Spider-Man: Far From Home

“You’ve got gifts, Parker, but we have a job to do. Are you going to step up or not?”

Nick Fury

As we enter the 3rd “second Spider-Man film”, Spider-Man has been, is, and always will be my favorite superhero of all time, so there might be some bias here but not too too much. My initial thoughts going into this was thinking they should’ve held off on this film until next year, giving us a breather after the gigantic meal of a film that was Avengers: Endgame, but it worked as a perfect dessert to top off the whole thing. I was very curious what they were going to do after something so monumental, and had similar thoughts as I had going into Iron Man 3 after The Avengers had released. The difference was between the two is I ended up loving this movie, and Iron Man 3 I had very different reactions to.

Spider-Man: Far From Home I would describe as a character growth movie, we follow Peter Parker on his high school trip to Europe as he continues to learn what it really means to be a hero. We watch Peter grow out of being almost like a side-kick to Iron Man and developing into his own main hero that future generations of superheros will look up to, learning from both his mistakes and victories. We also get introduced to Quentin Beck, a.k.a. “Mysterio” (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) as inter-dimensional creatures known as “Elementals” begin to wreak havoc all over the world. Mysterio has always been one of my favorite Spider-Man characters, and I remember him potentially going to make an appearance in Spider-Man 4 before it got cancelled, but years later I finally got what I asked for and I think his character was handled extremely well. MJ also got significantly more to do in this film as well, and it was awesome getting to know this version of the character even more.

The movie itself I think the first half starts off as an average Spider-Man film, where it’s main focus is the struggle of trying to balance out every day life with Peter Parker, as well as the responsibilities that comes with being a superhero. There’s only one scene in this movie I didn’t love, but it was fun, I just felt it carried on too long and had it been cut we wouldn’t have missed out too much on anything plot-wise. There’s also a point shortly after said-scene where everything takes a very sharp turn in direction and I felt that’s where the film really took off and I loved every single second from then on. It’s kind of hard writing about this part because it’s kind of spoiler heavy if you don’t know the characters very well, so that’s all I’m really going to say about those parts.

VFX were really good, a few select moments I think they could’ve been better, but it wasn’t anywhere near the point where it took away from anything. The Elementals looked really good, each with their own color pallet and own lighting as they destroyed everything in their path. We get some of the best Spider-Man action I’ve seen in a film, and every action scene was very engaging and I never lost interest. As I said earlier, character development was one of the strongest parts of this film, as it deals with topics such as being yourself and comparing yourself to others. I also think this movie served as a really good epilogue after the events of Endgame, wrapping up Phase 3 and setting up the beginning of Phase 4, but I’m very glad they’re taking the 10 month break after this film, the world needs time to digest. As far as all the Spider-Man films go, the only one I would put this behind is Into the Spider-Verse, it was super well done and I’m so glad they finally were able to bring Mysterio onto the big screen. Spider-Man: Far From Home gets an 8.5/10 from me, and I can’t wait to see what they do with this character next. What did you think of the wall crawler’s latest adventure? Let me know in the comments!