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Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
Beautiful visuals, interesting story, leaves you excited for more!
So this film takes place eight months after Avengers: Endgame leaving Peter Parker with shoes to fill now that Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, and Vision are gone. Except Quentin Beck/Mysterio wants to fill the role with himself, making him THE superhero of superheroes.
Amazing Spiderman fight scenes and web slinging scenes as always, puts the older Spiderman films to shame. Jake Gyllenhaal crushes the role as Mysterio, and the visual effects used for his character were top notch in every scene from the Elemental fights to the illusions against Peter. They share an interesting take on background characters from previous Marvel films and reintroduce them to help Mysterio try and win everyone over with him. The pacing is great the comedy lands each time, the perfect tone for a Spiderman movie.
Obviously there are a few flaws to the movie but none too big to take away from it. Basically the entire field trip seems under attack the entire movie and no one has the sense to speak up and say "Hey we should probably go home and away from the monsters". I also personally found the Peter/MJ pairing for this movie to be a bit rushed, seeing how he was into Liz Toomes all of Homecoming, went missing for five years from the snap, and suddenly returned to fall for MJ even after eight months.
As always, the after credits leave you wanting more from the Spiderman side of things. Nick Fury is in space and now the world knows that Peter Parker is Spiderman, leaving the stakes for the eventual third movie as high as ever. All in all, this was the perfect Spiderman sequel and the perfect movie to start with post Endgame.
inFamous: Second Son (2014)
A different pleasant surprise to say the least
Infamous 3 had big shoes to fill being the third game into the Infamous series, the very first one to be released on the Playstation 4 four years ago. And after four years since its release, I finally gave it the chance it deserved and here is what I think about it.
First off, the story of the game. Your character Delsin Rowe comes in contact with a conduit and gains powers because of it. And he uses these powers to try and defeat and overthrow another evil conduit named Brooke Augustine. Now the story itself I thought was a little weak. Augustine has the power on concrete and summons a rock cuff around the legs of one of Delsin's friends holding them hostage, and Delsin either wants Augustine to release them or gain the power of concrete himself to release it. And other than that, take out her entire army and kick them out of the city. It wasn't totally interesting enough although Augustine was made out a great antagonist.
Another problem I had personally with the game was the dialogue. The entire game I thought the dialogue was a carbon copy of the Uncharted series dialogue with your character making comments and quips into, literally, every conversation he has with every character. Sometimes it's okay. For the whole game? Gets annoying after awhile.
Next, gameplay. Any and every big part of any game. The gameplay in Infamous: Second Son is nothing short of spectacular. The visuals looked amazing overlooking the city, and especially on the powers you receive in the game (smoke, neon, video, concrete). That being said, I also enjoyed the variety of powers that were offered in the game as listed above. Other mentioned powers in the game were paper, wire, and even glass which would'v been amazing to see. It certainly feels like a breath of fresh air from electricity.
The fighting is about the same style as the previous Infamous games, so no real problems or comments there. Although the fully powered karmic abilities were also a nice touch and visually pleasing.
All in all, I really enjoyed this game and wish I hadn't put it off for as long as I did. With that being said, it deserves the rating I gave and I really hope a sequel will be made in the near future.