When I first watched “Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse (2018)" I was expecting a solid eight, or maybe a nine; how good could another spiderman movie be, anyway?
So it was an unexpected surprise when the movie not only hit “ten” on my personal scale; it redefined it.
“Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse” is a fantastic super hero movie, succeeding as it does in playing the story completely straight while simultaneously making fun of it and injecting a healthy dose of new ideas; but far more than that: it redefined what an animated movie can do, visually.
Every single frame is a work of art. The soundtrack, too, is amazing, and really makes itself ... felt.
I’m no movie critic, but I definitely noticed that this is something special.
Here are some quotes from people who are movie critics.
Perhaps the most important animated film to come out in the last decade, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was a renaissance of sorts for the artform. — Cory Woodroof, USA Today
The scale feels vast, yet the spirit is joyous. It’s as if everyone had set out to make the best Spider-Man movie ever, which is exactly what they’ve done. — Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
If you like comic books or super hero movies at all, but missed this one because it got lost in a sea of middling comic book adaptions—I suggest taking a look.
Oh, and apparently there’s a sequel now too. Which I will be watching, some time soon.
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