Saw Far From Home over the weekend. It was pretty good. Lots of fun, things moving quickly enough that you don't stop to think about whether or not any of it makes sense, a little drama and a little humor along the way, typical MCU movie. I knew the name Mysterio and that's about it, so even though it was pretty obvious that Beck was not going to be what he said he was, the way he was doing it was an interesting twist for me. Reminded me of Syndrome from The Incredibles. He created threats so he could solve them and be the hero. No Capes!
The post-credits scene was interesting and a little confusing. Orbertson reminded us (myself and Mrs. Orbert) that we hadn't seen Captain Marvel yet. Oh yeah, kinda forgot about her. So we watched Captain Marvel on demand and got that figured out. We've seen every MCU movie now, in order, except Captain Marvel, so it was fun watching it and having to remind myself that even though the movie is set in the past, it was released right before Endgame and thus before Far From Home as well. So now we understand the Far From Home post-credits scene better, but there's obviously more that we don't know. Like, where are Fury's shoes?
I liked Captain Marvel, apparently more than most people. I liked that we the audience were led to empathize with the Kree at first, which was a twist after knowing them as Bad Guys. But the Skrulls are the bad guys here, and hey, most Bad Guys don't think of themselves as the Bad Guys, so to them, the Skrulls are the Bad Guys. But it slowly twisted around, and I thought it was quite well done. We learned more and figured it out, along with Carol, who had more to figure out as well. Since it was a three-day rental, we watched it again the next day and got even more out of it. So yeah, she's a bit dry, not much personality, but I thought she was fine and yeah it helped that she's cute. Jude Law was obviously going to turn out to be an asshole, but then most Kree apparently are assholes anyway. It was almost an "origin story" for Fury, with how much backstory we got on him, also Korath (one of my favorite bad guys from Guardians of the Galaxy) and even a little Coulson. With the non-linear narrative, the second viewing helped me appreciate the story (and the writing) better. I thought it was okay at first, and pretty good the second time.
I'm still amazed at how well they've woven together all the pieces of the MCU. You never know what's going to connect to what. What an incredible cinematic undertaking, and what an incredible achievement.