Spider-Man: Far From Home [ SPOILERS FROM POST 240 ]

pixelburp · 25-06-2019 2:09pm

I'd have been more surprised if there was none; the trick now will be to maintain the perfect balance of character, emotion and action that first film managed. That it wasn't just a good thrill-ride, but also a really grounded, relatable story that managed to be more Spider-Man than the MCU Spider-Man was in its own right

TheIrishGrover · 25-06-2019 2:17pm

Mr E wrote: »

Into the Spiderverse is on Netflix tomorrow I think.
Looking forward to watching it again.

Two words:
Boo
Yah!

ThePott · 25-06-2019 3:42pm

Mr E wrote: »

Into the Spiderverse is on Netflix tomorrow I think.
Looking forward to watching it again.

I hope I'm wrong but I think that's just America

El Duda · 25-06-2019 3:59pm

I hope you're right! I just forked out £30 for the 4K!

Mr E · 26-06-2019 12:34pm

No sign today anyway... balls.

Baggly · 26-06-2019 12:36pm

Netflix UK & Ire had a video out of releases for June and July and it didnt feature, so i was doubtful anyway.

Kermit.de.frog · 28-06-2019 2:48am

Personally I hate the cynical introduction of the 'multiverse' in this movie.

The joys - we'll be on our old age death beds and there will still be 3 Marvel movies per year coming out and they can keep going back to the well over and over again as much as they like because of the "multiverse"

The studio cynicism takes the gloss off it for me.

Lithium93_ · 28-06-2019 5:50pm

Personally i don't see how it's cynical introducing the multiverse, 23 films deep into the franchise. But that's the beauty of opinions I suppose.

And I don't get this whinging about 3 Marvel films a year, it's not like anyone's holding a gun to your head, demanding you go see them.

ThePott · 28-06-2019 6:12pm

I don't get that. Multiverses were an inevitability as the franchise got older IMO. Not to mention if it means the possibility of weirder more original stories that don't necessarily take place in the main MCU narrative then that's a good thing.

The White Wolf · 28-06-2019 6:26pm

I've purposely avoided spoilers but even based purely on the trailers, people have speculated that the multiverse might not be real. This is Mysterio after all, master of illusion etc...

Baggly · 28-06-2019 6:43pm

Fury says 'everything you are about to see is real' in the trailer, just before Peter meets mysterio.

None of it is real. That's not fury.

Lithium93_ · 30-06-2019 12:54pm

Haven't dived into the rest of the soundtrack.

Temptamperu · 30-06-2019 7:09pm

Peter-Tingle!

This movie is awesome.

Slydice · 30-06-2019 9:24pm

Advance preview?

Lithium93_ · 30-06-2019 9:25pm

I keep thinking it's a week away, but tomorrow's actually the 1st of July :pac:

NUTZZ · 01-07-2019 10:32am

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Haven't dived into the rest of the soundtrack.

I actually just saw Michael Giacchino two weeks ago at the National Concert Hall and he debuted the new Far From Home suite which was a very welcome surprise for the audience! It's a great score.

flazio · 01-07-2019 11:37am

I know they're not spoilers as such but still I prefer listening to the music cues in the movie first before seeking them out.

Baggly · 02-07-2019 2:11am

That was decent.

Slydice · 02-07-2019 3:29am

Just back. Saw it in 3D IMAX. Worth the big screen! Can probably live without the 3D.

Very enjoyable. Felt like both a Spider-Man film and a MCU film.
Good contributions to both.
Decent baddie.
Thought they handled the mixes of age groups very well.

It had good action and lots of fun. Jake Gyllenhaal did well as Mysterio. The

scenes in the illusions fighting Spider-Man were cool. That train was a bit of a shock. Then Peter overcoming it in the end was good.

Definitely stay for the Mid Credits

Peter Parker!

:eek: Also:

J. K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson!!

Then the End Credits!

Ben Mendelsohn back!

Nick Fury in Space!

Somethings going on!

I burst out laughing at

the start

when they

played Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

. Link to that if you need it:

Link to youtube

Baggly · 02-07-2019 8:29am

Right

So I couldnt have been more bang on about Mysterio or Fury. Hate to say i told ya so..... (but im rarely right about pre-movie predictions so i shall savour this one)

Movie was grand. Missing some of the charm of the first one. Felt a bit rushed rather than fast paced. Spiderman felt kind of useless in it as well, for most of the movie. Maybe that was intentional.

Loved the mysterio spiderman fishbowl scene.

Love the MJ / Peter interactions.

Mid credits and post credits scenes worth sticking around for.

Overall, 3.5 webs out of 5.

