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First Spider-Man: Far From Home Reactions Call It Best Spidey Movie Ever

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By Mike Floorwalker

The Marvel Cinematic Universe's streak of near-universally adored releases may one day end — but not this year.

Early preview audiences have taken to Twitter in droves to rave over Spider-Man: Far From Home, with many pegging it as the very best cinematic outing for the wall-crawler so far. This, considering the fact that Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse recently took home a Best Animated Feature Oscar, is insanely impressive.

While there's still a moratorium on critical reviews, this didn't stop fans who got a sneak preview of the picture from absolutely losing their freaking minds over the film in the vaguest possible terms. Let's kick off the parade of adulation with this post from two-time Emmy Award-winning sports reporter Heather Catlin, who posted her comments alongside a suitably celebratory GIF.

We know what you're thinking: what about Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2, which was (and, in some quarters, still is) considered to be among the finest superhero films ever made? Twitter user @KevinMcCarthyTV has your answer.

McCarthy followed up with a tweet in which he clarified his opinion just a bit, improbably comparing Far From Home to the stellar recent big-screen outings of horror maestro Jordan Peele while getting us incredibly psyched for those signature post-credits stingers.

Speaking of those stingers, here's Geek Bomb founder Maude Garrett speaking in praise of Jake Gyllenhaal's Mysterio and promising post-credits scenes that... well, we'll let her tell you.

CNET reporter Sean Keane agreed with Garrett's assessment of Gyllenhaal's performance, and also reserved some praise for Zendaya's MJ, who apparently has a lot more to do in this film than she did in Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Brandon Davis of ComicBook.com teased the fact that Far From Home has major implications for the future of the MCU while telling an amazing, self-contained story (and he, as well, had kind words for Gyllenhaal, a recurring theme).

Ultra-fan Preeti Chhibber stated her intention to see the flick "at least three more times" while referring to it as nothing less than a "paradigm shift," which leads us to believe that the Multiverse reveal promised by the flick's trailers is most definitely not a fakeout.

The Playlist editor-in-chief Rodrigo Perez summed up the overall sentiments nicely, while giving us a gentle reminder that if yo don't want the foreseeable future of the MCU spoiled for you, you should take care to avoid anyone in the know who might be prone to dropping spoilers.

Yes, it appears that director Jon Watts, star Tom Holland, and the rest of the crew have absolutely knocked it out of the park on this one, and we can't say that we're surprised. Also, we must say that the comments regarding the flick's post-credit scenes lend credence to a certain rumor that's been bandied about of late, one involving Far From Home's potential introduction of an iconic villain to the MCU canon. (Say there: don't click that link if you don't want this potentially game-changing development spoiled for you.)

In case you can't tell, we are incredibly psyched for this film, which we have already predicted will be Marvel Studios' third billion-dollar-plus grosser this year (behind Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame). The flick drops on July 2, and you can be assured that we'll be here to offer more expert analysis than you can shake a web at.

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