(SPOILERS AHEAD: For those who actually read this part)
Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse was released Thursday, December 13th. Only out a few days, Rotten Tomatoes has rated it with an extremely high 97% on the Tomatometer with a 95% audience score. As quoted from the website, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse matches bold storytelling with striking animation for a purely enjoyable adventure with heart, humor, and plenty of superhero action."
Enough real critic talk, it's my turn. I promise I won't geek out too much. Let's "dive" in, shall we?
This was an INCREDIBLE movie. The visualization, for start, was fantastic. Sony was able to recreate comics into a movie. Aspects of old comics like large texts of onomatopoeia (POW! BAM!), character's thoughts being displayed in text, and the animation of characters as if they were on the page. It was a tribute to loyal OG comic book fans and presented a new way for an animated movie to be displayed for super hero films.
Miles Morale was such a well developed character. Sony successfully created his origin story in the film by incorporating the aid of other spider men (and women). Miles is a seriously relatable kid: he's childish, immature, and the scene where he's singing while playing music was humorous, BUT RELATABLE. Miles has to teach himself how to use his new found power. This hero is a bit different from his counter parts: he can turn invisible and release electricity from his body as well as the standard web slinging and wall crawling.
The creation of the black suit was one moment I really enjoyed. Miles is an artist who enjoys his graffiti, and when he's introduced to the OG Spider-Man suit, he does a bit of tweaking with black spray paint.
The movie also introduced some quality music. There's a lot that these movies can do to stand out, and Sony went with the choice of creating its own soundtrack. If you haven't heard "Sunflower" by Post Malone, I seriously recommend it. Reminds me of why Guardians of the Galaxy was so popular, because of the music choice.
The way that the other characters were introduced, specifically the other Spiderlings, was a really creative way as well. Each was presented with a comic book cover, with each hero introducing their backstory. Funny, as they all were extremely similar. Go figure. The characters were all utilized well as minor heroes that allowed Miles to change and grow as the film progressed.
Villains were another great aspect. There were some reused ones with new designs, Green Goblin and Scorpion. What was a fresh take was the new villains. Prowler, the purple menace with advanced thermal googles, the daughter of Doc Oc, Doc Oc, and the massive suit wearing KingPin. The potential for Miles to have his own line of new villains is exactly what audiences are looking for. Tom Holland's Spider-Man was given new twists with Vulture and Shocker: there's a plethora of villains in the Spider-Man universe ready to make it to stardom on the big screen.
Look, I can babble on and on about this movie. About how great it was. About the post credit scene with Spider-Man 2099 (which I predicted, sup Sony?). About the future of this new franchise. Or you could just go out and see it, because it really is a fantastic movie. The Sam’s Snippets Score is a 10/10.
If you don't see it, I'm calling you out on the streets like this iconic meme (which ya, the movie uses too. Nice work Sony).
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