So first I would like to say that I am a Spiderman fan and loved what Marvel did with this iteration of Spiderman. He seems more like the version I grew up watching on the animated show on Fox. Since 2002 Sony has released five live-action Spiderman films. I loved Spiderman 2 but the others were not very good. In 2016 they handed over the reins to Marvel in which the web-slinger showed up as a friend to Ironman in Captain America Civil War. In 2017 Marvel and Sony released Homecoming. He also made appearances in the MCU magnum opus Avengers Infinity War and End Game.
Spiderman Homecoming picks up shortly after Spiderman has received his powers and trying to figure out how to be a friendly neighborhood Spiderman. Most importantly, it was not an origin film because you don’t need one. That was Sony’s mistake all along. We meet the world of Queen NY where Peter is in school and has friends and finding his way in the world. Far From Home picks up after the events of Avengers End Game. We get a quick explanation of why Peter’s friends are still teens, which was a question I had. We follow Peter as he decides he wants to take the summer to be a kid. His high school science team is taking a trip to Italy. His vacation is cut short when SHIELD and a new stranger from a foreign land need his help.
Critical Commentary: Unfortunately, my biggest fear is coming true. Marvel appears to be getting lazy. Spiderman Far From Home was just an ok film. Unfortunately I aw the trailer, “big mistake, Huge mistake”. I was able to deduce the plot and I was right. The movie was very formulaic. No real creativity at all. The Infinity War/End Game hangover has affected another film. If you follow this blog you know that I was not a fan of Captain Marvel. While not as bad as Captain Marvel, it was not great. It felt like Marvel knew they could just make money from this film but didn’t need to try. I was willing to let Captain Marvel be an isolated incident but this appears to be a trend. If this lack of quality is what we should expect from Marvel moving forward, I may be moving on from Marvel. Not sure how but I am concerned with the MCU.
Unlike Captian Marvel, there were some good parts of the film and it wasn’t all bad but not sure this will be added to the collection. Not sure this film is worth watching a second time.
The Xennial Cinephile 