Peter Parker (Tom Holland) in all his awkwardness takes a European trip with his class, including his long-time crush Michelle aka MJ (Zendaya). While on vacation Peter encounters The Elementals, a group of villains that use the earthly elements to destroy. In comes Quentin Beck (Jake Gyllenhaal) a hero from the Earth 833 to help kill them now so they don't destroy his family later. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) hijacks Peter's vacation to help Beck. A reluctant Peter gets sucked in as do his friends.
The film directed by Jon Watts (directed Spider-Man: Homecoming which I loved) is so perfectly connected to the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe). This movie ties itself all the way back to Iron Man franchise so expertly I audibly gasped. SUCH A GOOD MOVIE!
And as I am writing against a budget of $160 million it's made $975 million at the box office. Movies should double their budget to even break even. It's currently the highest grossing Spider-Man film of all-time and the sequel will be Spider-Man in his senior year. I think they will obviously go into his college when he meets Gwen Stacy, but SO EXCITED not only by Tom's interpretation of Peter Parker/Spider-Man, but the story and how it's told. And like how they updated things: like MJ being African-American, Flash Thompson being of East Indian descent, Peter's bestie is Filipino. SO AMAZING!
I do think Flash Thompson will end up being a supervillain somehow. They keep pitting them against each other in life. Just a gut feeling.
Update: downgrading this movie to a 3 after watching "Spiderman: Homecoming."
A) Ned is SUPER ANNOYING in Homecoming.
B) Peter was head over heels for Liz. MJ was a total jerk.
"Far from Home" is inconsistent with "Homecoming" now.