Some Marvel movies have more meat to them than others. It's important to remember that there are a lot of different writers working on these movies, they are not a monolith. Some of them are good at fitting important, thought-provoking themes into the framework of Disney's aesthetic requirements, and others are not.
Spiderman: Far From Home is a great example. The movie deals with the legacy of technology as Mysterio re-appropriates Tony Stark's drone network to create a virtual reality propaganda monster. What once protected and improved the world now threatens it when it falls into the wrong hands. What does this say about things like mass data collection? Nuclear weapons? Virtual reality? The infrastructure of technology stays in place after its well-intentioned creators are gone. How will we as a species deal with that legacy in the coming decades and centuries?
It also deals with the theme of 21st century propaganda in our "post-truth society". Mysterio doesn't need to have actual super powers, he just needs to make people believe he does. He takes on the role of film-director-as-superhuman, who through visual trickery controls the perception and beliefs of millions.
Yeah it was a 2 hour escape in some aspects and I got to watch Tom Holland kick ass. But the movie also left me thinking about some pretty heavy and challenging stuff.
Spiderman: Far From Home is a great example. The movie deals with the legacy of technology as Mysterio re-appropriates Tony Stark's drone network to create a virtual reality propaganda monster. What once protected and improved the world now threatens it when it falls into the wrong hands. What does this say about things like mass data collection? Nuclear weapons? Virtual reality? The infrastructure of technology stays in place after its well-intentioned creators are gone. How will we as a species deal with that legacy in the coming decades and centuries?
It also deals with the theme of 21st century propaganda in our "post-truth society". Mysterio doesn't need to have actual super powers, he just needs to make people believe he does. He takes on the role of film-director-as-superhuman, who through visual trickery controls the perception and beliefs of millions.
Yeah it was a 2 hour escape in some aspects and I got to watch Tom Holland kick ass. But the movie also left me thinking about some pretty heavy and challenging stuff.