Marvel is so powerful right now that they can actually make fun of their audience for loving their movies, during their movies.īut really it’s the actors, not their characters’ machinations, that elevate this movie on the list. The villain in this movie reveals a particularly meta plot to exploit the world’s obsession with superheroes and gullibility concerning their powers. But the one upside of so many superheroes flooding our theaters is that the writers feel free to play with the formula a bit. Spider-Man: Far From Home could have been just a serviceable entry in the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe: Heaven knows this movie name drops Iron Man probably more than Spidey himself as Peter struggles with how to cope with losing (another) father figure after the events of Avengers: Endgame. Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars - Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Emma Stone - got their starts in these blockbuster films. He’s a high schooler who can’t seem to finish his homework before swinging off to stop the latest bad guy who decided to use sketchy technology to destroy the world, all while dressed up in a whimsical costume (a goblin, a lizard, a vulture). He’s not a genius (The Hulk) or a billionaire (Iron Man) or a god (Thor). Spider-Man has always been the most relatable superhero. Over the past 15 years, audiences have been treated to nine different Spider-Man productions: seven live-action films starring three different actors as Peter Parker, one animated film and one ill-fated musical. For whatever reason, we just can’t seem to let go of that kid from Queens. Sam Raimi’s 2002 film about an anxious teen who gets bit by a radioactive spider helped launch the superhero-saturated era we live in today. Before The Dark Knight, The Avengers and Wonder Woman, there was Spider-Man.
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