WHAT’S IT ABOUT
Peter Parker’s relaxing European vacation takes an unexpected turn when Nick Fury shows up in his hotel room to recruit him for a mission. The world is in danger as four massive elemental creatures — each representing Earth, air, water, and fire — emerge from a hole torn in the universe. Parker soon finds himself donning the Spider-Man suit to help Fury and fellow superhero Mysterio stop the evil entities from wreaking havoc across the continent.
MOVIESinMO REVIEW
Besides Batman, Spider-Man probably has the best track record when it comes to great movies. That’s right, Marvel Studios have done it again. Spider-Man: Far From Home easily tops the previous film. More story, more action, and a better, smarter villain. The best thing about this and every Spiderman film is Peter’s day to day activity. He’s a “normal” guy just trying to survive school. He has homework, a girl he likes, and a bully. This is what makes Peter Parker so relatable. Everything else is just icing on an already near-perfect cake. So he has super-powers. For most of us, this is a very good thing. For Peter, it is a neverending problem. In “Far From Home,” he wants to be a normal kid on vacation with his friends but this is about eight months after the “blip” (called the Thanos snap in Avengers: Infinity War) and everyone on the planet is still adjusting to the return of all the people that disappeared five years ago. These people, like Peters classmates, didn’t age and needed unique accommodation. The class had to finish school and was awarded a vacation. Once there, Peter has several issues to deal with, starting with keeping his identity secret and ultimately ending with him assisting Nick Fury in saving the day. There were so many surprises presented in this movie, and so many easter eggs for the extreme geek, it was impossible for this film to fail. That guy with the bowl on his head named Mysterio was the best frenemy I’ve seen in a long time. His powers seem to rival the strongest Avenger. Peter had a weird guy crush on him in the beginning because he was a hero Peter felt he could relate to, but things later changed as more information was discovered about the planet, and about multiverses, and about our heros.
The worst thing about this movie (and all Marvel movies) is the underlying story. There’s no mistake the story is excellent, but that’s only if you’ve seen the other Marvel movies before it. Without seeing what came first, you miss out on a large chunk of the story, and nothing makes sense unless you’ve seen them. How does Peter know Tony Stark and what happened to him? Who is Happy, and why is he helping Peter? What is The Snap? There’s a multitude of questions the previous films could easily answer, but that’s over twenty films if you start from the beginning. I genuinely hope no one has waited ten years to watch all the Marvel movies. If you want to know just the Spiderman part of the Marvel story, you can start with 2016’s Captain America: Civil War. After that, Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and finally Avengers: Endgame (2019) Most people know this film was the last in a series of phases (this was phase 3) that Marvel Studios had planned from the beginning, and it was a damn good ride. Here’s hoping the next set of phases are just as good if not better.
OUR RATING – A SWING AND A MASSIVE HIT 9
Media
- Genre – Comic Book
- Street date
- Digital – September 17th 2019
- DVD/Blu-Ray – October 1st 2019
- Video – 1080p
- Screen size – 2:39.1
- Sound – English: Dolby Atmos
- Subtitles – English SDH, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai
Extras
- Peter’s To-Do List: A Short Film (HD, 4 Mins.) – A fun little look at Peter preparing for his big overseas trip.
- Gag Reel and Outtakes (HD, 4 Mins.) – A montage of missed cues, flubbed lines, dancing, and laughter from the set, which has a couple of good moments between Gyllenhaal and Holland.
- Deleted Scenes and Alternate Scenes (HD, 6 Mins.) – There are five total scenes here, none of which have any major developments.
- Teachers’ Travel Tips (HD, 5 Mins.) – A short scene where the two teachers have an embarrassing moment at customs.
- The Jump Off (HD, 7 Mins.) – Here is a cool look at Holland’s physical traits and his stunt work.
- Stepping Up (HD, 4 Mins.) – This focuses on Peter Parker’s growth in the MCU and in this film.
- Suit Up (HD, 5 Mins) – All of the Spider-Man suits are discussed and seen here from the film.
- Now You See Me (HD, 7 Mins.) – The villain Mysterio is talked upon by the cast and crew.
- Far, Far, Far from Home (HD, 5 Mins.) – The European locations and sets are the main feature here.
- It Takes Two (HD, 3 Mins.) – Tom Holland and director Jon Watts had a lot of ideas for the movie and some of them are discussed here.
- Fury and Hill (HD, 4 Mins.) – The two co-stars are front and center on this extra.
- The Ginter-Riva Effect (HD, 2 Mins.) – A super minor character from Iron Man is talked about in this movie.
- Thank You, Mrs. Parker (HD, 4 Mins.) – Aunt May is in the spotlight here.
- Stealthy Easter Eggs (HD, 5 Mins.) – A few cast and crew members show you some hidden easter eggs throughout the film. If you blink, you might miss them.
- The Brothers Trust (HD, 12 Mins.) – An all too long advertisement for the charity The Brothers Trust, which Tom Holland is a part of.
- Select Scene Pre-Visuals (HD, 9 Mins.) – A few scenes are shown with CGI animatics against the final movie.