Thoughts about Spider-man Far From Home
Peter Parker (Tom Holland) aka Spider-man is going to Europe as part of a class trip. He wants to get closer to MJ (Zendaya). He also is struggling with the idea that people expect someone, maybe him, to step up as the new Iron Man. At the same time mysterious elementary monsters are attacking and a new hero named Mysterio(Jake Gyllenhaal) is on hand. (I will not go into more detail about the plot.) There are some nice things going on here and it might have nice if the whole movie had been about the field trip. (This was suggested by Christy Lemire on Breakfast All Day.) I guess no one would buy tickets for that movie. Although Peter’s Spdier-man duties interfering with his enjoyment of the field trip is something true to the spirit of the comics. The cast is good. Jake Gyllenhaal was rumored to take over for Tobey Maguire if Tobey had left the role. So it is nice to see him in a Spider-man movie now. Tom Holland is good as Peter/Spider-man and I think he has been since he star...