2019/10/10

Review 7: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

Remember feeling like you wanted to be like Spider-Man? Shooting webs and fighting bad guys with comic wit? What if you kind of had no say in becoming like him... but a bit more? This animated masterpiece by Sony pretty much tells that story through the prospective of an unexpected newcomer.

Hailing from Brooklyn, Miles Morales is a kid that had it rough, going to a boarding school, and as a new kid, first impressions is hard... but it gets worse when he comes bitten by a radioactive spider. Nevermind the social aspects becoming even more hellacious, he is burdened with powers he has no control over. Like every hero's beginning, it has a tragic origin. And this is joined with the demise of Peter Parker. At least, that's how things WOULD have ended. But thanks to a project gone awry at the command of Kingpin, other people with similar powers to the late Peter Parker, from different timelines, suddenly come to Miles' Brooklyn. It'll take loss, doubt, and a serious crash course in being the spider, but to succeed his late Peter Parker and return the stranded Spider heroes to their times, Miles has to step up and not become the Spider-Man he knows... but carry on the name as his own.

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is comic-esque in design,  in a way that is visually dynamic, yet faithful to the comic series we know too well. And because it's the multiverse, expect action from Spiders you may know if you are a devout follower of the comics, like the 1930s version Spider-Man Noir, a female version born of Gwen Stacy, who survives instead of Peter, and a comical pig with Spider powers that make looking down on his cartoon appearance a painful mistake. It's one of the few movies in the series Miles is mentioned, but as of now, the only sole work with him as the focal character. This fin was released in December of last year, following the demise of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, both of whom were the brains behind the original Peter Parker, and this film, in addition to having one of the last Lee cameos, was .are in both as a memoir to Lee and Ditko, but also shows a way of passing the torch to someone of African-American/Puerto Rican descent, similar to Steve Rogers as Captain America being succeeded by Sam Wilson/Falcon. Just shy of two hours in length, the movie has voices like Nicholas Cage as Parker/Noir, John Mulaney as Porker/Spider-Ham, Jake Johnson as the alternate Peter B. Parker/Spider-Man, and the titular newbie, Morales, voiced by Shamiek Moore, a rapper who is also in the Hulu series Wu-Tang: An American Saga, portraying Wu-Tang Clan artist Raekwon.

Distributed by Sony Animations Releasing, this film, despite Marvel being involved in production, isn't part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, compared to the live action entries Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home. Morales was mentioned in Homecoming, but the only link between the two films comes from his uncle, Aaron Davis. After getting great acclaim and winning Best Animated Feature in two different occasions, a sequel and spin-off was rumored to happen, and even with the instability of the MCU's Spider-Man (played by Tom Holland), though this is expanded on. Following a 5-year deal with Sony, a TV series based on the film is possible.

The CGI animation allows people to do much more with action scenes that live-action can pull off as hit-or-miss scenarios. But for what it's worth, Into The Spider-Verse was a great twist to a familiar tale, and I hope thenromors become reality so that the adventures of Miles Morales continue. The film gets a full 10 of 10 from me personally, and as far as animated superhero films go, VERY difficult to top.

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