It took me a while to see Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and I should not have waited. I was delighted at how different this movie felt versus many of our recent MCU films. Read here how it's different! Spoilers may follow.
Many times I like to start with the actors in a movie, and this time is no different. Tom Holland feels like Peter Parker unlike in past films in my opinion. I truly believe he has come into the role, and the writing is probably an important factor. Nearly all of the jokes landed, and there were not too many unnecessary ones (like some recent MCU films have the problem of). Anyways, I officially accept Tom Holland as Spider-Man.
In Spider-Man: Homecoming, I was not a fan of Zendaya's character MJ. I used the words "loathe", "poorly written", and "awful". However... Something changed. They managed to keep most of the personality intact, but she is written so much better this time. Her character is redeemable and important versus the first movie. She doesn't say anything controversial this time, and I enjoyed the performance. I have to give credit where it's due. Although Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna wrote the first one, there were FOUR other writers. The room was less crowded, and it worked really well this time.
Other actors are good in this movie too. Jake Gyllenhaal is great as Mysterio. They made the character work because I was skeptical at first. It's not like Mysterio is an extremely popular villain, but they play it perfectly. They still fully embrace the illusion aspect of the character. His plan makes sense, and it was cool to see small characters from other films come back. Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Cobie Smulders as Agent Hill are good as usual. Jacob Batalon is hilarious as Ned again.
We get to see how things are working after "the snap". They explain it fully in an artful way
The CGI, sound editing, sound mixing and more is good like normal. I think the cinematography went up another step. They took advantage of Spider-Man swinging and more.
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