SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Review - Is It Really The Best Spidey Movie Yet?

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Review - Is It Really The Best Spidey Movie Yet?

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse has received huge acclaim from critics and is being hailed by many as the greatest Spidey movie yet. Is the praise warranted, or has it been over-hyped? Find out here...

Review Opinion
By MarkCassidy - Nov 30, 2018 06:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Into The Spider-Verse
Sony's animated Spider-Man movie didn't come with particularly lofty expectations. In fact, many fans rolled their eyes at the very notion of it back when it was first announced because they desperately wanted Marvel Studios to regain full control of the character.

Well, even the most hardcore MCU supporters may be glad that didn't happen after they see Into The Spider-Verse.

The movie introduces us to 14-year-old Miles Morales (brilliantly voiced by Shameik Moore), who's reluctantly enrolled in an elite New York City boarding school. When he bunks off to go hang out with his uncle (Mahershala Ali), he's bitten by a radioactive spider and begins to exhibit the usual symptoms (enhanced senses, growth spurts, getting his hand stuck in his school crush's hair).

When he retraces his steps he discovers Peter Parker attempting to stop The Kingpin (Liev Schreiber) from opening a hole in the space-time continuum. The resulting explosion paves the way for the introduction of several alternate reality Spider-people - including Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld, Spider-Man Noir (Nicholas Cage) and Peter Porker (John Mulaney) - and that's when the fun really begins.

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The animation style takes a while to get used to, but once you do you'll become fully immersed in a stunningly realized world which simply wouldn't have had the same impact in live-action. The same can be said for the incredible action sequences, which, while plentiful, never come at the expense of a brilliantly developed story - one which goes to some surprisingly dark places at times.

This first big-screen outing for Morales is not only a hugely entertaining adventure, but it plays with the usual tropes associated with comic book movies in some surprising ways, and even succeeds in breathing new life into the well-worn superhero origin story. While it never gets as meta as Deadpool, for example, there are definitely a few playful winks to the more jaded fanboys among us.

It could have used a stronger villain (Sorry, Wilson), and it would have been nice to spend a bit more time with the supporting characters (more Noir next time please), but they're tiny nitpicks for what is an otherwise superb movie.

Spectacular, amazing, astonishing - whatever Spidey-related adjective you choose, it'll fit. If you're a huge comic book fan, chances are you're going to love Into The Spider-Verse. If you're a huge Spidey fan it may very well become your new favorite CBM.

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WackyBantha
WackyBantha - 11/30/2018, 6:11 AM
Is it better than ALONG CAME A SPIDER?
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 11/30/2018, 6:13 AM
@WackyBantha - No.
KWilly
KWilly - 11/30/2018, 6:16 AM
"Make no mistake, Into The Spider-Verse has a PG-13 rating for a reason..."

It's PG in North America. I don't know if it's PG-13 elsewhere, but it's definitely PG here.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 11/30/2018, 6:22 AM
@KWilly - It's a 12 here which is the equivalent to PG-13. That's crazy though... it's pretty dark for a PG.
Auiki
Auiki - 11/30/2018, 7:22 AM
@KWilly - It's a PG here in the UK! BBFC have been pretty good with their rating system of recent years. Most R rated films are just a 15 here!
demery
demery - 11/30/2018, 2:41 PM
@RorMachine - Are you telling me that this actually FEELS like a PG rating that actually means something along the lines of BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM?
CaptainElrond
CaptainElrond - 11/30/2018, 6:19 AM
Can't wait








Roodi
Roodi - 11/30/2018, 6:24 AM
Nice.

Off topic: Anyone see that a Funko POP leaked showed Jude Law's character in Captain Marvel?
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 11/30/2018, 6:37 AM
@Roodi - Yeah, but saw that coming miles away
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 11/30/2018, 7:14 AM
@Roodi - I just hope it doesn't turn out that he is the villain in the end or is set up as one like Mordo
Menks123
Menks123 - 11/30/2018, 6:30 AM
Can't wait to see see this. Absolutely love the animation.

Great review!
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 11/30/2018, 6:36 AM
Give the rights back to Sony!!!🤣🤣🤣
aflynn
aflynn - 11/30/2018, 6:40 AM
Epic film one ofthe biggest surprises in terms of quality.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 11/30/2018, 6:49 AM
I heard it gets really dark but it balances shifting tones exceptionally well
SuperCat
SuperCat - 11/30/2018, 6:54 AM
Had my gif ready just in case it got a poor review, @ror.

MrDandy
MrDandy - 11/30/2018, 7:08 AM
Great review, Mark! Really looking forward to it!
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 11/30/2018, 7:09 AM
Off topic but RandomGuy dropped some new videos that have cheered me up in my depression over Daredevil being canned





The Zemo vs Lex one was great lol

Also loved the Rocket one
EZBeast
EZBeast - 11/30/2018, 7:16 AM
I had no interest in this film but the reviews just keep raving so I guess I’ll get my ass to the movie theater!

LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 11/30/2018, 7:18 AM
I have a question for @rormachine

Green Goblin in this film. How would you describe him because the trailers make him look like a giant monster. I mean I’m sure he won’t get much screentime but is he pretty much just a giant monster in the film?
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 11/30/2018, 8:47 AM
@LEVITIKUZ - Yeah it's the monster Goblin... he's only in the movie very briefly. The best villain is one I'm not sure has been revealed yet so I won't give it away.
rocketeuropa
rocketeuropa - 11/30/2018, 7:32 AM
This is cheap cartoon fanboy s**t. Wild, elongated figures. Crazy, splashy colors and now Sony taking a page from recent BAD Marvel comics courts not two but six Spider-Men, including, it seems a "Spider-Ham" Come on, REALLY??
How about getting back to the Lee/Ditko/ Romita run of books where Spidey was grounded in some sort of reality instead of this juvenile fanboy trash? (Yeah, we have the live-action movies but this animated trash doesn't help the cause).
Best superhero movie of the year? Over Infinity War or Black Panther? Are you effin' KIDDING ME??
Hope this makes the Walmart five dollar DVD bin in record time.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 11/30/2018, 7:40 AM
@rocketeuropa - How about getting back to the Lee/Ditko/ Romita run of books where Spidey was grounded in some sort of reality instead of this juvenile fanboy trash?

Literally in Amazing Spider-Man #1, Spider-Man stops a space ship from crashing after a failed launch

His very first issue in his series

I think you don’t really know Spider-Man or good movies
ThorArms
ThorArms - 11/30/2018, 8:56 AM
@rocketeuropa - black panther was not great
JustAChillDude
JustAChillDude - 11/30/2018, 9:22 AM
@ThorArms - it was good, we’re entitled to our opinions.
ThorArms
ThorArms - 11/30/2018, 9:29 AM
@JustAChillDude - yeah that was kinda my point.
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