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Topic	THE Snake Ranks Anything Horror Related (Vol. 5) 5th Anniversary RANKINGS
Snake5555555555 10/22/20 5:12:12 AM #242:	51. The Mysterio moment in Far From Home (18 points) Nominated by: Xiahou Shake (1/2 remaining) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPsWGyPwQec Importance: 3 Fear: 6 Snake: 9 This is an easy top 5 scene in any Spider-Man movie, perhaps even the best. It is visually inventive, a perfect two-hander on one side, showcasing Mysterio's immense talents in illusory psychological warfare, and on the other, our hero at his lowest point, pushed to insanity right before the final act begins to kick into gear. This is how you use a villain in a superhero movie. Far From Home is built on this pillar that Peter somehow has to live up to his hero and father figure, Tony Stark. Enter Quentin Beck, this grandiose hero, who, for all intents and purposes, mirrors the look and powers of Stark with a more magical sheen to them. Parker of course latches on to this, and even from the very beginning, Beck is playing him and feeding into Parker's weaknesses. This scene doesn't just come out of nowhere to be a flashy action sequence with no purpose, Beck possesses an intimate knowledge of what makes Peter tick, from his timidness in working with Nick Fury to a classic Spider-Man staple, the complicated relationship he tends to have with his loved ones & friends. He even morphs Stark into a literal zombie, manifesting into what Peter believes to be his ultimate failure, this ghoul haunting him even beyond the grave. However, even more interestingly, I find Mysterio puppets us just as much as he does Peter, relying on our intimate knowledge of cliches in these superhero movies, and especially the MCU, we know so well. The Fury fake-out works because we are used to Fury pulling these sorts of survivability stunts constantly, & in the MCU we are used to the villain being captured and taken away only for them to escape again at a later point. The scene holds a mirror up to us a fan of comic book movies, with classic Spider-Man iconography like MJ being dropped off a bridge practically being a twisted version of fan-service at this point. Much like how Mysterio uses his illusions to trick the general populace into believing his heroics, he makes us as an audience see what we want, or rather, expect to see in a Spider-Man film, and that's just amazing meta-commentary if you ask me. This scene is simply awesome, Gyllenhaal and Holland both turn in amazing performances here, and there's so much gorgeous detail put into every effect. If you ever want to see Mysterio done justice outside of comics, look no further than here. --- Bare feet on the tile with my head up in the clouds https://imgur.com/1e1e70S <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:946145564] in THE Snake ... [t:79012032]...</cite> <quote>51. The Mysterio moment in Far From Home (18 points) Nominated by: Xiahou Shake (1/2 remaining) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPsWGyPwQec Importance: 3 Fear: 6 Snake: 9 This is an easy top 5 scene in any Spider-Man movie, perhaps even the best. It is visually inventive, a perfect two-hander on one side, showcasing Mysterio's immense talents in illusory psychological warfare, and on the other, our hero at his lowest point, pushed to insanity right before the final act begins to kick into gear. This is how you use a villain in a superhero movie. Far From Home is built on this pillar that Peter somehow has to live up to his hero and father figure, Tony Stark. Enter Quentin Beck, this grandiose hero, who, for all intents and purposes, mirrors the look and powers of Stark with a more magical sheen to them. Parker of course latches on to this, and even from the very beginning, Beck is playing him and feeding into Parker's weaknesses. This scene doesn't just come out of nowhere to be a flashy action sequence with no purpose, Beck possesses an intimate knowledge of what makes Peter tick, from his timidness in working with Nick Fury to a classic Spider-Man staple, the complicated relationship he tends to have with his loved ones & friends. He even morphs Stark into a literal zombie, manifesting into what Peter believes to be his ultimate failure, this ghoul haunting him even beyond the grave. However, even more interestingly, I find Mysterio puppets us just as much as he does Peter, relying on our intimate knowledge of cliches in these superhero movies, and especially the MCU, we know so well. The Fury fake-out works because we are used to Fury pulling these sorts of survivability stunts constantly, & in the MCU we are used to the villain being captured and taken away only for them to escape again at a later point. The scene holds a mirror up to us a fan of comic book movies, with classic Spider-Man iconography like MJ being dropped off a bridge practically being a twisted version of fan-service at this point. Much like how Mysterio uses his illusions to trick the general populace into believing his heroics, he makes us as an audience see what we want, or rather, expect to see in a Spider-Man film, and that's just amazing meta-commentary if you ask me. This scene is simply awesome, Gyllenhaal and Holland both turn in amazing performances here, and there's so much gorgeous detail put into every effect. If you ever want to see Mysterio done justice outside of comics, look no further than here. --- Bare feet on the tile with my head up in the clouds https://imgur.com/1e1e70S</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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