No Way Home Was Kind of Sexist 

The way I open mouth CACKLED at "I'm actually a quarter homeless on my dad's side."

honestly as a woman when i watched this the only thing i thought was "jesus christ does peter hate himself?" lol because that's exactly what self hatred does. no matter how many times the people you love assure you that they want you, you still feel like they'd be better off without you. reminds me of madoka from madoka magica in a weird way

I like how you structured the video after the three acts of a traditional hero's journey: "Intro", "Light Miraculous Season 4 Spoilers" and "The Rest".

“They/them violence in Hawaii” killed me

Naturally CJ finds a way to talk about Miraculous in a Spiderman video

"By hating yourself you're doing a bad job at serving others. You're dishonoring God" ok that didn't have the right to hit that hard

It becomes way more obvious how messed up what Peter did was if you bring it more into real world terms. Like imagine MJ was going into some risky brain operation that could leave her with severe memory loss, and before going in Peter agreed that no matter what he would stay with her and help her remember. Then he just leaves.

"if you're good at something, you should claim it and offer it. Who's gonna act on your passions if not you? I'll tell you who: someone who cares less" As someone who is extremely self-conscious and admittedly not the best at editing or expressing myself, I really like this quote because I am also painfully passionate about the dumbest stuff and I struggle to get myself to execute or even how to execute on...well, how. I'm extremely lost but have so much random information and interests that'd be awesome to share. It's a massive part of my personality that I'm more passionate than most people. So I'd like to do something creative about it someday

“My favorite black Spider-Man is the Donald Glover version I made up in my head” This hits too hard. Donald Glover deserved to be Spider-Man. And I hope they do him at least a little bit of Justice by allowing him to be an amazing Prowler.

Cj is to Miraculous As F.D is to wrestling

The "is the MCU art" discussion really boils down to "can something constructed by a monopoly specifically to create profit be art". Which is an interesting question, and I think that, depending on the individuals behind the scene and how much they specifically care, is that it can be art.

Unrelated to the point of this video but I just wanna vent about how Doctor Strange was characterized in this movie as an extremely fucking dense and irresponsible asshole, the kind of person who blames all their own mistakes and stupidity on those around them in order to appear smart. I would go so far as to say the wish and its consequences were like 90% directly his fault (he held the power of the wish, he executed the wish despite warnings, then proceeded to explain literally nothing about how it works to Peter before initiating it and then berating him for not knowing the exact mechanics of his magic.) How can he get angry at peter, an emotional teenager, for asking him to cast such a dangerous spell when he had ALL the power and understanding to say no. I was so pissed off about his characterization at that point that I said to my friend "they better have a moment where they turn this on his head and point out this is all his fault or im actually gonna be kind of mad." They have ONE line where MJ points it out and it gets quickly swept under the rug played for laughs. Bruh that man should have had a fucking soliloquy apologizing for his actions.

amazing video the way you explained mj’s mind swipe as basically death definitely explained a lot of the depressing feeling of the ending for me. the fact that doctor stranges spell didn’t have any ambiguity let me know that this was practically a death to peter and a reincarnation in a world where no one knows who he is, so it felt very helpless when he said he would find her and make her remember does that make sense at all i don’t know

the speed these videos move at scratches my brain. i’m sick of video essays that take forever to get to the point but this is true satisfaction

you dont just speak fast you GO THROUGH YOUR POINTS RAPIDLY. every second is crucial to advancing the nuance. you point out the problem with scorcese's thinking while acknowledging the insane twitter user behavior and what your stance on art is in its full extent, all in record time. legend shit

I think a lot of people are missing your point, and while not everyone has to agree, personally your point about MJ's autonomy really hit home for me. It seems like a breach of trust and completely disregarding MJ's own choices about her life. And while you can argue whether or not it was in-character for Peter Parker, the point is how the film frames it. And with the music cues and the way it frames MJ's life after the fact, it seems that it paints it more as a heroic but melancholy moment, instead of like "this is kinda fucked up, right?" And like you said, if that was made only because of or in part because of the business dealings of Sony and Marvel, that would suck. Also, I get that like everyone in the world is forgetting this stuff too, and there's philosophy there. But something like this would never happen irl, and I think the thing that Marvel films do really well (or sometimes not so well), is use the larger-than-life situations to tell stories about more down to earth ideas, like the relationships between the characters. So something this big happening to the main characters, to me, is clearly supposed to be viewed through that lens, and not like "but what if the whole universe really WAS going to rip apart and Dr. Strange magic was real?" Like the point of Thanos wasn't talking about what if a guy actually could use infinity stones, it was about his character motivations and what it meant for each of the heroes in the series to fail completely, and try to come back from that. Anyway, my two cents.

