Spider Man Far From Home, starring Tom Holland and Zendaya, hit the screens this week
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It might sound oxymoronic, but Avengers Endgame left us with a wholesome heartbreak. Our heroes brought back their fallen and saved the world from Thanos’s cosmic destruction plan. Yet, there was a price to pay, and our beloved Iron\Man AKA Tony Stark paid it. While it was undoubtedly painful to bid goodbye, the rest of our favourites seemed to have found peace. And so they should.
In Spider-Man: Far From Home, the next step after the death and destruction of Avengers, our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man AKA Peter Parker is off on a well-deserved break with his classmates. While the loss of Tony Stark looms over him at all times, he just wants to leave aside the superhero suit for a while and finally enjoy life like a 16-year-old should. And like every teenager, he wants to get that first kiss from the girl he likes.
But as Marvel should have taught him, nothing is ever that easy. Nick Fury needs his help, as once again the world seems to be in peril, as the Elementals, which are Fire, Water and Wind monsters are wreaking havoc. Into this chaos, enters Mysterio (the ever-reliable Jake Gyllenhal) who could be Peter Parker’s next father figure after Tony Stark. This breezy and light film is how Peter can finally rise to the occasion and save his loved ones from destruction and bizarre optical illusions, which can even mess with the viewer’s mind at points.
Is Peter the next Iron Man? And does he even want to be him?
Understandably, Endgame has raised the Marvel standards to astronomical levels. So if you go in for this follow-up, expecting the same emotional intensity, depth and the well-timed punches in the gut, you won’t be entirely pleased. Spider-Man Far From Home knows it’s not striving for perfection and that it won’t smash box office records around the world.
But yet, that’s what makes Spider-Man Far From Home an enjoyable and lovable film. Maybe, we needed a little bit of a break. Perhaps, we could just enjoy a throwback to school days and that age of first love and the nervousness of dating, when things were a little easier, minus the threat of the world being in trouble.
After dealing with nuanced villains in films like Killmonger in Black Panther and Thanos in the last two Avengers film, we are back with a bad guy, who’s just straight-up crazy and evil. The plot twist won’t be entirely unforeseeable, if you’ve watched many superhero films or any thriller, but the film has your attention in a vice-like grip after that.
Tom Holland lives the role of Spider-Man, a boy who has just lost his mentor and father-figure. Even when the rest of his face is covered with a mask, his red eyes make you really feel for him. He knows how to portray that innocence and vulnerability and that constant self-doubt that nags him. And that’s what makes this Spider-Man so relatable. Please, let Tom Holland always be Spider-Man. Please.
The director makes sure that nobody has forgotten Tony Stark in any way, and that hell no, nobody ever should. Stark’s presence is felt in practically every scene of the film and it adds a bittersweet tinge.
Spider-Man Far From is easy on the mind and heart. It’s like that blueberry cheesecake you have after a very heavy and long meal. It makes you happy.
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