Zero-Cool · 02-07-2019 8:54pm

Loved it! I was very skeptical but only because Spidey is my fave comic character and spiderman 3 has me nervous for any film that has come out since.

Highly exceeded my expectations and felt like the film came straight out of a comic, classic Spiderman story, characters, comedy, love story, action scenes etc.

The mid credits scene might be my favourite of the whole mcu, had me grinning like an eejit.

2nd half much better than the first half and I CANNOT WAIT for the next one.

bennyl10 · 02-07-2019 10:13pm

Huge Spider-Man fan, thoroughly enjoyed that! Wonderful wonderful!

The mid credit scene.. WHAT?

FunLover18 · 03-07-2019 12:04am

I really enjoyed. Not sure if I like it as much as Homecoming but it's very enjoyable. I wish they'd found a better way to incorporate Spider-Man into the first few action scenes but I loved all the stuff with Peter and his classmates.

horgan_p · 03-07-2019 9:10am

I enjoyed it. Not too heavy which makes a welcome break from endgame.

Couple of things though :

Did they just both invent and un-invent the multiverse inth eone film ? they'll realistically have to re-invent it unless they are going to do something really clever with the X-men / Fantastic 4

I didnt really like the use of the

Skrulls

. I thought that was just pure comedy. Also with

the Skrulls as "good guys"

have they screwed themselves for

Secret Invasion

?

JJ Jameson

though. I had no idea and it made me squeel with delight. Loved this.

Not too sure about the revelation of

Peter's identity

though. It'll be interesting to see how they deal with it.

I think (hope) that when they announce phase 4 (D23 I presume) a lot of things will become clearer.

Midnight_EG · 03-07-2019 9:15am

That jumped straight into my Top 3 Marvel movies, amazing

Baggly · 03-07-2019 9:16am

horgan_p wrote: »

I enjoyed it. Not too heavy which makes a welcome break from endgame.

Couple of things though :
Did they just both invent and un-invent the multiverse inth eone film ? they'll realistically have to re-invent it unless they are going to do something really clever with the X-men / Fantastic 4

I didnt really like the use of the
Skrulls
. I thought that was just pure comedy. Also with
the Skrulls as "good guys"
have they screwed themselves for
Secret Invasion
?
JJ Jameson
though. I had no idea and it made me squeel with delight. Loved this.

Not too sure about the revelation of
Peter's identity
though. It'll be interesting to see how they deal with it.

I think (hope) that when they announce phase 4 (D23 I presume) a lot of things will become clearer.

Multiverse was a red herring, i think. Dont think they were gonna go down that route anyway. They like to keep the science of the MCU fairly straightforward and accessable. Multiverse is inherently complicated as a concept. They could do a house of M with SW, or with the reality stone to get Xmen / FF in, i think

The skrulls we have seen are good guys. Not to say every Skrull out there is. Same as there are heroes and villains on Earth, i think there will be good and bad Skrulls too.

abcabc123123 · 03-07-2019 10:31am

Enjoyed it but not as much as Homecoming. There was something just a little off about it that I struggle to put my finger on... possibly the pacing or editing, but also the humour. It wasn't used as well in this as in Homecoming, and it fell into the GOTG2 trap at times, undercutting moments of drama with the humour. The supporting cast of school kids were short changed in this as well - Ned in particular serving as little more than over the top comedic sidekick; he served this role in the first one too, but also brought more real teenage struggles in that film, and reacted far more believably to extreme danger than he did in this. Indeed I think that's a recurring problem in this; the way Aunt May and co react to Peter continually risking his life strains credulity.

Fun though.

silverharp · 03-07-2019 12:55pm

one reviewer said, great characters, great interaction, villain pretty good but that the film was boring , unnecessary humor?

hightower1 · 03-07-2019 1:08pm

Really enjoyed the flick TBH. Felt better than Homecoming IMO. I really felt Peter taking small steps into being more of an adult but not giant leaps into full blown "being a grown up" which was a tricky balancing act.

Two issues stood out to me though -

The drones looked nothing like Stark Tech so I found it very difficult to believe he was the source of the movies "McGuffin" as it were.

Also, there were promises of how they'll address the 5 year time gap - in reality they simply mentioned it twice but that was it. They even went as far as downplaying it to a "blip"? Felt tonally weird considering we opened End Game with a full blown support group full of broken people crying recanting stories during dinner dates and desperate to reach out to others... now everyone's back it's all forgotten and even just called a "blip"?

Zero-Cool · 03-07-2019 1:57pm

I'm really glad how the

multiverse

and

blip

was handled.

Multiverse would have been so messy and there's no need for them to go down the blip rabbit hole, better to gloss over it and carry on.

