Spoiler Alert With Jimmy Nichols

Spider-Man Brand New Day

In his time as the web-slinging hero from Queens, New York, Tom Holland has been under fire, with people online claiming he is the worst Spider-Man of all time. Holland has done a good job as the friendly neighborhood superhero, but the nostalgia from Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield and the Marvel heaviness bogged down his first couple of films.

“Spider-Man: No Way Home” served as an ultimate service to fans. It brought back Garfield and Maguire to team up with Holland to defeat the villains from the other movies. It was a fantastic movie, but the best part about it was that it easily set up the next Holland-led Spider-Man movie.

Before discussing the newest film, let's talk about the new suit. At the end of “No Way Home,” we got a quick glimpse of the new blue and red suit, but we get to really appreciate it in “Brand New Day.”

One thing I hated about Holland’s Spider-Man was the CGI suits. These suits existed because he had Stark technology and resources to make fancy suits. While the Iron Spider or high-tech suit is cool for a specific battle, to have them for all Spider-Man’s appearances in the MCU is ridiculous.

Going back to the classic suit is amazing. When he was swinging, you could see the suit ripple and move with the body; it ripped, and we could see our hero take damage, causing audience members, at least in my theater, to gasp and worry about their hero. This is the benefit of having a real costume rather than a suit added in post.

Peter Parker is smart enough to add tech to his suit or to help repair it, but he does not have any money to make it with anything more than fabric. This is what we get in “Brand New Day,” and it helps make the movie better.

The movie starts with Peter keeping up with his friends from a distance by following Ned’s Instagram while they are in college and after they graduate. Peter stays in a cheap apartment that used to be a storage space and fights to keep New York City safe.

Spider-Man has made the crime rates in the Big Apple reach all-time lows and has put away some of his biggest adversaries, like the Scorpion, Tombstone and the Hand. However, someone is trying to break the Scorpion out of prison by using mind-control.

Peter is the only one who notices when someone is being mind-controlled and the only one who can resist the person from entering his mind. The issue is that Peter’s body is transforming, and he is losing control over his functions.

The spider part of his body is taking over his human side. Peter Parker's isolation from the world, only being seen when he appears as Spider-Man, has caused his human side to diminish, making his spider side more enhanced.

These changes cause Peter to start growing natural web shooters in his wrists; his Spidey Sense is on overdrive and when it becomes overpowering, he loses his ability to empathize and control his strength.

Spider-Man’s empathy is what makes him the best superhero. He understands the struggles of the everyday person because he is aneveryday person. Other heroes might kill a villain or not take the time to talk to people, but not doing this is what makes Spider-Man special.

He wants what is best for you, but when you take away his emotions, he can be the strongest and most ruthless hero. The audience gets a glimpse at this in one scene shortly after the Scorpion breaks out of prison.

The arachnid side of his brain has completely taken over, and he starts pummeling Scorpion. He does not care who is watching or if civilians get hurt.

Whenever he snaps back to reality, he realizes Scorpion was under mind-control; he has hurt a cop, and he can no longer sense when the mind-controller is operating near him.

Peter works on controlling this “bad side” of him, while trying to figure out who this mind-controller is.

This movie is a perfect Spider-Man movie, to me, because it captures all the best sides of Peter without making him weak in any other area. The fight scenes are amazing, especially when he is fighting the Hulk.

They make Peter quippy and funny throughout the film, but it is mainly seen when he is interacting with Punisher. The audience gets to see Peter Parker the nerd a lot more in this movie as he tries to figure out ways to stop his own mutating DNA and to help others like him.

My favorite part of Peter we get to see is his compassion. The mind-controller is revealed to be Jean Grey, a way for Marvel to soft-launch the X-Men into the MCU.

Grey wants to find her sister who was kidnapped by Damage Control, the company Spider-Man has been helping catch villains with. When Grey learns her sister died, she lashes out and places everyone in the immediate area under her control.

Peter, meanwhile, has come to peace with himself and learn he cannot go through life alone. No part of himself is bad, but every part needs to work in unison with each other.

He lets Grey into his mind, and she can feel the pain he is going through. Then, unaware of the situation, Punisher hits an incredibly long-distance sniper shot to try and take Grey down, but Peter takes the bullet.

This movie was everything I loved about Spider-Man. He is this great superhero who can beat the Hulk and invent new tech quickly, but he is also a human who wants to help this other human he sees struggling with life. The whole point of the movie is to remind people that even the strongest heroes need people in their lives to rely on.

Overall, this is a must-watch movie, and it is no surprise that it has already surpassed a billion dollars at the box office. I cannot wait to see Holland’s portrayal of him again if he is allowed a fifth film.