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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Jun 29, 2019 10:36:10 GMT
Apparently the film is already out in some countries, so you know the drill!
Any spoilers get posted in here!
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Post by hobowar on Jun 30, 2019 23:53:56 GMT
SPIDER-MAN DIES!!!!
spoilers.
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Post by James Bond on Jul 2, 2019 4:06:06 GMT
Mysterio is not the hero he makes himself out to be. He's the villain of the movie just as most of us thought he'd be. And he's not from another universe either. Beck's a former employee of Tony's who invented the BARF tech we saw used in Civil War to recreate the last goodbye between Tony and his parents. Tony fired him because he thought Beck was unstable. Beck uses the BARF tech to simulate the attacks by the "Elementals" and convince the world he's a superhero. He has Peter Billingsley's minor character from Iron Man on his side. Peter finds out the truth about Beck and tells some of his friends. Beck finds out he knows and who he's told so sets out to kill them all. He's already decided to kill Nick Fury too because he's afraid Fury will catch on to his plan. That's the gist. There's also a hi-tech pair of glasses Tony left to Peter called EDITH (Even Dead I'm The Hero). Peter gives the glasses to Beck when he still believes Beck to be his friend and thinks Beck is worthy of becoming the new Iron Man, and Beck uses EDITH to wreak even more havoc than before.
There's no Chameleon in the movie. The Dimitri played by Numan Acar is a nothing character. He's basically just silent muscle for Nick Fury. He's only in the movie a few minutes and we never see him again. But even though there's no Chameleon, Beck uses BARF to temporarily disguise himself as Fury and that's how he finds out from Peter who Peter's told about him. In the end, Peter and Beck battle and Beck's fatally injured. But before he dies, he records some footage that makes it look as if Spider-Man attacked him and was responsible for all the chaos. He also reveals Spidey's identity. This footage is played on the news in the mid-credits scene and J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons is back!) has a lot to say about it. In the post-credits scene, it's revealed that the reason Fury and Hill were taken in by Beck is because they're not really Fury and Hill. They're Talos and his wife from Captain Marvel. Fury left Talos to look after S.H.I.E.L.D. for him while he went on a working vacation on a Skrull ship.
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Post by poutinep on Jul 2, 2019 22:46:34 GMT
Just saw it it was amazing the Mysterio twist was perfect!
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Post by ShrunkenHeadonKnightBus on Jul 2, 2019 23:32:52 GMT
It was great to see “Not Tony Stark” again.
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Post by agentblue on Jul 3, 2019 8:05:11 GMT
OMG that JJ cameo was perfect!!!
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Post by hobowar on Jul 3, 2019 8:56:30 GMT
Is it just me or was letting Parker have those sunglasses extremely irresponsible?
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Jul 3, 2019 9:39:23 GMT
So how about Mysterio leaking Spider-Man identity to the public? That was a crazy cliffhanger!
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Post by CowherPowerForever on Jul 3, 2019 11:51:21 GMT
I was reading an article about J.K. Simmons coming back as Jameson, and it was saying how having Mysterio coming from another Earth because of the events of Endgame really opens up this multiverse thing for the MCU movies. However, the twist in this movie clearly explains that Mysterio never came from another Earth, that was just a story he and his team created. They were really former Stark Industry employees for the most part. I've seen this posted on two article I read actually. Do people really still believe Mysterio is from another Earth after watching this movie.
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Post by James Bond on Jul 3, 2019 18:53:29 GMT
OMG that JJ cameo was perfect!!! YES!!!
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Post by merh on Jul 4, 2019 19:57:40 GMT
So even dead Tony is still making threats to the world?
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Post by thisguy4000 on Jul 4, 2019 20:01:48 GMT
Even though that mid-credit scene seemed to set up Spider-Man being a fugitive of the law in the next movie, it would be pretty funny if, in the first few minutes of the next film, Mysterio’s doctored video is quickly proven to be false, and we learn that Stark Industries is suing the hell out of the Daily Bugle. I could see them going either way.
