Some people watch films; Hideo Kojima appears to collect them like Doctor Strange gathers impossible realities. The newest movie to be added to his review collection, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, has gotten an easy thumbs-up from Kojima. Quite the feat considering the creator of Metal Gear Solid built a reputation on cinematic storytelling, then made Hollywood his second playground through collaborations with Guillermo del Toro, Norman Reedus, Mads Mikkelsen, and Léa Seydoux, while his brisk online film reviews became essential reading.

This time, Kojima trained his discerning eye on Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and the verdict landed with unmistakable admiration.

Hideo Kojima did not merely enjoy Spider-Man: Brand New Day; he admired the confidence behind its choices. The filmmaker and game creator described the experience as refreshingly new despite Peter Parker's crushing solitude. For Kojima, Marvel Studios transformed isolation into the film's greatest narrative strength, making loneliness feel purposeful instead of familiar.

"This time, however, while both the cast and the story continue from the previous film, everything has been reset," he wrote on X. That observation became the centerpiece of Kojima's praise. This is quite in line with what a majority of the audience liked about the film. Rather than chasing another multiversal spectacle, the film strips Peter Parker of Avengers comforts, advanced technology, and larger-than-life distractions, returning the wall-crawler to neighborhood stakes while quietly laying foundations for Jean Grey and the mutant future.

Kojima also recognized the balancing act beneath the spectacle in his X post. He viewed Spider-Man: Brand New Day as a rare blockbuster willing to test whether a franchise can reinvent itself without abandoning its audience. That gamble, built on sincerity instead of excess, left the celebrated storyteller convinced that Marvel Studios had earned its fresh start.

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For someone who already weighed in on the Superman versus The Fantastic Four: First Steps debate, Hideo Kojima's thoughts on Spider-Man: Brand New Day naturally invite a bigger question: how does it stack up against the previous Earth 616 wall-crawler outings?

Hideo Kojima has never treated Tom Holland's Spider-Man films like disposable popcorn spectacles. Spider-Man: Homecoming won him over with its buoyant high-school spirit, layered humor, and energetic ensemble, even inspiring a playful Metal Gear Solid comparison. By Spider-Man: Far From Home, however, Kojima had shifted from laughter to psychology, finding Peter Parker's quiet grief more compelling than superhero fireworks.

Spider-Man: No Way Home only reinforced that fascination. Rather than dwelling on nostalgic reunions alone, Kojima saw the film as Peter Parker's painful shedding of every emotional safety net, clearing the runway for a truly self-reliant hero. That perspective makes his admiration for Spider-Man: Brand New Day feel less like surprise, and more like the destination his Spider-Man reviews had been quietly building toward all along.

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