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Into the Spiderverse: Quick Thoughts


Jean Valjean

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:kaukau: I will probably create a more formal review elsewhere. Until then, I just wanted to jot down my thoughts. I tried doing that last Thursday, but I literally did not have the time until now.

  • First thing's first: I think that they did a very good job of advancing something altogether new while honoring the past. I think that a lot of times when studios do a new continuity, they want to distance themselves from an old continuity as possible, but what I really liked about this is that there were a few universes that actually had a lot in common with the Sam Raimi Spider-Man. That's awesome!
  • They actually said "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility" a couple of times, which was great, and I also appreciated the references to Uncle Ben, which the MCU avoided as being redundant, but I always thought was important enough that it warranted direct and recurring mention.
  • Miles is great. And I do think that what makes him work is this whole multiverse thing, and the idea that we're introduced to several version of Spider-Man. It's enough that we're ready to move on to an entirely new character who is inspired by him. Having multiple Peters as his mentor, I think, really helped pas the torch, and I also think that they did a very good job of making him relatable.
  • The death of Peter Parker on the one universe is a bit jarring. Peter dying in Infinity War didn't strike me much, but this was much more real. It played a pretty big role for Miles, and they treated it with an appropriate amount of gravity.
  • They did a very good job with the origin story. It did feel like a proper origin story done right. It had a really complete sense of beginning, character development, and resolution that rung emotionally true.
  • The movie knew just how self-aware it should be, and just how much humor to have, without detracting from is serious side.
  • This movie was BEAUTIFUL. I haven't seen something this beautiful since Blade Runner 2049 last year. I do hope that this gets nominated for an Animation Oscar. The last few years, the Academy has been disappointing me in this category and I hope that they and I agree for the first time in a while.
  • The Stan Lee cameo for this movie, considering his recent passing, was...perfect.

 

Verdict: It's really difficult to tell which superhero movie is the best of 2018 now. At one point it was Black Panther, then it was Infinity War, and now I almost want to say that it's Into the Spiderverse. I know, that sounds pretty extreme, but you have to see this for yourself. I would actually say that this one is closer to what I thought of as being a quintessential superhero movie when I was growing up.

 

In other words, go see it!

 

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