Spider Man: Far From Home

An interesting mix of two studio cultures.  Spider Man locked into Sony Pictures but Marvel Avengers is part of Disney. 

The two play nice here to present an extension of Avengers:  Endgame with Peter Parker as the reluctant new Avenger while continuing the New York wisecracking "Friendly Neighborhood Spider Man".



The unbelieveable 16 year Peter Parker goes on a class trip with his school to Venice, Prague, Berlin (hence the far from home) and encounters a new superhero Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhall) who turns out to be not what he seems.  So Spider Man must reluctantly come to save the day when all Peter wants to do is give one kiss to  M.J. (Zendaya).

A pretty good story, poorly acted, with a lot of cool special effects.  We're having the Usual.   But it gives a kitchy comic book feel like the other Spider Man movies (at least 6?)

* * * * of 5  (feeling generous)

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