streets of New York. The first part of the film can be considered a relatively normal Marvel action - while in the second half of the film it really takes off. There are portals, multiverses, emotional storms, and a lot of pure "if you blink, you miss the joke" occasions.

Every now and then I think about when we have reached the top of what Marvel is capable of creating. We have climbed all the way up to the highest skyscrapers, found ourselves among the most magical alternative worlds; yes we have even explored a lot of the vast space. But also time and time again, Marvel surprises us by making it a bit sharper. A bit smarter, more complicated - without making it too difficult for the audience. But it may now become more difficult, now that the multiverse is a fact.

Rarely has a film been as difficult to keep spoiler-free as "No Way Home", as it alternates new and fresh, with old and sentimental. If you have just lacked a nostalgic and safe feeling in your Marvel movies - it has after all been a handful of new stand-alone movies and TV series - then "No Way Home" is your soothing, stable coffee cup in the dense jungle of novelties . With great power also comes a great responsibility, Marvel, and you really took advantage of that.