5 Baffling Recent Movie Moments (That Were Explained Offscreen)

 

Hollywood history is rife with movies that are confusing as hell; Chinatown, Mulholland Drive, 2001: A Space Odyssey – which, if we’re interpreting the ending correctly, was all just some baby’s wacky dream. But, as we’ve mentioned before, even generally straightforward films sometimes contain scenes that are complete and utter head-scratchers, necessitating belated explanations to questions such as …

5Spider-Man: No Way Home – Why Does Electro Suddenly Look Way Less Stupid?

The Baffling Moment:

Spider-Man: No Way Home may be one of the most financially successful movies of all time, but that doesn’t mean it’s totally confusing at some points; like how did Doctor Octopus know that he could find Peter Parker on that freeway? How did Happy Hogan still claim to know May Parker when he had no memory of Peter at the very end? Why couldn’t Doctor Strange conjure some kind of spell to keep Morbius from coming out? 

But one of the oddest unexplained details is the physical appearance of Electro; in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, he looked like the lovechild of Dr. Manhattan and a Tron-themed pinball machine –but in No Way Home, suddenly he transforms into plain old handsome Jamie Foxx, as if he had just strolled off the set of Miami Vice. While Electro’s random make-over is briefly commented upon by some of the other characters, we never actually find out the reason behind it. 

The Explanation:

According to Foxx, his new powers, seemingly acquired from sucking an alternate universe’s power supply simply allowed him to “project” a new version of himself – which also explains why his human form is lacking the unconvincing combover and giant glasses that previously defined his alter ego. So really he still looks exactly the same, but is somehow able to create the illusion that he resembles a movie star now. Of course the real reason for this perplexing transformation is that the only way the producers could convince Jamie Foxx to reprise the role of Electro was by promising that he “didn’t have to be blue.”