Title - Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Studio - Sony Pictures
Starring - Shameik Moore, Liev Schreiber, Mahershala Ali, Bryan Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Nicolas Cage, Kimiko Glenn, John Mulaney
Writer - Phil Lord
Director - Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
Release - 14 December 2018
If I have only one word to describe this movie, it would be "cinematic".
When I first saw the very first trailer, I thought this would be something special in terms of its CGI - which happens to be quite ground-breaking. But never would I have thought that this animated Spider-Man would actually be one of the best superhero movies of our time!
And it is a shame that as great as Ralph Breaks The Internet was, I'm going to predict this movie will take home Best Animated Movie at the Oscars next year. I guess the next title for Wreck-It Ralph would be Ralph Can't Catch A Break (the first movie still should have won over the very sub-par Pixar-flick Brave).
This version of Spider-Man, a.k.a. Peter B. Parker voiced by Jake Johnson, was written very well. His character arc was one of the best Spider-Man arc we have ever gotten in cinemas. But that's because he got to bounce off of Miles Morales, which Shameik Moore hit it out of the park too.
Speaking of which, my favourite voice in this whole thing would have to be Nicolas Cage's Spider-Man Noir. His introduction was so clever and funny that, coupled with Cage's unmistakable voice, it was perfect.
Once again, the CGI was top notched, just like the writing of the story. Miles' origin, again, is one of the best in the genre. You could really feel for him, as a young teenager and given the kind of responsibility; it really was life changing.
My one big gripe would be(and I have to tread lightly into SPOILER territory here), the big loss in the first act of the movie. Which was followed by the Stan Lee cameo and it really felt out of place. With what just happened, we should have a bit more time to feel the gravity of the loss; rather than swinging so soon into levity. This also should had a less upbeat Aunt May whenever we saw her onscreen. I mean, this is Aunt May we're talking about!
But speaking of cameo, there was also a surprise voicing by Chris Pine which was very good.
Just another nitpicking here, I didn't like how Kingpin just stood around a lot when he could just finish off Miles at the end. That left me frustrated at the lack of attention to detail.
This was also one movie I thought was made for 3D, and I wouldn't mind watching it again if there was a 3D version.
Well done to Sony, because I don't think any upcoming Spider-Man movies from Marvel will top this one.
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