Spiderman – Far From Home

Time tripping through the Multi-verse…this is like playing 8 dimensional chess without any knowledge of how to play the 2 dimension version.  Add to that, characters that I’m sure every Spiderman fan in said multi-verse has come to know and love or hate, different MJ’s and a very definite tie-in to the new Dr. Strange movie.  This is the Benjamin Cumberbatch that rocks the Marvel world.  Unfortunately, this writer has not seen all of the Spiderman versions, so some of the villians and their back stories are as foreign as Sanskrit to me, but after the third time watching this I get it, sort of.  From what I gather, Peter Parker is accused of killing one of the villians (Jake Gyllenhall) and that was misunderstood by everybody except MJ and Ned, his girlfriend and friend, Aunt May (who has morphed into Marissa Tomei), and Happy, Ironman Tony Stark’s driver and confidant (Jon Favreau) who is totally smitten with her, integrating Peter’s life with his on a family level.  It gets wrapped up in cobwebs when Peter tries to enlist the help of Dr. Strange to right a wrong and change his fate and the fate of his friends due to the misunderstanding.  Sort of a backassward It’s A Wonderful Life with conditions.  This is truly a huge undertaking involving massive amounts of “wait, what, oh, that’s who you are” moments, some tragedy, some angst, and a swinging time is had by all.  Never fear Spidey fans everywhere…the story will continue and the next episode will, I’m sure, be as exciting and action packed as this one.  Rating:  Tobey, Andrew, Tom, and Ben – four stars in the Spiderverse!