Just yesterday I saw Sony animation's latest flick Into the Spider-Verse. I was interested in the film since its first teaser this time last year and it kept looking more and more interesting as the months drew nearer to its release. 2018 seems to be the year for Spider-Man as he was in Infinity War, had the fastest selling PS4 game and also two spinoff films. So as you can tell this film had a lot to contend with, but it not only delivered it may have succeeded in being the best Spider-Man related film of the year.
The film focuses on a kid named Miles Morales who gets bitten by a radioactive spider in the subway. He coincidently stumbles onto Spider-Man as he tries to stop the Kingpin from setting off a machine that is a portal to parallel universes. There is a big explosion and Spider-Man is then killed by the KingPin. Miles sees another Spider-Man and he explains he is from another universe, they team up to try and stop Kingpin but are outnumbered so try and find other Spider people and once they unite they can stop Kingpin and find a way to put the Spider people back to there respective universes.
The film also a strong cast both main and supporting. It features Shameik Moore as Miles Morales, Jake Johnson as Peter B. Parker/ Spiderman, Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacey/ Spider Gwen, John Mulaney as Spider-Ham, Kimiko Glenn as Peni Parker and Nicholas Cage as Spider-Man Noir. It also has Lily Tomlin as Aunt May, Zoe Kravitz as Mary Jane, Brian Tee Henry as Jefferson Davis, Mashershala Ali as Aaron Davis/ The Prowler, Chris Pine as Peter Parker/ Spider-Man and Liev Schreiber as Kingpin.
As well as the cast the movie's animation is some of the most creative animations I think I've seen in any Hollywood animated feature film as it blends the comic style, cartoon style and anime style all in one to make some unique looking scenes. The film is also written as it has many elements from the comic books but it is understandable for people who have never read a comic book. An example of this the origins for all the Spider people as they are based on their comic book origins but narrows it down so you know who the character is without reading a single one of their comics. It also makes fun of things that have been seen in other Spider-Man films such as the weird dance in Spider-Man 3 and his catchphrase 'with power comes great responsibility'.
However, the film did fall flat in some areas. One of which was the use of a villain. There were a lot of villains in the film such as The Kingpin, The Prowler, The Green Goblin (voiced by Jorma Taccone), Doc Ock (voiced by Kathryn Hahn) and the Scorpion (voiced by Joaquin Coslo). But one of the most disappointing was Tombstone (voiced by Marvin Jones III), the only reason I found him disappointing is that he did nothing in the film apart from being the goofy character and didn't really affect the plot as much the other villains so he seemed a bit unnecessary to be in the movie, also the animation looked off in a few scenes which disturbed me a bit as it looked really weird.
But in conclusion Into the Spider-Verse is overall a good film to see and would recommend that you see it. The film's music is one of the strongest soundtracks I heard and easily competes with the soundtrack of Black Panther. Also, the film's score by Daniel Pemberton is just as good and makes every scene entertaining.
I would give Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse a 10/10 as it is a highly enjoyable film to watch, with great use of the animation and well-written characters that we get to know as the film progresses.
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