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Saw it this morning. Loved it.

As odd as it was when they declared that this, and not Endgame would be the end of Phase 3 and the “Infinity Saga,” it made sense in that this served as something of an epilogue to Endgame and brought everything full circle in addition to being Spider-Man’s next adventure. Few things I noticed:

-The opening riff of Back in Black was the first sound heard in Iron Man, and this the MCU as a whole. Happy cues it up on the plane as they’re headed to the final battle (and giving us more of Favreau’s Happy Hogan has been one of the small triumph’s of the MCU’s Spider-Man).
-Iron Man ends with Tony Stark revealing his identity to the world. In Far From Home Peter learns that Tony had chosen him to take up his mantle, and by the time we’re walking out of the theater Peter’s identity has been revealed to the world (though not by his own choice).
-From the “maybe a little TOO on the nose there, Marvel” file, did anyone notice the sign on the street during the final web-swinging scene? The numbers laid out “1 -> 2 -> 3 -> ?” and “We can’t wait to show you what’s next!” or something to that extent.

I like that they addressed a bit about what happened to people coming back from the snap with May talking about reappearing in her apartment that was now occupied by another family, but again, what of the people that were on airplanes or cruise ships or something when the snap happened? Will that ever be addressed?

I too was very curious about how they’d do Mysterio, and I don’t know that it could’ve been done much better. I don’t see it as too much of a Mandarin re-tread, because Mandarin was an oblivious patsy being used as a figurehead while Beck/Mysterio was the actual mastermind, and even though he didn’t really have any superpowers he did have the full force of Stark tech at his disposal, making him as much a threat as Iron Man himself could’ve been if he’d ever gone rogue.

The whole way they did it fit incredible well, and the hallucination sequence felt exactly like something you’d see in a comic or video game (thinking in particular about the Scarecrow sequences in the Arkham games). Gyllenhaal was great, and I wonder if he’s actually dead, because between him, Vulture and Scorpion, we’re halfway to a Sinister Six...

But those mid/post credit scenes...I had heard that the first one in particular was can’t-miss, and even though I’m on record as a “keep the X-Men away from the MCU for now” guy, I admit I was getting a Cherokee Tingle and was ready to geek out over a Wolverine tease or something similar. While that didn’t happen, has there ever been an after-movie sequence that did as much to upend the status quo as this one?

The first one stands to turn Peter’s world completely upside down, as the next time we see him he’ll be exposed and known to the world, not to mention be seen by many as a villain attempting to seize the “throne” vacated by Iron Man’s death. Depending on how much legitimacy SHIELD has regained since Winter Soldier, they theoretically could clarify to the public exactly everything that happened, but I guess that isn’t happening if they’d make a point to drop this bomb.

And I wanted to cheer when JK Simmons’ face appeared on the screen. Him as Jameson might be the single most perfect casting decision that’s been made in any comic movie, at least where it comes to secondary characters. I really hope he’s back for the next one vs this just being a little Easter egg for the fans that have been around since the Maguire days. Also interesting that they’re seemingly going with him as an Alex Jones-type podcast/webcast tabloid guy instead of running a newspaper, similar to his portrayal in the PS4 game (which incidentally is absolutely awesome and if you have a PS4 and haven’t played it, go do so).

That final scene is a little more open ended, and I guess we’ll be getting more cosmic for Phase 4. Perhaps this will be the point where we’ll start seeing the Fox properties integrated into the MCU and Galactus will be the next big bad?

Anyway, yeah that’s a lot of words from me as well. Anyone else?