When I saw this movie, my girlfriend asked if I was gonna "do that thing where I tear into a movie for an hour and then conclude with 'but I enjoyed it'" and that is both exactly what I did and what I now feel extra justified in doing after this video

Love the fact this devolved into a MLB rant literally a minute in. Thank you for exposing me to that show and holding me at gunpoint in my cellar until I watched seasons one through four.

23:22 "Doubting your own capability, delegating responsibility, presuming you have nothing to offer in the name of 'humility'... You're refusing to make the world as good as it could be. If you're good at something you should claim it and offer it. Who's going to act on your passions if not you? I"ll tell you who: someone who cares less." Damn, this hit straight home. You had a couple of good lines before but this made me pause and reflect for a couple of minutes as it's something I struggle with every day: holding myself back out of this false sense of humility, but underneath it's doubt and insecurity at showing my potential, afraid (some) people will criticise and reject. Subbed.

The idea that No Way Home was the most “theme park” of a movie we have to date was true until Doctor Strange 2 came out. Most wild, fun, intense, crazy experience I’ve ever seen but it was definitely a theme park more than a movie. Highly recommend, and Sam Raimi’s artistry is on full display so I feel bad not calling it cinema, but it’s just a crazy awesome spectacle.

I'm getting into a serious relationship rn, and this take on Peter and MJ's ending made me think about how I shouldn't let my insecurities or my self-imposed sense of duty get in the way of what SHE wants too. Thanks CJ

CJ talking about Jesus and everyone being a child of God is so ADHD and yet some of the most powerful words about Christianity I have heard and the whiplash of crying and laughing was extreme.

You’ve taught me more about self-actualization, self-love, and self-esteem than anything person or form of media for all 19 years of my little life. You inspire me to work through my problems and figure out who I want to be and give myself the confidence and drive to fight for what I want and believe in. Yes, I will give you a pack of shredded cheese. The other rats can have a slice of bologna, as a treat. :)

Just wanted to shout out how both CJ and verilybitchie came to this same conclusion independently and made videos on it. Really cool to see people picking up on these things and sharing them as a community

Marvels shift to serialized programming via Disney plus is interesting to me. More character based work, changes in story telling, etc. it’s a sign to me that the grand vision for the phases of the mcu wasn’t sustainable narratively- they pretty much cannibalized themselves- meaning how many apocalypses can you have until it’s not fun anymore

The second theme of Spiderman, after responsibility, is learning your responsibility stops at others' autonomy. Repeatedly in canon, Peter does not honor others, deciding for them what they must want and are or are not capable of handling, and assuming he is not worthy, or they can't possibly love him enough, and needs to protect everyone from him by continuing to isolate himself. He learns responsibility, but never learns moderation.

I’m so glad someone said this. Insecure teenagers can be so caught up in their own low self esteem that they forget that people around them love them and don’t care about their insecurities. And this means that they’ll disregard their friends or partners feelings because “obviously they’re lying to me”. Even though it’s done with good intentions, this behavior is incredibly harmful and if you’re in a relationship with someone like this you need to explain to them why what they’re doing is harmful.

CJ talking about Jesus and religion for 2 minutes was more impactful to me than 23 years of going to church

I wouldn’t say that Peter’s reason for doing the spell is selfish, it’s more that he’s misguided. Even though his loved ones are telling him they’re fine, he’s so insecure that he can’t believe that they are actually fine. He feels like he ruined everyone’s life even though everyone is telling him otherwise.

You have to be the most ADHD-friendly essay channel I’ve ever stumbled across. You somehow take full advantage of my notorious “time blindness” by keeping me so engaged that I don’t even realize 42 minutes have passed. You also see things from a fun, unique and unapologetic perspective that I find so refreshing. Keep up the amazing work!

