Home of the Spiders

For years, people wondered if Mysterio could be done on screen. Spider-Man: Far From Home clearly pulled it off as Stark's holo-tech is a perfect work around. Hell, somehow Mysterio's fishbowl helmet did not look stupid at all. Giving him a production crew and his whole fake backstory was straight out of the comics.

I did see one complaint that this was the second villain with ties to Tony Stark. To be fair, Vulture (and the Shockers) and Mysterio use tech. Even if they got the tech from Justin Hammer, is that really all that different? Besides this movie was a tribute to Tony. (AC/DC included. "I love Led Zeppelin!") If Kraven is indeed the villain in the third film, they could, and probably should, connect him to Black Widow or HYDRA which therefore references Captain America. The former is also deceased and this movie, not surprisingly, suggests the latter is believed to be too. Let the tributes continue!

Oh, in case you wondered, I don't believe the reveal that Fury and Maria were really our Skrull friends to be significant to the larger MCU. It wouldn't be attached to the very end of the movie where Baby Boomer audiences will have missed it. (They're hardwired to leave during the credits.) As the director pointed out, it was a gag along the theme of illusion...

Notes:
1. I'm not sure I like the pairing of May and Happy. On one hand, that might stop future writers from having some villain seduce her (She already dated Whiplash in The Wrestler...), it seems too obvious.
2. I loved the tease of Betty Brant and Ned Leeds dating. Once again I wonder: will he become Hobgoblin?
3. Director Jon Watts has indicated he doesn't want to use villains already done on screen (Can he do a Superman or Batman movie, please?). I assume this makes Vulture the obvious choice to lead The Sinister Six?
4. The 3rd film will be "Can't Go Home Again"....

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