Review
Roderick Scott 0

After the events of Avengers: Endgame, how does Peter Parker and Spider-Man move forward in a world w/o Iron Man? Especially in a world where everyone is looking to see who will fill that void.  This is part of the conflict Peter deals w/ in Far From Home all while trying to enjoy a summer vacation traveling in Europe.  We’ll dive into everything w/o revealing anything about it.  This is our spoiler-free take on Spider-Man: Far From Home.  

What I Liked:

  • Spider-Man eventually doing more and believing more in his self and capabilities.  
  • Seeing Mysterio on screen done and done well.  
  • Great balance of seriousness, levity, and progression of characters within the Spider-Man cast & MCU.  

What I Didn't Care For:

  • There wasn’t much I didn’t care for in this one film.  
This picks off shortly after Endgame w/ his Aunt May knowing who he is and working together for a fundraiser.  They do a good job in explaining the 5-year gap of those being blipped out of existence as well as the name they call it.  You get to see how it affects everyone in their class and everyone else as well.  Moving on to the Mysterio, we get to see a good amount of massive action of him battling the Elementals.  I won’t talk about anything further to avoid potential spoilers.  
 
Tom Holland is a different take on Peter Parker from the Andrew Garfield and Toby Maguire versions of the character.  As we get a chance to see him struggle in which path to take while in high school.  This is the part the other versions fast-forwarded through.  Jake Gyllenhaal gives us our 1st take on Mysterio in live-action and within the MCU – illusions and all.  Sam Jack’s Nick Fury is still great.  Jacob’s Ned Leeds character is good and present but kind of takes a backseat to MJ.  With Zendaya’s MJ, we get to see a little more about the awkward truth-teller.  

The film isn’t as humorous as Homecoming but good.  The story is spot on the flows smoothly, no glaring plot holes w/ good pacing.  There is more Spidey fighting action this time around – even more than Homecoming.  The post-credit scenes are game changers for Spider-Man story moving forward as well as the MCU.  Definitely curious to see where they go w/ the 3rd iteration of the film.  Even though this was the last contractual agreement for Marvel & Sony, I’m sure they’ll continue to re-sign and make more films together.  

No sophomore slump this go-round for Spider-Man.

This is a great Spider-Man sequel.  I had a few w/ Homecoming but I actually had zero qualms w/ this film.  Far From Home offers great pacing, great story, and great performances by all.  Happy Hogan, Ned, and the teacher chaperones provide good humor to the mix w/ serious tones and of course believing in yourself despite the expectations of the world.  Marvel, Sony, Kevin Feige, Jon Watts, Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, and the entire cast/crew did an amazing job.  
 

If you got a chance to see it, how did you like it?  Or did you not care for it?   Sound off below.

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Author: Roderick Scott

Father. Husband. Creative. Mild foodie. Batman in my dreams.