PTH2009 · 03-07-2019 3:56pm

Really liked

how they showed the blip in alternative real life settings such as the Marching band scene

so there is no multi verse and it was all a lie made up by Mystero ??

guess were not getting Oscorp or the Osborns in this version of Spider man ?

Somedaythefire · 03-07-2019 4:44pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I'm really glad how the
multiverse
and
blip
was handled.
Multiverse would have been so messy and there's no need for them to go down the blip rabbit hole, better to gloss over it and carry on.

Multiverse was essentially explained by the Ancient One in Endgame. They can still use it.

Beric Dondarrion · 04-07-2019 12:20am

Enjoyed it! The

mid credits scene sets up all sorts of possibilities for future Spider-Man movies - sinister six, spiderverse ,Miles Morales etc

I thought the level of humour was fine in it too. Nice way to close out the MCU's Phase 3 set of movies too.

A solid 4 out 5!!

ThePott · 04-07-2019 12:31am

Brief thoughts; Enjoyed it overall, think it came in a bit under Homecoming for me. Thought Mysterio was amazing especially that scene. I did think the film took some time to get going though. Credits scenes were amazing. I'll probably see it again with friends and might do a proper review then.

Did a little video on the credits scenes here if anyone wants to check it out too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlO1Qpue1_0

expectationlost · 04-07-2019 12:33am

anyone else worried about Jacob Batalon (actor who plays Ned Leeds) health

Zero-Cool · 04-07-2019 10:25am

Nice easter egg video, riddled with spoilers of course.

Will spoil the thumbnail just in case.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol8FYHDX9c

Baggly · 04-07-2019 10:26am

expectationlost wrote: »

anyone else worried about Jacob Batalon (actor who plays Ned Leeds) health

In what sense?

gmisk · 04-07-2019 10:29am

Baggly wrote: »

In what sense?

He is errr "husky"?

gmisk · 04-07-2019 10:30am

Quick question for anyone who has seen it....no spoilers.
Are there post credit scenes if so how many?
Basically how long after the film is done do I need to watch, thanks

Sirsok · 04-07-2019 10:31am

Baggly wrote: »

In what sense?

I would imagine the fact he is obese, i was looking at press interviews andd i had no idea who he was for awhile with extra weight amd ball head, when i realised who it was i genuinely felt concerned for this guy i dont know.

5star02707 · 04-07-2019 10:31am

gmisk wrote: »

Quick question for anyone who has seen it....no spoilers.
Are there post credit scenes if so how many?
Basically how long after the film is done do I need to watch, thanks

make sure to stay till the end

1 mid credit scene
1 post credit scene

Baggly · 04-07-2019 10:31am

Oh right. Nope not worried. Not really my concern. Im sure if his health is in jeopardy as a result, he can spend some spiderbucks to lose some weight, should he want to.

gmisk · 04-07-2019 10:32am

5star02707 wrote: »

make sure to stay till the end

1 mid credit scene
1 post credit scene

Will do thanks

Baggly · 04-07-2019 10:32am

Like the very very end. Worth it.

expectationlost · 04-07-2019 1:41pm

Baggly wrote: »

Oh right. Nope not worried. Not really my concern. Im sure if his health is in jeopardy as a result, he can spend some spiderbucks to lose some weight, should he want to.

give him the extension of his character get him on a regime.

Ethereal Cereal · 04-07-2019 1:45pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I'm really glad how the
multiverse
and
blip
was handled.
Multiverse would have been so messy and there's no need for them to go down the blip rabbit hole, better to gloss over it and carry on.

At what point can we unspoiler this thread?

I didn't like that they

glossed over the blip. Took any dramatic impact from these movies for me. The effects of half the population disappearing for 5 years would be beyond catastrophic, but thats just ignored here. They just made light of it by calling it "the blip" rather than "The Decimation", "10/14", "The Snap", "The Dissapearing", etc....

Example 1: How is air traffic not now more heavily regulated. If 1,250 planes fell from the sky 5 years ago (there are 5,000 planes in the sky at any time. On average, a quarter of these lost both their pilot and their co-pilot), there would be so many checks put in place on future commercial flights, it wouldn’t be viable to fly 30+ school children on a holiday to Europe, yet alone for their parents to be agreeable to send their kids via airtravel.

Example 2: how was there not more completely ruined buildings in Manhattan from this event, even 5 years later. The rebuild would take decades, if you dont take into account starvation, famine, rioting, looting, lawlessness, government collapse, etc etc.

I know these movies are meant to be lighthearted, I get that, but then don't wipe out half the population of the universe in a movie. Or if you do, undo it with a time travel handwavey resolution. I'm sure I'll get stick for this opinion, I think I might just be getting too old for the MCU

FunLover18 · 04-07-2019 2:38pm

Ethereal Cereal wrote: »

At what point can we unspoiler this thread?