“little baby got a boo-boo and now i have to disregard your autonomy”-genuinely laughed out loud, that line is pure perfection. honestly it’s hard for me to not get parasocially connected to you because your way of looking at the world, vocabulary, philosophy, intelligence, humor, and just way of being inspire me deeply. the rest at the end really helped put sm in perspective for me, i think seeing the meta-narrative in everything is something i’ve been subconsciously doing for a while and from now on i will be doing consciously. and hearing mia cole and f.signifier in a cj the x video is my mcu crossover of the century

The funniest thing about your Kevin Feige convincing the Sony team to lend him spider-man sketch is that he did actually give a long list of notes on how he thought the amazing spider-man 2 could've been fixed before the movie came out but they only listened to one of his points

I actually don't think Ned is fine at all after the memory wipe The amount of foreshadowing to paralleling the "best friend to spidey's enemy" in the movie was a lot. I'm genuinely willing to bet the next movie will be Ned going against spiderman for whatever reason probably with his new wizardly powers too The memory wipe took away the character development but it gave us a look into more of his character we wouldn't have known otherwise and if that wasn't a suspicious writing choice then idk what is

I interpreted the ending as Peter realizing it would be batshit crazy to read the script he wrote to a barista who just met him and is literally just trying to do their job. I assumed he realized this and decided to take things slow.

"Everyone wants what marvel has, but refuse to do what marvel did. Make a few humble solo movies, work off that, then do a team up movie as a payoff. It's that simple." Meanwhile Sonic the Hedgehog is about to be the ONE film franchise that MIGHT be actually able to make their own cinematic universe LIKE MARVEL BUT NOT EXACTLY LIKE MARVEL. Why? They have someone at the helm WHO CARES. ABOUT. THE CHARACTERS, NOT THE MONEYS. Jeff Fowler is a godsend to Sonic. The first is a humble buddy story that is find the mcguffin; get the rings. Explore who movie Sonic is as a character. Simple easy to follow GSU: Goals, stakes, urgency. Goal: get the rings. Stakes: Sonic and Tom are being chased by the government and Eggman, Sonic's life is on the line. Urgency: find the rings before Eggman finds Sonic. Got it. SECOND movie expands on that-brings in Tails and Knuckles. Tails IDOLIZES Sonic, wants to be like him. Knuckles wants Sonic to become past tense. At first. Sonic has to realize being a hero isn't just for you, you now have the responsibility to use your powers to ensure the people you love don't get hurt. He only realizes this after Tails gets severely hurt. When he and Knuckles have a heart to heart on the beach. HE comes to that conclusion on his own, not one person shoves it down his throat-Tom plants the idea, he sees it himself later. This is expanding Sonic's character to no longer just be the cocky SOB meta Sonic is, but the kind, heroic, selfless hedgehog we all know him to be. What are the goals, stakes and urgency here? Goal: race to the compass to find the emerald. Stakes: get the master emerald before the other team. Urgency: get the emerald before eggman gets it and destroys the world. Got it. THEN they introduce SHADOW the god damn hedgehog for movie 3, paving the way for Amy Rose, Rouge the Bat, but not all in ONE movie they know that would be over crowded. So, they do this one character at a time, at most two at a time. So for movie 3, Amy and Shadow. I can see them further expanding Sonic's characterization to question his morality, question how far he'll go to stop someone, to save the people he loves cause SHADOW IS A THREAT. Once he takes off his inhibitor rings it's over 9000 level baby. They're already making a Knuckles spin off series, so perhaps Rouge will be introduced there. Sonic is a character who LITERALLY doesn't have a single fck to give when it comes to others' opinions on him. It's not out of being cocky or mean like the 2010 era Sonic, but it's out of NECESSITY. He HAS to be the villain sometimes, to be the hero. It's best said in Black Knight: when faced with the prospect of killing King Arthur would make him the villain in the eyes of the people Sonic LITERALLY responds "guess I can't be the hero all the time." THAT is taking responsibility for your actions, understanding your power, your choices. THAT is who Sonic is; freedom, the wind, ever changing, never bowing to anyone. Movie Sonic does care about what others think of him, but I can definitely see him coming into his own as well, especially against a threat like Shadow. The important thing to note, is they're saving the big Shadow sht fight for movie 3, NOT SHOVING IT INTO MOVIE 2 BECAUSE WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU? There's no build up, no characterization explored, no world building expanded if you fast travel to the fight. You can't just have heroes fighting on screen because that one other movie did it. There needs to be reason WHY. Reasons that make sense. Through things that were built up well. Sonic the Hedgehog 2020 sets up the universe and characters and stakes and villain. Sonic the Hedgehog 2022 expands the universe and brings in new players while further developing the hero. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will have to continue expanding the universe and develop not just Sonic, but Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, and potentially Amy. It's A LOT but it's a WORTH WHILE earned thing because the first two movies have already done the hard parts-set everything up. By introducing Shadow, we're now into the deep cut of Sonic lore. The writers don't HAVE to have time set aside for character and plot to be explained in exposition, aside from Shadow's backstory. That's it. They have the games to go off of, and they have been doing just that, while making the movies their own thing, much like how Marvel is. And it's smart. It allows the characters to breathe and feel like CHARACTERS with actual stakes. Not just things happening on the screen for 2 hours. A movie without stakes is just white noise, a movie that's just white noise has no meaningful plot, if a movie has no meaningful plot why care about the characters. It's writing 101. HOW IS IT THAT SONIC IS GETTING THINGS RIGHT OUT THE GATE AND DC IS STILL SCREWING THINGS UP INTO 2022?! It's EMBARRASSING.

