
As the resident Spider-Man fanatic on staff here are CinemaBlend, I find myself rewatching all of the Spider-Man movies in order any time I’m surfing and nothing new catches my eye. Just about all of the Spider-Man movies are available to stream (still waiting on you, Spider-Man: No Way Home) and despite arguments that these movies don’t age very well, I find that I’m still discovering new things in the films that evoke strong emotion.
Like this one line of dialogue, for example. It takes place in Spider-Man: Homecoming, and it was probably a throwaway, and a reference back to Tony Stark’s past. But when I heard it recently, knowing what eventually happens in the MCU, it hit much harder than I was expecting. The scene happens when Spider-Man (Tom Holland) is airlifted by The Vulture (Michael Keaton) for the first time, and then dropped in a lake. Iron Man rescues him, only, Tony (Robert Downey Jr.) isn’t in the suit. He’s on the other side of the globe… but still lecturing his protege. The scene goes like this: