YMMV / Spider-Man: Far From Home

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• Adorkable:
  • Roger Harrington at times, such as his excitement when Peter pretends to have seen some baby goats to get everyone to look out the window.
  • Michelle shows shades of this around her crush, Peter.
  • Betty Brant acts like a giddy school girl during her relationship with Ned.
  • Talos continues his firm trend of being an awkward dork, as by the end of the film he has to admit that Beck had him completely fooled, and given that he's a shapeshifter impersonating Nick Fury, it's all pretty deservedly humiliating. He stammers and desperately tries to avoid the issue in his vid call to the real Fury, but Soren has none of it and makes him confess.
• Alternative Character Interpretation:
  • Peter Parker himself. As some reviewers noticed his general behaviour seems much the same as in Homecoming, still being awkward, at times immature, self-conscious. Others feel that, if anything, Peter's character arc is the reverse of the previous one (clinging to his youth instead of forcibly trying to be viewed as a grown up), since it has him being unwilling to the point of indifference about the responsibility of fighting a big-league villain which in the case of the Elementals were a world-ending threat as far as he, Fury, and Hill knew. Some argue that it makes perfect sense because of the traumatic events of Infinity War and Endgame, especially since he falls for Mysterio's ruse and is led to believe a more qualified hero is dealing with it, while others feel that Peter prioritizing a high school crush over the security of the entire planet (which you know, includes her too) is severely myopic.^note To be fair to Peter, according to Beck, the fire elemental wasn't powerful enough to destroy the planet until after several battles over the course of many years in which it grew more and more powerful. It's understandable that he would think Mysterio would be capable of dealing with it, since Fury and Mysterio don't give indication that they're in desperate need of his help, just that they want it. And if he fails the first time there's plenty of time to regroup for another attack.
  • Nick Fury is his usual blunt self when talking to Peter Parker, who is still technically a teenager that went through a traumatic experience. A case of Tough Love and You Are Better Than You Think You Are to Peter or a sign of how dangerous the Elementals are and that the world needs Spider-Man? The fact that Fury in the bulk of this movie is actually Talos only muddles the issue. It's possible that Talos has difficulty with human psychology, and being a refugee fleeing a genocidal regime, he's not too impressed with Peter's issues boiling down to primarily being a reluctant hero. Or it could be that he's in way over his head trying to be a superspy and overcompensating.
  • Mixed with Unreliable Expositor, just how unstable was Quentin Beck to begin with? Hearing him tell it, he was just an innocent inventor that Tony fired for protesting how his invention was used and acts as if Tony calling him "unstable" was just an excuse. However, while obviously not justifying passing Beck's invention off as his own (with a humiliating name on top of it), given how Beck turned out completely willing to kill thousands of people for the sake of fame, maybe Tony had good reason to fire him. There's also the fact that Beck is ably, and loyally, supported by several former Stark employees who don't seem to come off as unstable especially, and who don't have any issues or doubts about his narrative of Tony being a Mean Boss and a "boozy manchild".
    • To further show how much of an unreliable expositor Beck is, his flashback of Tony's B.A.R.F. presentation in Civil War features audio of people laughing when no such thing actually happened in that movie. The same flashback also conveniently leaves out a follow-up line where Tony admits he needs to come up with a better acronym for the invention. Perhaps Tony's reason for firing Beck wasn't as unjustifiable as Beck himself makes it out to be.
  • Just how much did Quentin Beck care for Peter Parker? There's no denying that Beck is manipulating him for his own ends, but at many points it seems like he genuinely doesn't want Peter to get hurt until he has no choice. He even yells at one of his men for getting sloppy and allowing Peter to find out the truth, which forces Beck to kill Peter and his friends to prevent the truth from getting out. On the other hand, when he does decide to kill Peter, he tries to do it in a gleeful manner, constantly taunting him and toying him with his past failures using his illusions, and in the end after knowing that he would lose, knowingly manipulates the masses to paint himself as the hero and Spider-Man as the villain, even going as far as to reveal his identity to the world, ruining Peter's life out of spite even when it achieves nothing for him.
    • Alternatively, Beck might have just been angry he has to go kill a teenager rather than the fact that he knows and cares about said teenager.
  • How genuine are the "disgruntled" ex-Stark employees with their shared resentment towards Tony Stark? Did Mysterio somehow manipulate them? Given the apparent pettiness with a dose of Disproportionate and Misplaced Retribution that they're willing to commit mass-murder with the drones just because they're supposedly mistreated by their deceased ex-boss, it does beg a question how and why they're willing to commit such atrocities.
    • How much is Tony truly at fault here? Yes, the ex-employees all have something wrong with them, but then why on earth are there so many of them with the same problem? Was this a deliberate choice made by Tony, and if yes, then what's the point? Was it out of the competence they each seemed to have? Did they simply not show or display their problems at first? Were they employed and/or fired before or after Tony ended up becoming Iron Man and wised up with himself and his business? Additionally, it's worth noting that they may or may not have been fired by Pepper, who was the CEO, and blamed Tony.
• Angst? What Angst?:
  • Ned only has one reaction to learning that Nick Fury sedated him and "hijacked" Peter's vacation: "Awesome!"
  • Unlike most of the other post-Blip works in the MCU (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier being a prime example), this film barely references the event beyond a few throwaway teen antics gags, like Flash trying to buy beer on the grounds of his birthdate being longer ago than the legal minimum. There's hardly any reaction at all from the cast to the fact that most of them were literally dead for five years with the world moving on without them.
• Anti-Climax Boss: Mysterio himself is pretty easily defeated by Spider-Man once he makes full use of his Spider-Sense, with the Elemental/Drones being the main threat in the scene.
• Applicability: Beck's Motive Rant about how he and his achievements were constantly overshadowed by Stark and the other superheroes echoes the fears of independent, auteur filmmakers who feel the success of their films are being increasingly threatened and overshadowed by the age of blockbuster superhero franchises. Honest Trailers lampshaded this in their "trailer" for this movie.
  Beck: You can be the smartest guy in the room, the most qualified, and no-one cares. Unless you're flying around with a cape or shooting lasers from your hands, no-one will even listen.
• Ass Pull: After making a big deal of Peter having to transfer use of E.D.I.T.H. over to Beck, he's then able to just take the glasses back and have control of her again without Beck doing the same thing. Given Tony's paranoia, it's not too hard to believe he programmed E.D.I.T.H. to be loyal to Peter no matter what, and E.D.I.T.H. mentions running the biometric scan a second time, which mitigates this. However, the issue is not addressed beforehand, which can lead some to this trope.
• Awesome Music:
  • The first trailer features an orchestra mix of Spider-Man (1967) theme song which follows another Ramones number, "I Wanna Be Sedated".
  • How do you officially mark Spider-Man's transition from inexperienced teen to legitimate hero and successor to Tony Stark? "Back in Black", of course.
• Broken Base:
  • Some think that the film is just "Homecoming IN EUROPE" with recycled plotpoints, the villain being another high-tech Badass Normal with a grudge against Tony working with a team. Others think it improves upon what Homecoming established, lacks various flaws of the first film, increases the stakes and even makes clever use of continuity from the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  • Fans are divided on the film taking place in Europe instead of New York. Some find the change of scenery to be a refreshing change of pace from the previous live-action Spider-Man films, while others don't like the idea of Spider-Man being away from New York and find it to be too antithetical to his appeal as a friendly neighborhood street-level hero.
• Can't Un-Hear It: If there was ever any remaining doubt about J. K. Simmons being the one and only actor who can ever play J. Jonah Jameson in a live-action movie, there damn well isn't anymore. Guess Kevin Feige agreed with all those online posts begging for Simmons to reprise his role in the MCU.
• Captain Obvious Reveal: Anyone who knows anything about Mysterio from the comics (or various other adaptations) was absolutely not surprised that Mysterio is the villain. The fact that marketing on social media was adamant about the idea that Mysterio had at times worked with Spider-Man rather than simply letting the trailers speak for themselves just dig deeper into incredulity. The real surprise is seeing what aspects of the character have changed in the transition from page to screen, such as Beck being the group leader of a gaggle of disgruntled former employees of Tony Stark.
• Character Rerailment:
  • Flash, compared to Homecoming, has more in common with his comic book counterpart. For instance, he's actually shown expressing admiration for Spider-Man and noting that he sees the webslinger as a role model, right before calling Peter a dickwad.
  • Happy was uncharacteristically a jerk to Peter for most of Homecoming, whereas he's much more understanding and cooperative this time around.
• Complete Monster: Quentin Beck, aka Mysterio, is the true Master of the Elementals, orchestrating their attacks around the world to paint himself as a hero. Fired by Tony Stark years ago for being unstable, Beck concocts a scheme to both spite Stark and bring himself the attention he has always craved, entailing the destruction of a variety of villages and cities worldwide via the Elementals, then arriving on the scene as Mysterio to save the day, hoping to be a better hero than Iron Man ever was. Upon befriending and manipulating the young Spider-Man into handing over the E.D.I.T.H. glasses, Beck mind rapes and tries to kill him, threatening to execute his entire staff for a failure immediately beforehand as well. Beck plans to "stop" an Avengers-level threat by using his illusions to destroy London, causing maximum casualties to gain more coverage, and schemes to murder Spider-Man's entire class of high school friends to eliminate potential witnesses to his true nature before basking in the glory as Mysterio. An attention-craving lunatic defined by his petty, treacherous nature, even trying to appeal to Spider-Man's sympathy only to stab him in the back once beaten, Beck gets the last laugh as he frames Spider-Man as a villain and exposes the teenager's identity to the world as a final move to secure his claim to fame.
• Contested Sequel: Some viewers find Far From Home to be a worthy sequel to Homecoming, with better action sequences, an engaging/enjoyable main antagonist, and a compelling arc regarding Spider-Man learning to stand on his own (as a hero and individual) from Tony Stark. Others are quick to accuse the film of making Peter's character the complete opposite of how he previously was from Homecoming through Endgame and for having too much humor.
• Continuity Lockout: The reveal that Skrull couple Talos and Soren have been impersonating Nick Fury and Maria Hill the whole movie. While it coming out of nowhere is the point, it ultimately means nothing to anyone who hasn't seen Captain Marvel.
• Creepy Awesome: The illusion prison that Mysterio tortures Spider-Man with in Berlin is as visually stunning as it is nightmarish, and way beyond anything the character has done in the comics. It's reminded more than a few viewers of The Scarecrow's fear-gas illusion segments in Batman: Arkham Asylum.
• Crosses the Line Twice:
  • The horrible, horrible memorial video that Peter's school shows during the morning announcements in memory of the (non-dusted) Avengers who died in Infinity War and Endgame^note Tony Stark, Black Widow, the Vision, and Captain America (who's not actually dead, but is officially retired). complete with the most cliched Whitney Houston song imaginable, the words "In Memoriam" written in Comic Sans, and stock footage that still has visible watermarks. It's so un-respectful and utterly (yet believably) incompetent as an In-Universe memorial to the fallen characters that it's almost impossible not to laugh.
  • In archive footage, the Snap is shown to have killed off a number of students during a marching band performance, to horrifying effect. Five years later, the people who were dusted are shown being un-dusted... In the middle of a basketball game, with the suddenly-appearing band members getting clobbered by the running players.
  • Peter almost accidentally killing Brad (and everyone else on the bus, including himself) the first time he tries to use the E.D.I.T.H. glasses (just because he was trying to stop Brad from sharing an embarrassing photo with MJ!) should not be nearly as funny as it is.
  • Aunt May jokes about getting un-dusted in her apartment which, by this point, a whole new family had started living there in the meanwhile. The grandma thought that Aunt May was a ghost haunting her old home.
  • Mr. Harrington reveals his wife pretended to die in the Snap so she could run off with another guy. There was even a funeral. This would normally be appalling, but because Mr. Harrington rattles the story off like he does everything, with casual bluntness and an attempt to be chipper, it's hilarious.
    Mr. Harrington: Do you want to watch the video? I've got headphone splitters.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • The statuesque female agent who demands Peter remove his clothes in a consistently haughty manner. (Being played by German model Toni Garrn certainly helps.)
  • Dimitri, the no-nonsense, wetworks-esque S.H.I.E.L.D. agent tasked to be their tour guide/driver. He has two scenes and is gold as The Comically Serious.
  • J. Jonah Jameson, once again portrayed by J. K. Simmons, is seen as one of the best parts of the film in spite of only appearing for less than a minute.
  • Betty's popularity definitely went up after her appearance here thanks to being a Nice Girl who gets hilariously paired up with Ned.
• Epileptic Trees:
  • Tony Stark not being seen or even hinted at in the first trailer had some viewers wondering if he might be one of the characters who would die in Avengers: Endgame. As it turned out, this was indeed the case.
  • Spidey swings through New York City at the end, and we get a shot of the remodeled Stark Tower... Obscured just enough to hide the new owner and keep the identity of the man a mystery. It's widely speculated that the man who bought the building is none other than Norman Osborn, but a secondary faction has speculated the facility is the new site of the Baxter Building. The announcement of director Jon Watts being attached to an MCU Fantastic Four reboot has only fueled the latter theory further.
  • The second trailer reveals that the Snap tore a hole in the dimension and that Mysterio is from a different Earth. This opens a lot of possibilities of future characters, or alternate versions of those characters. It even opens up the possibility of an Intercontinuity Crossover with other Spider-Man movies made by Sony. As a subset to this theory, a lot of comics fans are already guessing that Mysterio is lying out of his ass and planning a long con involving the Elementals, as he is known to do in the comics. Those who aren't amused by him referring to the MCU Earth as "Earth-616" often like to latch on to this. They were right.
  • Due to reasons speculated in this Reddit thread, a good amount of fans suspect that MJ is the daughter of Nick Fury.
  • The confirmation of Nick Fury having an associate named Dimitri, played by Turkish-German actor Numan Acar, has many believing that he's the MCU version of the Chameleon. This is due to said character being a Russian villain named Dmitri Smerdyakov, a Master of Disguise who was the first villain Spidey ever fought, and such technology already existing in the MCU. Many also speculate he's in cahoots with Mysterio.
    • This was compounded by a poster that was printed flipped so that Fury's eyepatch is on the wrong eye, which some took as a subtle clue that the Chameleon would be disguised as him, due to an episode of Spider-Man: The Animated Series where his disguise as Fury is found out because he used a flipped picture with the same mistake. While this didn't end up happening, they were right that someone else disguises themselves as Fury in this movie — both Beck and Talos.
    • Since it was revealed that Nick Fury in this film wasn't the real Nick Fury and that Talos was able to be fooled by Mysterio's illusions, it would be much easier for a new villain like Chameleon to slip under the S.H.I.E.L.D. radar.
  • Thanks to this Instagram post, fans are speculating whether Mysterio is alive or not and if his death was genuine or a case of Like You Would Really Do It.
• Evil Is Cool: Quentin Beck/Mysterio, while having no real powers, is a shining example of a character you Love to Hate, with Jake Gyllenhaal's charismatic performance truly selling him as being a master planner and manipulator.
• Fandom-Enraging Misconception:
  • Acting like the trailer's release spoils all of Avengers: Endgame, despite it being public knowledge that a second Spider-Man film was coming even before Infinity War was released. It's sometimes met with comparisons to the pitiful attempts to hide that Superman would be coming back in Justice League (2017), which were just mocked as silly when everyone knew it would be happening.
  • Mocking Peter and his friends still being in high school five years later, when Endgame couldn't have been clearer that he's still the same age as when he was snapped, and presumably all the main cast were too.
    • On a related note, saying that the entire high school were apparently snap victims as they're still the same age, when in fact the core group of Peter's friends are only a few people and it's not unreasonable at all that they could have all been among the victims while others in the school weren't. The film even explicitly features a classmate who’s now five years older.
• Fanfic Fuel:
  • The MCU is now part of a multiverse actually after Loki (2021) comes out, as Mysterio's just lying about that, of course), allowing for appearances of characters from the comics, non-MCU Marvel films, Obvious Crossover Method or really anything else you want.
  • For the Spideychelle shippers, when and how did Peter begin to reciprocate MJ's romantic feelings for him since Homecoming? And when did MJ fall for him pre-Homecoming?
  • Nick Fury (who is actually Talos) says that Doctor Strange is "unavailable". What could the Master of the Mystic Arts be doing that is more important than stopping a fire elemental burning the world? Go to it, fanfic writers! (Unless it's explained in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness). Of course, it's also entirely possible Talos was just lying and didn't have Strange's contact information the way the real Fury does.
  • Now that Peter Parker has been exposed as Spider Man, what will Flash Thompson's reaction be?
• Faux Symbolism: The movie begins with a shot of a statue of the Virgin Mary and its first major action sequences feature the villains attacking a church belltower and a cathedral. Then, Quentin Beck drops lines like "Mysterio is the truth", which sounds like a third-person variant of Jesus' line "I am the truth." Does any of this mean anything? It doesn't really seem like it.
• Harsher in Hindsight:
  • In this movie, Venice was terrorized by the water elemental. Four months after the release of this movie, Venice was hit by the worst flooding to occur there since 1966.
  • One of the funnier jokes in the movie sees Peter rattle off a list of other superheroes that could get the job done, while Fury and Hill reply exactly why they can't do it. One of these names is "Doctor Strange", to which Hill replies "unavailable". Given that Loki appears to take place before the events of this movie, chances are there's a very good reason why the Sorcerer Supreme has bigger things to deal with than the possible destruction of the Earth.
  • While trapped in one of Mysterio's illusions, Spider-Man is shown an undead Iron Man rising from his grave and attacking him, understandably terrifying the poor webslinger. One of the alternate realities shown in What If...? has Iron Man becoming a zombie for real, with Peter having to fight against him and several other zombified superheroes alongside a Ragtag Bunch of Misfits in the midst of a Zombie Apocalypse.
  • The Reveal that Quentin Beck was lying about everything in regards to his story about coming from an Alternate Universe and trying to stop monsters from his world from destroying his entire universe becomes darkly ironic come Spider-Man: No Way Home. Not only is The Multiverse revealed to actually exist in that film, but Peter and Doctor Strange's antics end up allowing villains from the Sam Raimi and Marc Webb Spider-Man franchises to enter their universe... thus making the bullshit story Mysterio made up a very real problem.
  • In one of Mysterio's illusions, he throws MJ off a high distance, causing Spider-Man to leap after her. This becomes eerily similar to a scene from Spider-Man: No Way Home, where MJ falls for real and Spider-Man does the same thing. His fear did come true.
  • Happy Hogan's remarks that Tony likely wouldn't have sacrificed himself if he wasn't certain that Peter would succeed him stings so much more after the ending of Spider-Man: No Way Home results in the memory of Peter Parker vanishing from the public, thus making any connection or chance Peter has to succeed Iron Man obsolete.
  • The Stinger depicting Talos and Soren arguing about whether it's important to contact Fury and have him return to Earth is Played for Laughs in this movie. Secret Invasion later reveals that Fury's absence has caused a number of Skrulls to resent the man, and decide to take matters into their own hands, with Talos desperate for Fury's help in the matter.
• Heartwarming in Hindsight:
  • Fury snaps "Don't invoke her name!" when Peter brings up Captain Marvel. This is actually Talos breaking character over the hero who reunited him with his family and gave them a chance to be free of the Kree.^note Though this actually wasn't intentional at first, as the Skrull twist was only thought up late in production.
  • According to Happy, Tony wouldn't have sacrificed himself if he wasn't certain that Peter was going to be around to succeed him. Tony's certainty was tested after the breakdown of the Spider-Man deal between Sony and Marvel, which almost caused Spider-Man to be removed from the MCU and prevented from being around. But after a month of conflict between the studios, the deal was reworked and Spider-Man was confirmed to be back. Tony was right about Peter's destiny all along.
• He's Just Hiding: A number of people aren't fully convinced that Mysterio is dead at the end of the movie. After all, faking his death is something he's done in the comics. There's also speculation that, with the possibility of an eventual Sinister Six storyline on the cards, that Mysterio would be one of their members.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Shortly after the trailer in which they claim that Thanos ripped a hole in reality with "The Snap(s)", scientists discovered a bunch of inexplicable holes within the Milky Way.
  • The horrible tribute video seen at the beginning of the film was already dripping with Dramatic Irony, given it states Captain America amongst the fallen Avengers, despite the audience knowing he's actually alive. With WandaVision revealing that Vision was reactivated by S.W.O.R.D a year before this film's events, it makes said tribute look even more ignorant, as it indicates that Peter's school somehow didn't learn that one of the most powerful Avengers was resurrected in that twelve-month interim^note Of course, there's the very possibility that Vision didn't show up in public since then, meaning the students are unaware of his resurrection..
  • Peter's teachers keep claiming the Elementals are being caused by "witches". Fast forward to WandaVision and that's a very real possibility, since it's revealed that witches have exist since at least the late 1600s in the MCU.
  • Mysterio claims to be the last surviving hero from Earth-833, alluding to the existence of the Marvel Multiverse... except that he is later outed as a native of Earth-199999, and a fraud. Along comes the season finale of Loki, in which the guardian of the Sacred Timeline is killed, opening up a true multiverse, and with it the possibility of a situation like Mysterio described actually happening on some alternate version of Earth.
  • One of the fake Elementals that Mysterio creates is a being made entirely out of sand, clearly meant to invoke the Sandman, one of Spider-Man's most well-known foes. Fast-forward to Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Peter ends up getting to meet the Sandman for real, specifically the one from Spider-Man 3.
  • When first introducing himself to Peter, Mysterio claims that he's from another Earth, and that the current universe Peter lives in is known as Earth-616. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness would later reveal that Peter's universe really is registered as 616, making this yet another example of Quentin telling an Accidental Truth.
  • In this promotional interview with Emmy-Winner Jake Hamilton, Jake asked Tom about his thoughts on the possibility of a future Spider-Man movie that could potentially explore the real multiverse with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield as multiversal variants of the MCU Spider-Man. Cue Tom visibly panicking and playfully changing the topic before sincerely admitting that it would be cool, but he can not just walk into Kevin Feige's office and demand they do that. The sequel ended up doing exactly that and that particular clip of the interview went viral.
• I Knew It!:
  • A number of fans predicted that MJ would figure out Peter's Secret Identity on her own, which seems to have been confirmed with the second trailer.
  • Just about everyone predicted that Mysterio was lying out of his ass about being a hero, as was the marketing team, and that he was a villain just like in the comics. They were 100% right.
  • While few predicted it to happen in this movie, a number of fans of Spider-Man movies made a franchise-wide prediction that if J. Jonah Jameson were to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, then he would be portrayed by J.K. Simmons once again due to the popularity of the actor in that role.
  • One fan theory popularized by a Nerdist video predicted that the Nick Fury in the movie is not the real deal. On this aspect alone, they were also right. ^note The theory however predicted that Fury was the classic Spider-Man shapeshifting villain The Chameleon in disguise and working with Mysterio to forward his evil plot, not Talos disguising himself as Fury and being played like a fiddle.
• It's the Same, Now It Sucks!: Mysterio reveals his origin as a bitter ex-employee of Stark Industries seeking revenge. A lot of Spider-Man fans don't like how after Vulture, he's the second Spider-Man villain who's changed into having a grudge against Tony Stark, feeling doing this again is unoriginal and too much of a rehash of Toomes' motive. And that's not getting into how just about every villain from the Iron Man films had almost the exact same motivation (even Ultron could be included in this list). Especially considering that Mysterio's comics backstory of being a failed Hollywood artist was more unique.
• Like You Would Really Do It:
  • Sony announcing this movie well before the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming made it abundantly clear that he'd live through Phase 3. If anything, it made the reveal that he'd be one of the characters to be killed by Thanos all the more surprising, albeit at the cost of making it abundantly clear that he wasn't going to stay dead. The announcement that Nick Fury and Maria Hill are in the movie adds even more to it.
  • Even if you buy that the film might kill Fury off, his going out with a quick, ignominious bullet would never be how it happens. And of course, we know full well about Beck's illusions by this point.
  • Nick Fury showing up out of nowhere to take out the Big Bad with a single gunshot from behind? Obviously another illusion.
• Love to Hate:
  • Quentin Beck is a complete scumbag of a person, but Jake Gyllenhaal's performance makes him come off as a truly three-dimensional character and totally sells his charismatic and manipulative personality, making him a very entertaining villain to watch. There's also the fact that he may or may not^note depending on whether or not you buy his side of the story, and it's not at all out of character for him to embellish things to make himself look better have a legitimate grievance against Tony Stark, who is already extremely divisive in the MCU fandom, who is revealed to have stolen credit for one of Beck's inventions.
  • Likewise, J. K. Simmons as Jameson. Mostly because Simmons makes a welcome return to his Star-Making Role, and the fact that audiences genuinely do love his energy and gusto in railing against that "menace" Spider-Man.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • The movie's mere title cause fans to joke that MCU Spider-Man's solo movies have specific Theme Naming related to the word "home" and the next movie title will be something like Spider-Man: Home Alone^note As it turned out, the next film indeed continued the theme naming with Spider-Man: No Way Home.
    • #BringSpiderManHome^note  The hashtag that popped up while the Sony/Marvel Spider Man rights dispute was happening in hopes that agreements could be reached for Spider Man to be included in the MCU again (they were), which also happens to fit the “home” title themed naming for MCU's Spider Man films.
  • Given Spider-Man's now-memetic demise in Avengers: Infinity War, fans have joked that the film focuses on Spider-Man as a mound of dust on Titan for more than two hours. (Hey, that is pretty far from home!) Slightly less morbidly, others have similarly suggested it will center on Spider-Man’s adventures in the afterlife.
  • The image of Tom Holland "accidentally" revealing the film's title has become photoshop bait.
  • "Dead for five years? Have fun in Europe!" ^note After Avengers: Endgame revealed that victims of the Decimation were gone for five years before being revived, some fans find it funny that Aunt May would immediately let Peter go on a field trip to another country. (Although in the movie eight months have passed since Endgame so it's not immediate, and May reveals that she was Snapped so she didn’t have to live with Peter dead for five years.)
  • The second official trailer gives two more:
    • Tom Holland actually warning about Avengers: Endgame spoilers and telling people who haven't watched it to go see it now before the trailer starts.
    • Spider-Man asking about the availability of the other superheroes. With only Thor and Captain Marvel hand waved out, fans were quick to answer for the other heroes and/or fill in a nonsensical third answer.
  • It's become a common joke among fans, especially on Tumblr, to refer to Mysterio by the name of his actor 'Jake Gyllenhaal' while calling all other characters by their names. The joke being that Gyllenhaal is not playing a character and is indeed capable of all of the magical feats Mysterio has showcased so far.^note Since all of Mysterio's feats boil down to "actor in a mocap suit," they're not entirely wrong.
  • The official posters (by Sony) for the movie have been lambasted for being incredibly boring and poorly designed, especially in comparison to the teaser poster and, really, any other MCU poster. Plenty fans have taken it upon themselves to make even worse posters to mock this. Said fanmade posters usually include a dis towards Ned as well, referencing Jacob Batalon not being credited in any of the official promotional material.
  • Taken to the next level when Samuel L. Jackson went on Instagram to criticize one of his posters with Fury's eyepatch covering the wrong eye.
    "The Actual FUCK IS GOING ON HERE???!!! #headsgonroll #lefteyemuthafukkah"
  • Marvel finally figured out how to stop Tom from spoiling anything — make him babysit Jake Gyllenhaal. As seen here.
  • "Everywhere I go, I see his face."^note This is the statement that Peter Parker says regarding the legacy of Iron Man. However, in a meta-twist it's also a jab by fans as to how in the following 2 months after the premiere of Avengers: Endgame, Youtube's algorithm constantly bombarded their recommendations list with videos that feature Iron Man while having the trailer is being constantly spammed as an advertisement.
  • Peter Parker smiling. ^{Explanation (spoilers)}A very out of context and seemingly innocuous picture of Peter Parker with a happy grin has made waves around social media, being described as an extremely frightening and stressful moment without any explanation given. This is because this is a photo of Peter that comes right after Mysterio reveals his identity as Spider-Man to the world at large.
  • Spider-Man explaining to Zendaya ^Explanation A behind-the-scene photo Jon Watts took happened to have Zendaya noticing and giving a disapproving look into the camera. This ballooned into a labeling meme where the suited-up Tom Holland is someone explaining or doing something while Zendaya looks into the camera like she's on The Office in reaction to what Tom is labeled as doing.
  • Now that is an Avengers-level threat! ^{Explanation (spoilers)}During the climax of the film, Mysterio uses the Edith drones to simulate a combination of the four Elementals to "defeat" (as he's attempting to win public faith by a big, badass threat), saying this line as he does so. People have taken this line and a still of the scene it's from, and have used it to respond to anything, threatening or not.
  • Peter's "WHAT THE F—!" panicked reaction ^note From the mid-credits scene when his identity gets revealed. Used in response to any Spider-Man or Marvel news one deems shocking, but got a big surge when the news about Sony/Marvel and the future of his film series being put in jeopardy came out.
    • Mysterio exposed Spider-Man so hard, he had to leave the MCU.^note In light of the Sony/Marvel fallout regarding Spider-Man in the weeks after the news came out, a lot of jokes came out saying that the exposure worked a little too well and effectively ran Spider-Man out of the MCU altogether. Thankfully, it didn't last.
    • Unknown actor "Hom Tolland" has been cast as "Spider-Dude" in Marvel Studios' upcoming film!!^note Someone edited◊ a picture of Tom Holland but with blonde hair and a beard and moustache and added this caption as a way of getting around the problem of Marvel and Sony's disagreements with the character's copyright issues.
  • "Spider-Man's real name is -" ^note A meme about the scene where Mysterio exposes Spider-Man's name, which has "Peter Parker" replaced with whatever the meme's punchline is.
  • The flashback to the “TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!” scene from the original Iron Man film reignited the popularity of that meme while also tying its legacy to this film.
  • This photoshopped image of Tom Holland kissing a stand-in wearing green costumed who is replaced by Zendaya has become viral to the point that many people believe it’s real.
• Mis-blamed: Many MCU fans are blaming Sony for "spoiling" Avengers: Endgame and so on during the period of the release of the Announce Trailer and Endgame's release. Leaving aside the fact that the MCU has a documented history of Trailers Always Lie (misdirecting audiences with their promos and marketing to hide their plot twists) and that the trailers for Endgame and Far From Home might not be the entire picture, the fact is that the MCU—Sony deal set in stone the window for Spider-Man appearing in the MCU and the timeline for the high-school trilogy (if only because these actors will grow up fast and won't believably pass for teenagers forever). Sony only has a say about the content and direction of the Spider-Man solo movies. They have no say about Spider-Man's appearances in cross-overs. It was Marvel that decided to include Spider-Man among the dustpile in Avengers: Infinity War knowing full well that there would be a Spider-Man movie and promotion for the same before the release of Endgame, and if anything blame should be directed to Marvel for "overextending themselves".
• Moral Event Horizon: Mysterio crossed the line before the movie even begins, with him staging multiple attacks and killing hundreds of innocents in order to pretend to be a hero. Oh, and then he also ruined a 16-year-old's life for stopping him by revealing his secret identity to the public through an edited recording meant to frame him for everything.
• Most Wonderful Sound: You will have no idea how much you have missed J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson yelling "SPIDER-MAN" until you actually hear it in the mid-credits scene.
• Narm Charm:
  • The film manages to take Mysterio's infamous "Bubble Bowl" helmet, a source of derision from many people In-Universe and Out, and actually make it look pretty badass.
  • The opening montage, paying tribute to the heroes fallen in Avengers: Endgame to the sound of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You". The levels of cheese are off the charts, but the sincerity of it all makes it all the more endearing, specially when you take into account it was basically made by high-schoolers.
  • Is The Reveal of Mysterio's true nature and the subsequent five minutes of shameless exposition a bit heavy-handed and unnatural? Absolutely. Does it fit said character's over-the-top hamminess, gloryhound nature, and have several interesting ties to the past of the MCU, including its first film's most memorable meme? Absolutely.
  • Ned and Betty's whirlwind relationship that they strike up over the course of a plane flight and is over by the end of the trip is the cutest thing ever done in a superhero film. It's ridiculously, nauseatingly sweet and completely accurate to the kind of flash-in-the-pan romances that tend to flare up among kids that age.
  • Most fans appreciate the slight awkwardness during Peter and MJ's Big Damn Kiss. They are two dorky, socially inept high school kids, after all. The kiss not being a full-blown, grand make-out enhances the charm, rather than taking away from it.
• Older Than They Think:
  • While significant and mind-blowing, J. K. Simmons is not the first person to reprise their role in the MCU from a non-MCU Marvel work. Lou Ferrigno, from 1978's The Incredible Hulk, did voice work for Hulk in The Incredible Hulk (2008) and The Avengers (2012).
  • Mysterio being a traveler from a parallel Earth (or not) did in fact happen in the comics, where the main 616 Mysterio went to the Ultimate universe for a time, albeit his motives were very different as he had just gotten sick of losing to Spider-Man all the time and thought he might try his luck at villainy in a different universe where the heroes and villains are less experienced, murdering that verse's version of the Kingpin and attempting to establish himself as the new most powerful crime lord. Additionally, the notion of Mysterio pretending to be a superhero who fights enemies of his own creation bears some similarities to his very first comic appearance.^note Quentin Beck's first story had him disguise as Spider-Man to frame him of some thievery, then boast as Mysterio that he could end the crime wave by destroying the real Spider-Man. Unlike Sony/Marvel Studios, Marvel Comics blabbed on the front cover that Mysterio is actually evil.
  • When the second trailer made reference to a multiverse, a number of people reacted as if this was a new development for the MCU — it had already been mentioned in Thor: The Dark World, Doctor Strange (2016), Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Avengers: Endgame.
  • J. Jonah Jameson being portrayed as a conspiracy theorist and not a respected (albeit morally dubious) newspaper director stretches back to his very first appearance where he fabricates a conspiracy theory that Spider-Man sabotaged his son's space capsule. In fact, he was not even the editor of the Bugle initially, but rather its publisher.
  • Speaking of Jameson, it isn't the first time that the character was depicted as being bald. It already happened in The Amazing Spider-Man (1978), when the character was played by Robert F. Simon.
• One-Scene Wonder: J. K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson in the mid-credits scene. Not only does the actor completely sell the role with a limited amount of screen time, but what that character ends up doing completely flips the script and positions the third Spider-Man film to go into a completely unexpected direction.
  • Minor case, but Jason Ionello has been Demoted to Extra and only gets one scene as opposed to the other returning cast members, but it sure is a memorable one.
• Paranoia Fuel: Mysterio's illusions, big time. Once Beck reveals his true nature and shows that he faked an entire building filled with people to trap Peter, you start to wonder, just like Peter, what is actually real. As a result, something like Mysterio's death scene can really mess with your head, since Beck could have easily faked his corpse and E.D.I.T.H.'s voice saying that the illusions were shut down.
• Play-Along Meme: Ned tries to cover for Peter who is dressed in the SHIELD-provided stealth suit. He makes up a superhero named "Night Monkey" to explain who the black-suited superhero was. Fans have since been making jokes that he really is a separate hero who is in no way related to Spider-Man.
• Questionable Casting: Jake Gyllenhaal isn't exactly the first actor that comes to mind for Mysterio. Specifically, Gyllenhaal is a very handsome man, and part of Mysterio's backstory is that he wanted to get into show business but wasn't handsome enough to be an actor. This was mitigated when it was revealed that Mysterio was being reimagined as a good guy. Or rather, someone pretending to be a hero. It also makes sense since he's chosen to be the "face" of Mysterio out of all the other ex-Stark employees who have banded together — if you're inventing a superhero, you'd want someone who can look the part. In addition, when he's wearing E.D.I.T.H, he bears a noticeable resemblance to Robert Downey Jr.
• Replacement Scrappy: Tony essentially serving as MCU Peter's father figure instead of Ben Parker has always been a sore spot for longtime Spider-Man fans, but this film is where it finally blew up. The graveyard portion of Mysterio's iconic illusion Mind Rape scene in particular was seen as the perfect opportunity to mention him for a perfect Kick the Dog moment.
• Rescued from the Scrappy Heap:
  • After Michelle "MJ" Jones ended up being a bit divisive in Homecoming for constantly snarking at her friends, doing not much of note in that movie in spite of getting high billing, and having relatively little in common with the character that she's loosely inspired by (Mary Jane Watson), her characterization here is more widely liked, with some even noting that her insight, observation of people, Action Girl moments and chemistry with Peter is closer to the MJ of the comics, as is her somewhat impish sense of humor. MJ is also noticeably softer and sweeter in this movie in her scenes with Peter, which adds vulnerability to the character that makes her more likable and a good fit for Peter.
  • Flash has become more well-received for showing his admiration for Spider-Man while still being a dick to Peter. Even that has been toned down by showing there are lines even he wouldn’t cross, like taking a picture of Peter in the bathroom. It also helps that he has been given an explanation for being so obnoxious, namely being neglected by his parents, and he's become more aware of his behavior.
• Salvaged Story:
  • Spider-Man having an inconsistent portrayal of his "Peter tingle", to the point where some even wondered if he had it, was a point of derision in the fandom. Far From Home turns it into a plot point, as he hasn't fully mastered it, and the inconsistency is explained as Peter not believing in himself. By the end, he's fully mastered it and can see even when Mysterio blinds his normal vision.
  • The Russo Brothers claimed after Infinity War that Aunt May wasn't dusted, which is reversed here as she tells the story of how she came back, likely because we'd otherwise be stuck with an unbelievable case of Angst? What Angst? over her spending five years with Peter dead.
  • Flash in Homecoming was a subject of criticism for, among other things, being a petty Jerkass with no redeeming qualities as opposed to a Jerk with a Heart of Gold. He returns here, and is made more likable and sympathetic; he's now a Fanboy of Spider-Man like his usual portrayal, he doesn't rag on others quite as much, and we learn his parents are neglectful even after being dead for five years and he outright admits he's just trying to get attention. His constant live-streaming throughout the trip actually ends up helping to save the day in the film's climax. They even bring in Brad Davis as a Replacement Flat Character who's essentially like Homecoming Flash (along with some of his comic-book traits that Homecoming left out, such as being a muscular and charismatic Jerk Jock), which highlights this version of Flash even more.
  • At the end of Endgame, fans were miffed that Natasha didn't seem to get any recognition for her Heroic Sacrifice despite it playing a major role in Thanos' downfall, especially compared to Tony's funeral. This film starts out with a memorial to all of the heroes that died helping stop Thanos, showing that her sacrifice wasn't forgotten.
  • After many fans complained about Peter getting all his equipment from Tony Stark instead of creating it himself as in the comics, the final act sees Peter use one of Stark's systems to build and customize his own suit, using his mentor's resources to build something all his own.
  • In Homecoming, Happy was criticized for how poorly he treated Peter and not listening when he tried to explain himself, which often made bad situations even worse. Here, Happy has a much better relationship with Peter, as he risks his life to save his friends and tells Peter that he is indeed worthy of being Tony's successor.
  • One relating to the film's marketing campaign: a Defictionalized version of the Daily Bugle's website was created, featuring testimonials from people who'd been blipped. One claimed that they had been restored into a dangerous situation and seriously injured as a result, despite Word of God previously confirming that everyone was restored safely. When the inconsistency was pointed out, the Daily Bugle retracted the article and revealed the man had faked the story as part of an insurance scam.
• Shocking Moments:
  • The second trailer officially reveals that the movie introduces The Multiverse, with Mysterio being from another version of Earth. This has massive implications about the future of the setting. And even though Mysterio was lying, what exactly was the full title of Doctor Strange 2 again?
  • Both of the post-credits scenes offer massive plot twists for both future Spider-Man movies and the MCU as a whole. The former has J. Jonah Jameson out Spider-Man's secret identity and claim him as a murderer, and the latter reveals that Nick Fury is working on a major space station with the Skrulls while Talos and Soren impersonate him and Maria Hill on Earth.
  • The fact that it's none other than J.K. Simmons reprising the role of Jameson from the Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies had the fandom going absolutely berserk.
• Slow-Paced Beginning: One of the few criticisms of the film is that it has a somewhat slow-paced first act with barely any superhero action that focuses mostly on setting up the overall plot, character relationships, and making jokes, with the film picking up the pace once the fake Elementals and Mysterio first show up in Venice. It's likely that the decision to excise the sequence showing Peter preparing for his trip while busting up the mob from the theatrical version played into this perception.
• Special Effect Failure:
  • Much like the climatic fight between T'Challa and Killmonger in Black Panther (2018), some of the CGI used during the illusion sequences in Berlin and the climax is very obvious and looks more like a video game than a film. While most of it can be attributed to the fact that the setting visuals literally are a jarring CGI sequence meant to mess with Peter's head through absurd visuals and imagery so making things hyper realistic there probably wasn't really Mysterio's priority, it doesn't justify the fact that the rendering for Spider-Man in his real suit looks just like the rest of it when it should be more realistic.
  • The constant lathering of CGI on Spider-Man's suit in non-CGI scenes despite it not being necessary cheapens the effort put on the practical suit, and some of it looks a little... unrefined. This has actually been a problem in every MCU movie Spider-Man has appeared in thus far.
  • The scene at the end with Peter and MJ swinging around Manhattan has glaringly obvious green screen compositing.
• Spoiled by the Format: Any doubts about Mysterio actually being the bad guy are likely taken care of when the last Elemental is defeated when there's clearly still a big chunk of the movie to go. And that's assuming that the audience doesn't already know Mysterio is a well-established villain based on illusion and deception in the source material and/or previous adaptations.
• Strawman Has a Point: Mysterio thinks Peter Parker, a teenager, should not have access to the world-spanning deadly drone system he has inherited from Tony Stark. It's hard to not agree with him, since Peter nearly blows up himself and all of his classmates when he first gains control of the drones.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Sandman, Hydro-Man, Molten Man, and Cyclone, due to them not actually existing at all. The "real" characters could feasibly have been included as non-powered versions of themselves acting as accomplices to Mysterio by controlling their respective elemental constructs, but instead the supposed interdimensional supervillains are simply illusions, without any real characters behind them. This does not necessarily preclude the true characters from ever existing in the MCU though, as Morris Bench is mentioned in dialogue as a real person rumored to have attained hydrokinetic powers independently of the events staged by Mysterio. And it seems Marvel was listening, as the very next film does feature the actual Sandman—the one from Spider-Man 3, brought into the MCU..
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot:
  • Homecoming ended with May finding out her nephew was Spider-Man and the movie had prior hinted she'd be pissed upon finding out. Yet, in this film, May is nothing but supportive to Peter, even ensuring his Spider-Suit is packed after Peter "forgot" it. While a few years have passed since Homecoming (2 from Peter and May's perspective, 7 in actuality) the fact that there is no apparent conflict between May and Peter regarding his role as a superhero can come across as disappointing.
  • Mysterio himself is a hell of a Love to Hate, and having him go out through a single offhanded gutshot, and bleed out somewhat on his own terms while knowing he's going to successfully go down as the hero and ruin Peter's life can strike some as rather unsatisfying. This, coupled with people genuinely enjoying Gyllenhaal's performance, means that some would have preferred if Mysterio survived as an Arc Villain with Good Publicity into the next movie, so that if/when he's finally exposed, it comes with the proper Catharsis Factor. Of course, considering it's Mysterio it's entirely possible that he's not actually dead and is planning a comeback.
  • Peter is shown to be upset about the events of the last two Avengers movies, but this is more about Tony's death than his own dusting and resurrection, which is quite odd. In particular, the nightmarish visions Mysterio gave Peter were a good opportunity to have a Thanos cameo and explore Peter's trauma from being killed and resurrected, but this never happens. However, such a scene may have not been possible given Peter and Mysterio's levels of knowledge about the Blip.
  • The fact that Peter had Uncle Ben's briefcase for most of the trip, and that it got destroyed, was only used for a throwaway joke at the end. It's understandable that Peter had more pressing concerns about the immediate dangers, but the fact that neither he nor May seem to care that something belonging to his beloved Uncle was destroyed (even if it was just a briefcase) misses out on a potential moment to connect that loss to the loss of Tony.
  • Despite the post-credits scene of Homecoming hinting that Mac Gargan would form the Sinister Six to go after Spider-Man (only with Adrian Toomes possibly declining participation), neither of them are even mentioned at all. Especially frustrating because, as mentioned below, Jameson publicly revealing Spider-Man's secret identity renders the Vulture keeping it a secret no longer relevant.
