Do you feel your Peter sense tingling yet? No? Well good, because this pervs, and perverts of the world is a high-class movie review free of any dirty puns. So, minds out of the gutter and onto the young man who dresses in spandex and saves people by using his web shooters to fire sticky webbed projectiles at bad guys. Um…Dammit, now you got me doing it. Ahem! As I was saying, the latest Spidey superhero flick from Marvel to hit the big screen is Spider-Man: Far from Home. And yes, unlike my failed attempts at humor, it’s actually pretty good. After the time travel and returning of many characters after Avengers: Endgame, Tom Holland is back as Spider-Man. “The Blip” is the name given to the victims of the Thanos Infinity Gauntlet snap, and I must admit, it’s kinda catchy. Now, when Peter Parker and his classmates go on a field trip to Europe (me, totally jealous) they encounter big monsters destroying buildings as well as a new hero who steps up and takes them down. But Peter discovers that this new hero from another dimension Mysterio is not who he seems. And it’s now up to Spider-Man to save the day, even though all he wanted to do on his European vacation was take MJ to the Eiffel Tower and tell her how he feels. Bummer! Peter is busy throughout the film trying to not only woo his crush, but to sneak out of the field trip by doing very important Spidey business. MJ suspects something and SPOILERS! She puts together that Peter Parker is Spider-Man. I must say, Mary Jane’s character played by Zendaya is much more sarcastic and wittier than Kirsten Dunst’s interpretation. She’s also quite funny, I can see why Peter is totally crushing on her. I like when Happy mentions Tony Stark, and how he chooses Peter to be the next Iron Man. They are certainly opening up the garage for that one, and leaving it open to the possibility of a new Iron Man, although it may too soon after Tony’s death to talk about who the next one will be and if their really needs to be a another person taking up the mantle of Iron Man at all. On a different note, Happy and Aunt May’s relationship evolves in this movie, much to the chagrin of Peter. Mysterio tricks Spider-Man so much in this movie. First, when he convinced Peter that he was a hero from any dimension and only he can stop the monsters that are rampaging the world. It’s understandable how Peter fell for that one, along with many other people who did. But when the illusions started coming as a result of Mysterio’s team who are trying to build a religion around the guy as Earth’s greatest hero, Peter was still convinced that it was real. At least, everything seemed so lifelike, like a VR game on steroids. But still, fool me once, shame on Spider-Man, fool me twice shame on me. I admit that all the hologram illusion stuff in this movie was a bit much for my taste. However, this movie was definitely good, maybe not better than Endgame, but it has a shorter run time which is for the better . The action was cool, but the new black Spider-Man suit which makes him look like a burglar more than a superhero was so so. I liked the previous Spidey film Homecoming better, yet, I really like the character development here of MJ, Peter and even Ned, who finds love in one of his classmates. He then however, lets her go in a mutual breakup. Pretty unexpected, yet nevertheless entertaining. And of course, as such with all Marvel movies, the end credits scene in Far from Home leaves fans asking questions about the future of the franchise. I for one can’t wait to find out what Spidey will do next.
Nerdish Rating
4 out of 5
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