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I loved seeing the old characters, it really felt like no time had passed at all when they were on screen, and they played very well off of each other, but the plot was atrocious. Strange gets hit by the mcu stupid beam to cast an incredibly dangerous spell with zero thought put into it. The action sequences were cool, but dont entirely distract from how half baked this storyline is. Peter here has already learned the responsibility lesson and is midway through trying to do the right thing when for some reason we hear the great power quote again? Save for one halfway through none of the villains had ties to our peter so it was hard to be invested in their fights, and there were just a lot of characters shoved in without much development since they had already learned their lessons in their own films.

Loved the first one, loved this one, but i absolutely despise this portrayal of Spider-Man 2099. He does lean more anti-hero at times, but he really should not be a villain, the whole spider society feels really out of character for him, and i think Superior Spider-Man would have been a much better fit for our villain. Hater seething aside, love the storyline with Gwen and her dad, his confliction and her struggle with hiding that part of herself and not feeling like all of her is loved. The way spot goes from a silly villain to an actual threat is brilliant, and the way Miles was treated made me feel strangely parental, dont talk to my son like that!

Harley is lovely, Margot as expected does a great job, and the action is beautifully shot (though there are some moments the choreography could be better). Really, this is a harley quinn movie, the birds of prey arent integral to the plot and arent super accurate to their comic book versions, which i wouldnt mind if they were interesting, but they just arent. Cassandra is nothing like her comic self, but shes fun enough, i dont completely hate it. Sionis hardly feels present, doesnt do anything himself, has goons for all the action. If you want more Harley (because who doesnt) its an okay watch.