I didn't like that they
glossed over the blip. Took any dramatic impact from these movies for me. The effects of half the population disappearing for 5 years would be beyond catastrophic, but thats just ignored here. They just made light of it by calling it "the blip" rather than "The Decimation", "10/14", "The Snap", "The Dissapearing", etc....

Example 1: How is air traffic not now more heavily regulated. If 1,250 planes fell from the sky 5 years ago (there are 5,000 planes in the sky at any time. On average, a quarter of these lost both their pilot and their co-pilot), there would be so many checks put in place on future commercial flights, it wouldn’t be viable to fly 30+ school children on a holiday to Europe, yet alone for their parents to be agreeable to send their kids via airtravel.

Example 2: how was there not more completely ruined buildings in Manhattan from this event, even 5 years later. The rebuild would take decades, if you dont take into account starvation, famine, rioting, looting, lawlessness, government collapse, etc etc.

I know these movies are meant to be lighthearted, I get that, but then don't wipe out half the population of the universe in a movie. Or if you do, undo it with a time travel handwavey resolution. I'm sure I'll get stick for this opinion, I think I might just be getting too old for the MCU

Example 1: what kind of checks?? "I'm sorry, sir, do you have plans to fade into dust during this flight?" How could air traffic possibly count for it?

Example 2: Did you see Homecoming? There's no way they could have gone from John Hughes teen comedy to The Leftovers, it would completely jar.

They were never going to address the snap the way you wanted, not in this movie.

Somedaythefire · 04-07-2019 2:39pm

Ethereal Cereal wrote: »

At what point can we unspoiler this thread?

I didn't like that they
glossed over the blip. Took any dramatic impact from these movies for me. The effects of half the population disappearing for 5 years would be beyond catastrophic, but thats just ignored here. They just made light of it by calling it "the blip" rather than "The Decimation", "10/14", "The Snap", "The Dissapearing", etc....

Example 1: How is air traffic not now more heavily regulated. If 1,250 planes fell from the sky 5 years ago (there are 5,000 planes in the sky at any time. On average, a quarter of these lost both their pilot and their co-pilot), there would be so many checks put in place on future commercial flights, it wouldn’t be viable to fly 30+ school children on a holiday to Europe, yet alone for their parents to be agreeable to send their kids via airtravel.

Example 2: how was there not more completely ruined buildings in Manhattan from this event, even 5 years later. The rebuild would take decades, if you dont take into account starvation, famine, rioting, looting, lawlessness, government collapse, etc etc.

I know these movies are meant to be lighthearted, I get that, but then don't wipe out half the population of the universe in a movie. Or if you do, undo it with a time travel handwavey resolution. I'm sure I'll get stick for this opinion, I think I might just be getting too old for the MCU

No, you're not. These Spider-Man films are just badly written.

Ethereal Cereal · 04-07-2019 2:59pm

FunLover18 wrote: »

Example 1: what kind of checks?? "I'm sorry, sir, do you have plans to fade into dust during this flight?" How could air traffic possibly count for it?

Example 2: Did you see Homecoming? There's no way they could have gone from John Hughes teen comedy to The Leftovers, it would completely jar.

They were never going to address the snap the way you wanted, not in this movie.

Example 1:

Just off the top of my head:

Increased precautions in all airplanes that should another snap level event occur there would be technical safety implementations to minimise causalities on the ground and in the plane.

Highly essential only air travel. Where possibly use technical conferencing tools to work globally, minimise vacation travel, where possibe use ferry travel

etc. etc.

Example 2:
Yes,I've seen it. Both these movies exist in a shared universe. While the movies may thematically be differing, they can not ignore major events from other movies.

FunLover18 · 04-07-2019 3:52pm

Ethereal Cereal wrote: »

Example 1:

Just off the top of my head:

Increased precautions in all airplanes that should another snap level event occur there would be technical safety implementations to minimise causalities on the ground and in the plane.

Highly essential only air travel. Where possibly use technical conferencing tools to work globally, minimise vacation travel, where possibe use ferry travel

etc. etc.

Example 2:
Yes,I've seen it. Both these movies exist in a shared universe. While the movies may thematically be differing, they can not ignore major events from other movies.

Apologies for the tone of my original response, it was unnecessarily snarky.

I don't think it's possible to address the snap in the way you would have like in a two hour movie. The vast majority of the audience just don't care about all that minute detail. It would have dragged the narrative down trying to shoehorn in references to all the changes and it would have added unnucessary cost to the production budget to show the level of destruction you believe the snap would have caused. They do reference the massive homeless crisis caused but in reality you'd need a TV show to address the fallout, maybe we'll get that on Disney+.

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