Did not expect a sermon from a spiderman movie analysis to hit so hard. Im not even christian and it reallt got to me. Combination of ridiculous characters and ideas and genuine raw feelings about existance. I love art.

this video is C I N E M A

"I can't not see the meta-narrative" is such a fantastic point. Media does not exist in a vacuum; our consumption of media does not exist in a vacuum. Excellent point among many others in this video

"who's gonna act upon your passions if not you? I'll tel you who, someone who cares less" that was quite the punch to the face, ouch

Never thought about it but "White guy, New York, Cinema" does describe a lot of his films lmao

Btw, for all it's worth, Donald Glover DID play Spider-Man. He was Miles Morales for a couple of episodes of the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series, but hey, it counts!

I watched this movie with no knowledge of anything Marvel. It was the first marvel spiderman movie I ever watched. It was enjoyable but whats more enjoyable is knowing that I took up a seat in that very crowded cinema, I lined up with a bunch of Marvel fanatics, I stayed to watch both end-credit scenes and I didn't really know what was going on at all. I was just there.

20:18 When you transitioned from Bible quotes to "With great power comes great responsibility" I legit got chills

When you said, "Who's gonna act on your passions if not you?" I literally took a pause. That's MUCH more impactful for me than the similar quote, "Be the change you want to see in the world." So for the longest time I've been passionate about the queer community. I've been researching our history and learning about different identities and such since I was in elementary school. More recently, I did a paper on mental health and queer youth. I learned a lot about the negative things that affect us and how support, such as from a GSA club or parent, can help tremendously. My school doesn't have a GSA and I felt this building feeling of "Our school should have this; it's important." I had heard other people talk about starting a GSA club but no one had actually tried. So, despite being terrified of pushback, I did. Because like you said, who's gonna act on my passion (and do it well) but me? It feels like a lot of responsibility to have to be the one to Change The World™ but if you reframe it as "acting on a passion" it's easier to accept that you CAN do it and that your goal is obtainable.

I don't base my political viewpoints on you but I do base my entire media taste on you because you are objectively correct Miraculous Ladybug deserves a place at the centre of all our lives

"i am not your role model" cj the x suddenly realizing maybe they are a role model by accident and reading up on communism as to not fuck up their teenage fans might be my favorite phase of cj the x.

This man's ability to aggressively shake his cup of wine near the electric plug while spittin' some actual facts it's kind of a big damn flex, love you cj

19:01 hearing someone call jesus a “really based rabbi” is something i didnt know i needed

'My favourite black spiderman is the Donald glover version I made up in my head.' I feel this.

