Spider-Man: Far From Home

The last entry in the Third Phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the one to followup the events of Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home sees the teenage superhero dealing with not only a world wherein half of people disappeared and then came back as well as seeing his mentor die, but also fighting elemental monsters all throughout his school trip in Europe with the help of Nick Fury and a possible new hero in Mysterio. Tom Holland plays Peter Parker for the fifth time, already portraying him for a record fourth time earlier in Endgame, while Samuel L. Jackson and Cobie Smulders return as Fury and Maria Hill, and Jake Gyllenhaal portrays the first live action appearance of Mysterio. Returning to direct from Homecoming, Jon Watts does an amazing job at portraying the first Spider-Man film set outside of the United States. Not only does everyone who come back from previous entries give great performances, but Gyllenhaal does such a fantastic job at making you believe the lies his character makes even when you know what Quentin Beck is really like in the comics and other media. The biggest praise that anyone could ever give this film is just how amazing and real Beck's illusions are and how through them, Spider-Man needs to learn how to hone his Spider-Sense. Holland's chemistry with Zendaya, playing his crush MJ, is really believable even if Peter's interest in her comes out of nowhere. While Mysterio is a really great villain whose plan to fake a catastrophe to be seen as the next big hero is well thought out, he and his team's backstory of being former employees of Tony Stark who felt like they were ripped off or wanted more is way too similar to both Vulture's backstory in Homecoming and each of Iron Man's enemies in his own films. It's also sad to note that this is the first MCU film to not have a cameo by Stan Lee as he died before he could film one. This being the end of Phase Three, the two post credit scenes foreshadow the possible stories and direction that Phase Four will go through. They're both very surprising, though the first one shown is the most shocking as it deals with the title hero's secret identity. All in all, Spider-Man: Far From Home is another solid entry in a franchise that keeps surprising us and getting better, even when the comedy occurs too often. Over all: 100%

2019 top list so far:
1. Avengers: Endgame

2. Toy Story 4

3. Shazam!

4. Spider-Man: Far From Home

5. Rocketman

6. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

7. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

8. Godzilla: King of the Monsters

9. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

10. Us

11. Aladdin 2019

12. Pokemon Detective Pikachu

13. Captain Marvel

14. Yesterday

15. Pet Sematary 2019

16. The Upside

17. Dark Phoenix

18. Cold Pursuit

19. Glass