Did the 'Spider-Man: Far from Home' Trailer Reveal Too Much Plot?

The much anticipated trailer for Marvel's next run with your friendly-neighbourhood wall-crawler finally dropped January 15 with huge reaction from fans.

The mixture of Tom Holland's return to the character, the reveal of Jake Gyllenhaal's Mysterio, Samuel L. Jackson's appearance as Nick Fury, giant monsters rampaging through Europe, oh my. This looks like it could be another certified fresh film Marvel can add to their roster.

However, while the trailer does look amazing and accomplish its goal of hyping the fanbase, it's difficult to ignore that maybe the trailer revealed too much plot for the first look. Why you may ask. Well, let's first look at the villain of Mysterio.

Mysterio, a.k.a Quinten Beck, was a special effects mastermind from Hollywood who's career hit a sudden dead-end. After his switch from effects wizard to acting was received poorly, he discovered that he could use his illusions to become an effective super-villain.

However, he didn't quite become the cut-n-dry villain right away. No, first, he wanted to upstage Spider-Man by stopping more crimes and getting the public's trust first. In their first encounter, Mysterio frames Spider-Man for robbing the Midtown Museum but is soon revealed for his actions and he promptly incarcerated.

It's these events that pull Mysterio into blaming Spider-Man for his failed career and wanting revenge. This origin story was so well-known that they actually used it in the 90s animated Spider-Man show.

Well, ok, so it's not the most original backstory for the most well-developed comic book villain, but it still properly outlines the character's troubles, his descent into his villainous role and why he hates our friendly-neighbourhood Spider-Man. Now, let's analyze the trailer for Far From Home.

We see that giant monsters of sorts (oddly enough, matching the elements of Earth, water and fire) are rampaging through the streets of Europe including a Sandman-esque looking rock giant and another one that could possibly resemble classic Spidey villain, Hydro Man. However, who should come save the day but Mysterio, who uses his own "special powers" to fight off the danger.

It might be safe to say that you can finish connecting the dots yourself.

For people who know the origins, or even the character of Mysterio, will already put the pieces together that he will play the hero act, fight off the monsters better than Spider-Man, completely outshining him and then the big reveal will come that this was all a stunt or "illusion" for some criminal activity.

Now, while it is certainly refreshing for Marvel to take inspiration from their comic book roots, it's not really going to be a huge revealing shock that Mysterio will turn out to be the bad guy. If they do decide to go with that twist, it will most likely be seen as a disappointment by general audiences who've either already known the comic origins or met someone who knows the comic book origins.

Hopefully, Gyllenhaal's performance can add a little something to the character that will help the character stand out like Micheal Keaton did back in Homecoming.

Despite what most had to say about the film, many fans agreed that Keaton's performance as the Vulture was a welcomed addition. He was intimidating, relatable but also kind of comical during a few moments.

Despite this though, many fans forget that his motivation wasn't really that deep or complex. Just that he was cheated out of a job and he wanted revenge. However, the way Keaton delivered his lines and carried himself through the movie was enough for people to call him one of the MCU's best villains to date. Hopefully Far From Home can do the same for the much anticipated Mysterio.

Not that Far From Home can be completely devote of originality though. It'll be interesting to see how Nick Fury and the rest of SHIELD interact with Spider-Man and it might also be interesting to see how Peter reacts to his Aunt May returning to the dating life. That might force these movies to finally acknowledge Spider-Man's real motive for being a superhero rather than just wanting to grab for Iron Man's approval and be BFF's with the Avengers.

Who knows, maybe Gyllenhaal's performance can really capture the torment Quinten Beck went through trying to break into the world of acting and being rejected at every turn. A man who was forced to do these convoluted stunts to finally get the attention and recognition he feels he deserves.

Whatever you thought of the trailer, Spider-Man: Far From Home will most likely still deliver a web-cartridge load of entertainment. Far From Home is set to officially swing into theatres July 5, 2019.