You've put into words what I thought on the surface but never dived deeper into. This movie has always felt like a fanfiction to me - one of those great fanfics that scratches at the itch in your brain, that is the highest dose of concentrated serotonin you could possibly want. But that's not a STORY, that's a fanfiction. It's meant to capture the high, not write a compelling narrative that one re-reads. I wanted to write a hundred thousand words about Far From Home because the story intrigued me so much and it took my mind to fascinating places. I don't want to write anything about No Way Home. There's no fanfiction to write. It is fanfiction, it's already written itself.

WHEN DOES HE START TALKING ABOUT THE THING HE SAID IN THE TITLE

Hey man, I'm going through the hardest time of my life rn. I spent 30 minutes crying and regretting my life choices. Your intro made me smile, thank you for that. I appreciate your humor.

Unpopular Opinion: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the only SM movie that ISN'T sexist -- the only one that never deploys the usual damsel-in-distress tropes. (Plus it features the best Aunt May in any universe.)

going from cj the x's rapid quick fire talking to f.d signifier's smooth slow voice is gave me whiplash

If they had gone a little harder with the whole “Spider-Man has been cancelled” idea they could have done an interesting extension of the themes of the previous themes along the lines of “what if YOU (Spider-Man) have recognized your power, but no one ELSE recognizes your ability to fulfill your responsibilities anymore” I don’t know where they would have gone story wise from there but I think that would work thematically.

One of the only people I’ve seen be “too much” without actually being “too much” The perfect tightrope act.

The doorknob joke actualy makes sense. Can you imagine a really cool design utilising great feats of engegeering to make it renewable, light, strong and also the artistic flair in the looks, making it fit with many styles while still having character? Our modern view of architecture and capitalism's hatered for manual labor has made us ignorant of all of this.

I routinely return to Into the Spider-Verse. The scene where Miles gets his powers continues to give me chills *to this day*. It is the best spiderman movie we have ever gotten. PERIOD. You don't need to know anything about comics or Spiderman to love that story and that is my biggest issue with Marvel these days. You need to have watched 25 films and 6 tv shows to keep up with anything going on at this point. You can't just be a casual viewer. You have to watch it all or nothing. I'm tired. Give me a break. I can't do it anymore. I want more movies like The Batman (2022). It was new and refreshing to not have the same movie again for the 26th time.

I've seen exactly 1 Martin Scorsese film, and it's Shark Tale.

i’m on a youtube rabbit hole binge, and this popped up, and i genuinely want to say (like many other people in the comments have said) that you are the most engaging channel i have come across in a long time! i absolutely adore long commentary youtube videos but struggle to sit through them without breaks because i start losing the ability to pay attention, but your videos are so fast paced and entertaining that it kept my attention the entire time, and your sporadic train of thought was so accurate to my own thought process that i had no trouble following along, so this is just my own long winded way of saying that i really like your content and your ability to commentate!

The way nearly *every* CJ video connects back to Miraculous in some way, we stan continuity. 🥰🐞

I appreciate that you’re taking the time to learn things and telling your fans (many of whom are probably young and impressionable) “hey like I don’t have it figured out, probably don’t base your beliefs on me”. I feel like this is something more creators should do

The 2x speed talking really helped captivate my shitty attention span. Loved this.

I'm listening to this at work and it sounds like my friend who drank too much and ate too many shrooms is ranting to my face way too loudly at a party. I love it. Never stop.

I feel that Peter's decision not to reintroduce himself to MJ and Ned feels tragic - like in the Shakespeareian sense. Throughout the movie, we see community working positively - as the Peters have to collaborate to fix the problem (and emotionally help one another), and May and his friends help Peter be a hero and be whole. And MJ even brings up that Peter was dumb to not talk his plans over before going to Dr. Strange, which is on point! So I feel the movie is kind of aware that Peter is making bad choices throughout the movie - that his self-sacrificial, paternalistic attitude (which often presents as sexism) is actually bad. But, even if it is self aware (and maybe I only see it that way because those aspects of Peter's behavior here is so obvious to me as a viewer) - that is a really unsatisfying, depressing end to the trilogy.