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Post by merh on Jul 4, 2019 23:50:58 GMT
Even though that mid-credit scene seemed to set up Spider-Man being a fugitive of the law in the next movie, it would be pretty funny if, in the first few minutes of the next film, Mysterio’s doctored video is quickly proven to be false, and we learn that Stark Industries is suing the hell out of the Daily Bugle. I could see them going either way. I'm thinking Fury would have caught Beck in the first place. Hill did work at Stark. So where was Hill? Anyway. Fury will get back, EDITH will have her history checked. They will know all the former Stark people who did it & catch them & a story will be made clearing Peter. Surely all of Beck's stuff with EDITH is traceable as the stuff with Donald Glover in Homecoming, so there will be footage cleaning things up.
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Post by DC-Fan on Jul 5, 2019 0:52:24 GMT
Even though that mid-credit scene seemed to set up Spider-Man being a fugitive of the law in the next movie, it would be pretty funny if, in the first few minutes of the next film, Mysterio’s doctored video is quickly proven to be false, and we learn that Stark Industries is suing the hell out of the Daily Bugle. I could see them going either way. On what basis would Stark Industries sue the Daily Bugle? Jameson didn't say anything false about Stark Industries. All Jameson did was play the footage that Beck recorded.
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Post by DC-Fan on Jul 5, 2019 0:56:34 GMT
So how about Mysterio leaking Spider-Man identity to the public? That was a crazy cliffhanger! That was the best mid-credits/post-credits scene in any MCU movie and the only good part of Far From Home. Other than Jameson scene, Far From Home was just an awful high school rom-com with lame forced romances. Peter and MJ? No chemistry at all. Happy and May? No chemistry at all. Ned and Betty? They give Hulk and Black Widow a run for worst MCU couple.
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Post by DC-Fan on Jul 5, 2019 2:15:15 GMT
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Post by poutinep on Jul 5, 2019 3:58:49 GMT
oh, Mark Cassidy, do you consider him a good reviewer?
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Post by CowherPowerForever on Jul 5, 2019 4:22:03 GMT
As someone who is completely fair towards the MCU, I have to disagree. And when I say fair I mean it. I trashed Endgame for being hyped up nonsense. Captain Marvel, Ant-Man 2, and so on.
My biggest complaint was the twist where we find out Mysterio is not from another Earth. To me they could have kept everything the same but still had him be from another Earth, then he hires people from this Earth to try and take control. It opens up the MCU so much had they done this.
The CG was often times pretty bad. Worse than normal for an MCU movie.
Jake Gyllenhaal gave one of his worst performances I've ever seen him give. He was clearly phoning it in, in my opinion.
The first hour or so was really slow, even with the big action scene. However, that could have been my anticipation level for what was going to happen later in the movie. I'll know for sure when I see it again this weekend.
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Post by Archelaus on Jul 5, 2019 4:54:13 GMT
I saw Far from Home on opening day and it's another home run for Marvel. It's a worthy and even superior sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming and it makes a nice epilogue to Avengers: Endgame and Phase 3.
Tom Holland really excels at Peter Parker and Spider-Man. He captured Peter's social awkwardness and insecurity about continuing on as Spider-Man after Tony Stark's death. Jake Gyllenhaal was really good at Mysterio. If you're aware of Spider-Man's villain rogues, you know he's going to be the main villain so the twist isn't too surprising. However, it seems to be a repeating factor that these Spider-Man villains are people screwed over Tony Stark. On a somewhat related note, it was amazing that they brought back Peter Billingsley (of A Christmas Story fame) to reprise his minor role as a Stark Industries employee from Iron Man.
The love subplot between Peter and MJ actually felt authentic. There weren't too many memorable action sequences, but Mysterio's illusion attack in Berlin took my breath away. The comedy was pretty good, although there was some juvenile moments like the comedic interruptions when Nick Fury tries to explain the mission in Peter's apartment. Finally, for the post credits scenes, it was awesome to see J.K. Simmons reprise J. Jonah Jameson as a takeoff of Alex Jones. So, it looks like Peter Parker won't be working as a photographer for The Daily Bugle in a future installment? Also, I'm curious how are they going to resolve that cliffhanger if everyone knows that Peter is Spider-Man?
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Post by Vassaggo on Jul 5, 2019 5:00:33 GMT
The first act could've used maybe 5-10 minute stream lining. Other than that I had no real Qualms.
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