  • The main reason that Mysterio was able to trap Spider-Man in the illusion in Berlin boils down his Spider-Sense not quite working right. The story has this as a character arc of his, except only barely, as the "Peter-Tingle" is more of a Running Gag throughout the film before he finally hones his sense down to overcome the illusions at the final fight. The problem is that unlike Spider-Man 2, where a massive focus of the story was Peter losing his powers because of his emotional turmoil and indecisive feelings over Mary Jane, this movie barely emphasizes it and almost seems like an afterthought to the overall story. While it could be attributed to being a "hormonal teenager" that is in distress over his attempts at a relationship with MJ, he also seems perfectly fine with his combat capabilities outside of the illusions, making it an Informed Flaw.
    • On that note, Mysterio's whole deal is that he can conjure up illusions to confuse, disorient and terrorise his enemies, which the film spectacularly showcases during the fight in Berlin. With that in mind, you might expect the climax of the film to be similarly fantastical: Mysterio could conjure up the Avengers to fight Spider-Man, distract him with visions of his loved ones dying, have him fight in all kinds of phantasmogorical locations or even just make himself 100 feet tall. Instead, the movie has Spider-Man disable the illusion right away and spends the rest of the climax fighting faceless drones, which is both much less interesting and has, at this point in the MCU, been done to death.
• Unexpected Character:
  • Mysterio wasn't the first choice for the Big Bad when it came to speculation, as he's something of a joke in the comics, he was thought to have had a movie in development by Sony already for their universe, and it looked like Scorpion was being set up as the next villain with Mac Gargan's cameo in Homecoming.
  • Nick Fury and Maria Hill have roles in the movie, after having been Out of Focus since Age of Ultron (the former only finally showing up in a major role in Captain Marvel), was definitely out of the blue. Making this even more unexpected, is that it's actually Talos and Soren impersonating them in compliance with the two while they're on vacation.
  • No one expected Remy Hii to play Brad Davis, who only dated MJ in one issue all the way back in 1979, and is so obscure that even the most hardcore of Spider-Man fans were likely unaware of him. Marvel and Sony took so long to reveal who exactly Hii plays, that most expected someone more important to Spidey's life, such as Harry Osborn, a new villain, or the forthcoming Shang-Chi.
  • Mr. Dell is another example. He only appeared in three issues and debuted in the late-'90s (long after Peter graduated college, much less high school) in the lesser-known Webspinners anthology comic, and was a very minor character in all three of those appearances.
  • William Ginter Riva, a minor character from Iron Man played by Peter Billingsley, makes a return after the most extensive Long Bus Trip done in the Marvel Cinematic Universe up until that point. There's even a short clip of Obadiah Stane yelling at him!
  • On an organization-level, few expected that S.W.O.R.D. would be appearing in the MCU as The Stinger suggests. For one, it's a lesser-known branch of S.H.I.E.L.D. (itself Out of Focus since it was dissolved in The Winter Soldier), dealing with extraterrestrial threats rather than Earth ones. Second, though they technically always had the rights to the organization themselves, S.W.O.R.D. was initially scrapped because almost all of the members (starting with characters such as Abigail Brand, Beast, and Lockheed) are considered part of the X-Men side of Marvel (debuting in the Astonishing X-Men) and thus they only just got the film rights before Far From Home's release. The fact that it's being set up carries massive implications for what will happen post-Infinity Saga, with those later being explored in WandaVision.
  • The biggest one of all, on a mind-blowing level: J. Jonah Jameson, reprised by his Spider-Man Trilogy actor J. K. Simmons, in the mid-credits. Not only were many expecting J.J. to be Adapted Out, but the fact that this is only the second time a non-MCU Marvel Studios movie role was reprised in over a decade of MCU movies (after Lou Ferrigno's cameo/voice-over in The Incredible Hulk) only added to this.
• Unintentional Period Piece: Quintin Beck’s line near the end of the film about "shaking hands with the queen" dates the film to before Queen Elizabeth II's death on September 8, 2022. Though having the films tied to specific dates is a deliberate choice for most of the MCU.
• Unintentionally Sympathetic: Peter Parker when he hands the E.D.I.T.H. glasses to Quentin Beck. We're supposed to see him as an idiot for trusting a hero he had just met, but here's the truth: Peter already had a lot to go through with Tony Stark's recent death, and it's not like this is the first time an MCU hero has trusted someone they had just met. Plus, Nick Fury (or rather, a Skrull disguised as Nick Fury) had trusted him, and if there's one thing he's known for, it's being able to see through people's deceptions. So, who could blame Peter for wanting to let Mysterio use E.D.I.T.H.? Too bad he turns out to be a ruthless, insane vengeance seeker/fraud.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: Many fans feel that the invention of E.D.I.T.H. itself retroactively paints Tony Stark in a quite dark and unsympathetic light. Tony has basically created a quick access database of what is implied to be every person on Earth with a public record and can immediately track their exact location and pull out disturbingly detailed personal information on a whim, and even has the ability to kill anyone with drones at a single spoken command, with no governmental nor judicial oversight whatsoever, all of which reeks to high heaven of Sinister Surveillance of the worst kind in a manner not too dissimilar to Project Insight. The whole setup seems to at least strongly imply that Tony thought he had the unquestioned right to act as Judge, Jury, and Executioner with impunity. Granted, while Tony did show hints of these tendencies in some of his darker moments while he was alive, and he had been shown to be so thoroughly troubled and traumatized by everything he went through over the series that these traits getting exacerbated could be a somewhat believable development, many still find that him creating E.D.I.T.H. and the implications of it, chiefly the blatant disregard for privacy and the lack of even just the pretence of any kind of oversight and due process involved, are still taking it all a step too far. To make matters worse, since Tony is dead, he cannot explain the reasoning behind why he thought it necessary to create E.D.I.T.H. in the first place, nor is the numerous problematic aspects of the concept ever really explored in depth within the film. There is also the fact that he decided to bequeath the glasses controlling E.D.I.T.H. to Peter — who, while an unusually smart and scientifically-gifted teenager with his heart in the right place, is still a teenager — which many see as an incredibly stupid and rash decision for a man that is supposed to have been one of the smartest men in the MCU, as well as someone who acted as a mentor and father-figure for Peter and should therefore reasonably know him well enough to realize that he wouldn't be able to handle that kind of power, especially not after the ferry boat incident in Homecoming.
• Visual Effects of Awesome: The scene where Mysterio Mind Rapes Peter with his illusions in Berlin has been lauded as one of the most visually striking scenes in any Spider-Man movie.

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