I love watching CJ talk about movies I've never seen and never will. they can't ruin my delusional love for the piece of media because I don't have any. amazin.

Everytime I hear F.D. Signifier's voice in someone else's video essay I get so hyped up. I love his content and I hope everyone else gets introduced to his stuff too. Very fun video!

thank you cj the x for somehow making my adhd calm down enough to finish a video essay in less than a month.

you know currently im on the edge of an anxiety attack and i am extremly jittery and can't pay attention to shit but seeing how you've made a new vid im down to push through that

I definitely felt that given proper character development, it would have seemed more likely Peter would have actually reminded her. And what irked me about the whole thing, was that by not doing so he, completely overrode her autonomy. Most people weren't conscious of the choice to have their memory altered, but she was, and by not following up on his promise. He stole from her the ability to chose for herself. She had her most precious memories and relationship stolen from her under the condition it would be returned. That condition was her consent, and without it her consent was violated.

It's nice when capitalism works for you, I agree. However, wouldn't it be nicer if you didn't have to beg for your survival?

But isn’t no way home just a movie about three of the same white guy in New York?

Alright, so I studied the comment section for a good ~10 minutes and what I found out was: The video used to be 47 minutes long and everyone enjoyed it. Then, roughly an hour ago, it got cut down to just barely over two minutes. Some people who were watching the video while that happened were able to see the full version while others had the video cut off where they currently were

Wow, this was really good! I felt the fan service the first time, but I didn't pick up on the betrayal of Zendaya until this essay. I think I read it as the usual "superheroes aren't able to have relationships because that endangers the ones they love" which was set up well with Aunt May's death, but I agree that this is super different because she literally asked for it. It's not like he just chose not to start dating someone who was visibly interested in him; like you said, they were dating and she really changed over the course of their relationship, she very clearly was okay with it being dangerous and specifically asked for him to make her remember again but nope one band-aid she already said was fine was enough to make him bail

lately i've taken to listening to video essays in the background while i play video games, and legit this is the only one where i've heard every single word of the video without getting distracted every so often. the pace and manner of your speech is just exactly what my brain needs, A++

Came here from FD Signifier and your energy is so captivating that I'm going to end up binging everything you have uploaded. Sorry in advance

I mean, I agree that what they did to Michelle Jones was hella sexist, and ghoulish, and basically everything you said. I also agree with the whole 'this movie is a business deal brought to life' jam. That said, I do think that there was a narrative thread through it, namely: No matter how bad or evil your enemy is, they are still human beings. They're people who NEED help. First and foremost, they need to be stopped from hurting others, yes, but they are also part of the responsibility we have. With great power comes great responsibility. A responsibility to everyone. It mostly glimmers through when May is telling Peter he can't just shove a mentally unwell Norman Osborne to his own universe to die. The end result, the victory, is not that the villain dies (as is what happened to all of the villains present in the older movies), it's that he's given the help he needs. Which, imho was an interesting choice. You can of course argue that Peter already knew this in the first movie, and even the second because he never meant for Jake Gyllenhaal to die, but this is the point driven to its most extreme: Are you still going to be merciful when the other person has taken away one of the people you love the most in the world? And now Peter understands that even if someone does something atrocious, they're still his responsibility to help. Just too bad that he learned dogshit about how to treat his girlfriend.

The rant about what defines a "leftist" was the most relatable thing I have seen in a long time. I feel this in my *bones*

I accidentally forgot you existed because of a loving lack of object permanence that pervades my daily life, but I’m only 6 minutes in and it hit me how much I missed this account and your videos

bro I needed this video like a decade ago, why did you wait so long to release it into my life

I'd actually put forth the argument that a lot of Peter's constant apology is out of projection and fear. He is reassured by MJ that this is where she wants to be, but he is terrified of those he cares about suffering the consequences of associating with him. *He's* afraid of them getting hurt or killed, *he's* afraid of losing them. This comes to a head in the movie with Osbourne's murder of May, and the theme of trauma, particularly from loss, and how one copes with it, holds a large presence in the film. Osbourne as The Goblin is a wonderful villain in how he targets his foils, a psychological torture and manipulation by threatening emotional ties; and with these bonds of friendship and family being so solid and positive in the text, with how many people Peter keeps in his circle, Osbourne has many fruit to pick and so will any other Villains that may come along. And thus the ending. Peter, with his newfound anonymity protects not MJ but himself from a dangerous or uncomfortable arrangement. Peter, as a coping mechanism, has closed himself off from such intimate relationships.

love how ur in a corner on this one. just sitting down in a corner like I was looking for the quietest place in a house party and bumped into u talking to urself about spiderman

Did I just get clickbaited to thinking that someone was actually going to state an actual argument as to why the movie was sexist, but then got hit with a tangent using the show miraculous, Christianity, and a meta commentary on movie corporations?..

