It turns out that Deadpool’s silliness added to MCU spectacle equals just okay.

While it obviously doesn’t have the novelty of the original, it builds on its gorgeous world in clever and creative ways.

At the story level, this is a success. Unfortunately, it fails at most other levels.

The comedy here feels out of place considering that our heroes are facing an enemy who could lead to the end of all life.

The emotions ends up being way too thin to survive being buried under the usual spectacle, fan-service and set-up for future properties.

The good outweighs the bad enough for this to be a fun watch.

It does look different. Otherwise, this resembles every other MCU product.

Not only is it superhero formula, it is really dull superhero formula put together in a way that doesn’t bother to be fully coherent.

Somehow, the creators of Spider-Man: No Way Home make all the other Spider-Man movies feel like set-up for this.

This isn’t top-shelf Marvel. Still, it is a fun entry,