Spider-Man: Far from Home is in a delicate position.Between past and future, phase 3 and phase 4, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Avengers: Endgame, continuation and epilogue ... For the second time, Jon Watts has the heavy task of wearing a transition film on his shoulders.One more.This large permanent gap has advantages.But also drawbacks, acceptable in Spider-Man: Homecoming, a little less in Spider-Man: Far from Home.Despite all the flexibility of Peter Parker, Watts is unable to get his ease and struggles to reconcile a nice first high school part and a second epic superheroic part.Less balanced than the first opus, this suite is nevertheless proven to be more interesting in its words and more generous in terms of action, to the point that everyone should find their account there.

Obviously, the great attraction of the film is called Mysterio. From charisma to costume, Jake Gyllenhaal's Quentin Beck has everything to please and the title of master of illusions is clearly not usurped. Rarely a - hero or villain? It's up to you to discover it! - was not so well developed as soon as it appears. Some will argue that the twists that levitate around Beck are quite predictable. It’s not wrong… But is it really important? Through this character, Spider-Man: Far From Home takes place a whole discourse on appearances, the media and entertainment. We think of Iron Man 3. And especially of Marvel Studios as a whole, giant of the entertainment which devours everything in its path. Difficult to make a moral in the middle of the explosions. Maybe there are none. Maybe Kevin Feige is aware that it only takes a single misstep to become Hollywood's super-viola. Ultimate wink meta, this sign "We can't wait to show you what happens next. Hidden in the background of the final scene. In a world where the illusions are queens until the last second, everything is vain ... except the assurance that the spectator will return for the next episode.

Another strength of the film, the secondary characters, starting with Nick Fury. After the agent of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Decision of Captain Marvel, Samuel L. Jackson concludes his big superheroic slam by playing a version of his character closer to comics. It is good to recall from time to time that the boxes are tools in his hands. Not friends! The Happy Hogan/Aunt May duo is also doing well, with a Jon Favreau which is slowly imposed as the new Phil Coulson from the Marvel cinematic universe. As director of Iron Man, present from the very beginning, he makes the glu between the different phases and the different universes. And as in Avengers: Endgame, a few words are enough for him to create a spark of emotion. There remains the case Michelle Jones. Like Peter Parker, we like black humor and punchlines of this sarcastic teenager. Only, it is time to give a more consistent role in Zendaya! But what do you want, despite her millions of followers, she is not part of the entourage of the Avengers or Tony Stark ...

And Spider-Man in all of this? If Tom Holland composes a Peter Parker still as sympathetic and touching, very well directed and highlighted by Jon Watts, difficult to be as enthusiastic about his masked alter ego. The European road trip necessarily limits the possibilities of stunning aerobatics and the famous black suit is not worth the good old classics. Behind these details, the main concern remains the overwhelming shadow of Tony Stark. The question of the heritage of Iron Man is legitimate, but the thing is so supported that it ends up looking like a magic formula invoked by Sony Pictures, as if the armored avenger was the sesame to open the doors of the Box Office . It's time for Spider-Man to exist by himself! Of course, this will undoubtedly be the case in the next opus ... but it is starting to do a long time. The dependence of this Penalogy on Stark Industries technology means that we are talking more about satellites, drones and 3D printers than canvases, uncles and spiders. There is a problem.

If you are allergic to the superheroic teen movies, know that you will probably suffer during the first part of Spider-Man: Far from Home, which is in line with the first opus.You might as well be warned!It must be said that the surprise effect is no longer there.It is as fun as it is light, like the consequences of decimation, discussed but too quickly overflown.(In this regard, a threat in relation to the consequences of the 'snap' sounded as obvious, rather than to use us the narrative diagram of [vulture].) Fortunately, the second part of the film is of a completely different level, much higher than the third act of Spider-Man: Homecoming.We find the lambda destruction of Marvel Studios productions ... with superb visual sequences with comics aesthetics that keep awake until the end.

Reference film for Peter Parker, Spider-Man: Far from Home is not yet the ultimate arachnean blockbuster of the Marvel cinematographic universe.Our hero is only 16 years old.The desire for a meticulously controlled rise - trademark of the Marvel Studios trilogies - is manifest, Peter being nailed to the ground by an opposition between two radically different universes.Inverted mirror, this suite has the merit of convincing on many points that disappeared in Spider-Man: Homecoming.As for the future ... The WOW effect of the first post-generic scene makes us count on the days before the third opus.(We just regret that the said scene is not placed at the end of the film, in order to make a cult moment rather than a bonus.) They are strong, the buggers!

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Spider-Man: Far from Home is directed by Jon Watts and was released in France on July 3, 2019, with Tom Holland (Peter Parker/Spider-Man), Marisa Tomei (Aunt May), Jacob Batalon (Ned), Zendaya (Michelle), Jake Gyllenhaal (Quentin Beck/Mysterio), Numan Acar (Dimitri), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill) and J.B. Smoove (M. Dell).