I had a dream about this video last night. I've never seen No Way Home

CJ, you break the "10 hour Joseph Anderson-type" video essay meta by just talking so fast that you cover 2 hours of discussion in 40 minutes while polishing the shit out of the script so that it really only feels like 10.

« She’s got a band-aid, she doesn’t need agency » I am dying over here. I literally don’t care if I agree or not. Your anger’s yours, and you’re using it well.

omg I cant remember the article name but i read this one thing about Donna from doctor who and the horror of her ending bc she loses her self after losing her memory. Arghslasdjls

I payed $6 to see this movie specifically because I wanted to see this video and I didn't want spoilers 😂 I honestly felt so conflicted through the whole movie. It hit my fan heart in all the right places but it also was... weird. Definitely a "theme park" sort of movie. I think high-budget SNL skit is EXACTLY the vibe. I enjoyed it, but at what cost? Also, the ending annoyed me Greatly and your explanation of the corporate dueling behind things explained a lot and annoyed me Even More because frick I like Spiderman so much and Tom Holland Spiderman in particular for all the things you mentioned. I could have overlooked a lot from this movie if only they made a different choice for the ending. The whole point of having the other Spiderman dudes there was that he could learn from their failures and develop into his own better version of spiderman... or at least I thought until whoops we're back at it again throwing away our most important relationships because "its too dangerous" 😪😔 Im tired.

That Jesus interlude hit harder than a sermon, and honestly motivated me in my faith

I've said this before and I'll say it again: your editing and talking style hits my ADHD just right 😩 even if I don't have the screen on I'm completely engaged to the audio. Never change dude, never change

Your video essays are like non other, they almost feel magically and perfectly paced with hilarious jokes and interesting points that I genuinely think about even after the video is done for the rest of the day

I was just watching this video without thinking about it too much but I found myself chuckling and having a good time. Loved the video essay and love your energy!

i accidentally started playing this at 1.25 speed, carryover from my last watched video, and through the entire intro i was baffled that somehow cj seemed to have found a way to talk even faster and still be coherent. but if anyone could do it, it's cj

as a ✨SpIcCy💅 Christian myself, the whole Jesus monologue half way through was both hilariously iconic and very insightful 💪😼 slay‼️

i was SO unsatisfied with this movie, this was like therapy

thank you for finally putting into words exactly how I felt about this movie- though, I think I have the same adhd insane way of trying to explain myself so its not like I can show this video to my friends and say "hey, get why I didn't like this movie?" I just get to have my own personal catharsis and sometimes that's okay

* As someone who very very strongly agreed with everything you had to say about Lee Pace Vampire in your previous video, I'm surprised about your reaction to Andrew Garfield. * Had to pause to catch my breath at the Pikachu * Watching Andrew Garfield remove his mask without any background cheering was genuinely weird wtf this is why I don't want to watch the movie again.

Weeks of avoiding spoilers just for me to purposefully spoiler myself by watching this video because CJ is simply more important

@10:08 i wanna comb martins unibrow while FD continues to read martins quotes too me

Maybe I'm too optimistic, but from what I remember of the film, my impression was that Peter's choice to stay away from MJ, while employed as a way to make the finale more touching, is also the symptom of a new character flaw that she will bash him over the head with once she does recover her memories. IMO the film makes it pretty clear that oblivion is not what she would have wanted, and that Peter is going against her wishes by not telling her who they were to one another. It doesn't resolve this because... sequels, nor does it problematize it too much because we need that uplifting ending, but I can't really say I was under the impression that the movie endorses Peter's choice.