Just got back from the theater. I'd have given it an A+, but the final battle up to the "tingle" was a bit busy.
Solid A, though.
Solid A, though.
Spoilers Spider-Man Far From Home review and discussion
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It was sort of like a summer romance. They were away from home so they made alliances that they wouldn't in high school. Betty wouldn't have given Ned a second glance in high school, but sitting next to each other and talking, they found out they had things in common. But, back in high school again, they go back to their usual lives. I think it works.
Just like the Psi Corp, the villains, and heroes that refused to register, had three choices.
1. Join the establishment.
2. Get neutered.
3. Life imprisonment.
It was early days.
After a few more weeks in the Negative Zone prison, even the most stubborn super villains would have joined the 50 state initiative or got a dose of spinn technology (nano tech that cancels superpowers) in theory.
It was also a nice little callback to the comics, where the possible source of Ned's name and Betty Brant where a couple and even ended up married for a while.
If so, that means that she'll be into Flash Thompson next.
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Relevant, from The Verge:
Spider-Man: Far From Home is saving the MCU by ignoring its continuity
The Blip, the drama of Avengers: Endgame — it’s all a joke, as it should be
[...] the MCU has always had hangnails, and its world-building has never made much sense. Early on in the MCU’s decade-long history, Tony Stark developed clean renewable energy. He creates fully functional artificial intelligence as well. Later, we learn that Hank Pym has technology that allows virtually anything to be shrunk down to the size of a bug. Wakanda has miraculous medical science and military capabilities that are vastly superior to any nation on Earth. And in Endgame, the Avengers develop time travel. Any one of these inventions would revolutionize the world economy and the geopolitical balance more completely than the introduction of the automobile or the nuclear bomb.
But the world economy in the MCU never experiences a massive economic boom. Transportation and energy infrastructure aren’t transformed or even mildly altered. No wars are sparked. America doesn’t experience an existential meltdown when it is no longer the sole superpower.
The Blip, the drama of Avengers: Endgame — it’s all a joke, as it should be
[...] the MCU has always had hangnails, and its world-building has never made much sense. Early on in the MCU’s decade-long history, Tony Stark developed clean renewable energy. He creates fully functional artificial intelligence as well. Later, we learn that Hank Pym has technology that allows virtually anything to be shrunk down to the size of a bug. Wakanda has miraculous medical science and military capabilities that are vastly superior to any nation on Earth. And in Endgame, the Avengers develop time travel. Any one of these inventions would revolutionize the world economy and the geopolitical balance more completely than the introduction of the automobile or the nuclear bomb.
But the world economy in the MCU never experiences a massive economic boom. Transportation and energy infrastructure aren’t transformed or even mildly altered. No wars are sparked. America doesn’t experience an existential meltdown when it is no longer the sole superpower.
An interesting and insightful read.
At least in the case of the Pym particle it makes sense that not a lot was done about it since Hank very specifically made sure nobody but him could make them. I mean what's the point of curing world hunger when you just handed a super power the ability to deploy nuclear warheads that can't be detected on radar, circumvent any kind of physical security, or make any conventional weapon essential useless.
The Arc reactor is a bit of a weird one since 'Avengers' specifically mentions Stark moving to roll the technology out on a larger scale. Nothing's been mentioned of it since, but then nothing's been shown or mentioned to lead us to believe that isn't happening.
The Arc reactor is a bit of a weird one since 'Avengers' specifically mentions Stark moving to roll the technology out on a larger scale. Nothing's been mentioned of it since, but then nothing's been shown or mentioned to lead us to believe that isn't happening.
This was delightful. Only thing that detracted for me is I'm beyond ready for Peter to be out of high school, as the teen romcom stuff is wearing a bit thin.
Mysterio was amazing; no way in hell they're going to leave him dead. That was too good. That first illusion attack on Spidey was incredible and gave me the biggest "comic book" feeling since the center spread team moment in Age Of Ultron; plus the slight artificial look at times was reminiscent of Spider-Verse, which is always a good thing.
Yet again this film reminds you why you don't fuck with the Spider-Man. A TRAIN hit him and he just kept on web-slingin', even with injuries. Then that final rally with full-on Spider-Sense, Peter beating a (drone) motherfucker with another (drone) motherfucker was a delight; and that last second "NOT TODAY FUCKO" snatch of Mysterio's hand?? Here comes the Spider-Man indeed.
Mysterio was amazing; no way in hell they're going to leave him dead. That was too good. That first illusion attack on Spidey was incredible and gave me the biggest "comic book" feeling since the center spread team moment in Age Of Ultron; plus the slight artificial look at times was reminiscent of Spider-Verse, which is always a good thing.
Yet again this film reminds you why you don't fuck with the Spider-Man. A TRAIN hit him and he just kept on web-slingin', even with injuries. Then that final rally with full-on Spider-Sense, Peter beating a (drone) motherfucker with another (drone) motherfucker was a delight; and that last second "NOT TODAY FUCKO" snatch of Mysterio's hand?? Here comes the Spider-Man indeed.
This already happened in the PS4 Spider-Man game, and it was just as neat a spin there as here.
Why didn't JJ have a flat-top???? 
At a guess? To distinguish him from the Raimi version.Why didn't JJ have a flat-top????
The character's been in High School for exactly 5 movies, only 2 of which have actually focused on his age and schooling as a central theme.
Simple answer is that it's his current hair.Why didn't JJ have a flat-top????
Because Simmons is a lot older now and the toupee looked silly back in the Raimi days. It was only done to correspond to the comic book version, which is a great deal less important in the Marvel Universe films than it was to Raimi.
Honestly, even the dyed fringe of hair looks a bit foolish - but that may well be the character's vanity.
Honestly, even the dyed fringe of hair looks a bit foolish - but that may well be the character's vanity.
I'd say that was more of a Rush Limbaugh, radio kind of thing.
Or he needs to revise the HR Hiring policy to check harder for sociopathic tendencies.
Well...."needed".
Or one could say Obadiah liked to hire like minded people and Tony was always too self-absorbed to notice, even after Stane was dead.