Why exactly is there a GIRL on the poster of SPIDER-MAN?
As someone that LOVED the first, there was no way the sequel could live up to my expectations. Welp, it managed to subvert expectations and stand wonderfully on its own. The animation is top tier animation across any movie ever. The action is awesome. There is simply so much care put into every single scene (verbal, non verbal, scene focus, scene background) that it’s hard to portray what specifically makes this film incredible. If you love Spider-Man, you will love this!
Rating: 5/5 - 9.5/10 - Highly Recommend
After nearly 2 hours I was thinking about how can I rate this film 11/10 but after this cliffhanger bullshit just fuck you!
Perhaps the multiversiest film ever! Now we just need the next movie to cross over with The Flash, and the singularity will finally be reached...
Like a meeting with the art department: very animated but goes around in circles and nothing gets decided.
The animation here is still next level and begs to be seen on the biggest screen possible, but the story gets bogged down in personal drama and relationships, the main villain has fewer than 10 minutes screen time and there's a "To Be Continued" card at the end so...
Across the Spider-Verse has better animation than the first but the story isn't as strong. It takes a minute to get where it wants to go and the many Spidermen aren't as endearing.
Love me some cliffhanger after a 2 1/2 hours movie. Not.
[8.8/10] The cliche for any sequel is “more”. Take what the audience liked from the first installment and just keep piling it on. On the surface, you could mistake Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as suffering from the same pathology.
Its predecessor, Into the Spider-Verse had seven spider-people. Across the Spider-Verse has a hundred. Into the Spider-Verse gave us a glimpse of a handful of alternate realities. Across the Spider-Verse spends meaningful time in scads of them. Into the Spider-Verse clocked in at less than two hours. Across the Spider-Verse spills twenty minutes over that benchmark and demands another outing to finish its story. To the casual observer, this surfeit of cinematic real estate and the spider-beings who occupy it could be mistaken for second-installment bloat.
Except that Across the Spider-Verse is not mere excess. It is, insead, redolent with added ambition. Its predecessor stunned with a distinctive, cel-shaded art style, occasionally pierced by denizens with more anime or Looney Tunes-inspired aesthetics. Across the Spider-Verse elevates the visual brilliance to jaw-dropping, superlative levels.
Miles Morales’ cel-shaded digs return. But so too does Spider-Gwen’s watercolor world. The futuristic metropolis and impossible geometry of Spider-Man 2099’s headquarters. The parchment-styled weathering of a da Vinci-inspired Vulture. The bustling, South Asian-inspired environs of Spider-Man India. The Zine Queen cut out look of Spider-Punk. The transfixing and occasionally disturbing visage of The Spot as his form grows more and more frazzled and medium-defying the more interdimensional energy he absorbs. 2-D. 3-D. Stop Motion. Live action. Digital designs. Ink and paint creations. Comic panels. Old polygons. New pixels. The new Spider-Verse entry is a triumph of medium-blending glory where the milieu is part of the text and subtext and themes at the heart of the piece.
The same goes for the action. Into the Spider-Verse featured all manner of memorable sequences. Avatar: The Last Airbender veteran Joaquim Dos Santos is among the film’s co-directors, and it’s hard not to feel his influence as this follow-up feature ups the ante. Miles has a comical but brilliant “Now that’s thinking with portals” skirmish with The Spot. The omnibus all-comers spidey-fight is the pinnacle of arachnid spectacle it should be. The kinetic and frenetic energy, rife with medium-mixing action, remains a staple of the movie’s cinematic grammar.
But it’s just as winsome in quieter moments. The way the light brightens amid a hug between Gwen and her father. The way she and Miles share a peculiar perspective as they gaze upon the skyline of the city together. The look of pain in her and Peter B. Parker’s eyes when Miles learns the truth. There is an expressiveness, a commitment to using every last inch of every last frame to make you marvel and gasp and feel the meaning behind each moment through imagery alone that would be worth the price of admission even if Across had nothing else to offer.
Thankfully, it also has a plot that is remarkably ambitious and untroubled by traditional forms. Despite its multiversal bent, Into the Spider-Verse is a remarkably tight and focused film. That’s to its credit, taking a wild-eyed story, anchoring it in both the universal and the specific, and making it feel deceptively simple.
As a follow-up, Across the Spider-Verse is epic, multi-faceted, even messy. There are scores of moving parts. Two reintroductions and brief “While you were gone” recaps to orient the audience. All of space-time is at stake once again, but the solution is not as straightforward as stopping the big bad machine. It’s to resew the fabric of the universe as tears emerge in the wake of the last solution. The villain is an overlooked consequence of the first movie’s adventures swollen to eldritch horror proportions; and the villain is one of your own, sacrificing the noble principles that your kind are founded upon in the name of preserving the status quo; and the villain is...well...you, denied the good fortune and cosmic protection you inadvertently stole. Oh yeah, and it’s only part one.
Despite the scope, the movie never feels like too much or anything less than self-assured. There’s a lot going on here, narratively, personally, and thematically. But it all feels built to fit together, designed to build toward a greater whole, while embracing a complexity and ambition that few films are willing to entrust general audiences with.
Part of what keeps that kaleidoscopic plotting accessible and comprehensible is that it’s always grounded in the emotions and psychology of the characters. This is, on the surface, a story about myriad reflections of the Web-Head crashing down on one another. But it is, at heart, about two adolescents struggling with their relationships with their parents as they try to “find their tribe” and their place in the world as budding adults.
The great claim-to-fame of the original Spider-Man comics was that Peter Parker was a hero who fought colorful bad guys on rooftops, but who also had real problems like family and rent, just like you. Across the Spider-Verse carries on that spirit. Amid the reality-shifting dramatics, the film is spurred by Gwen suffering when her loving father learns her true identity and recoils. And it’s spurred by Miles wanting to grow up and grow away from his loving but enveloping parents, so he can venture off and find a community that he thinks will understand him and help him to follow his dreams.
The circumstances are extreme. But the conversations between parents and children are real. There’s an almost shocking verisimilitude -- borne by writing, performance, and animation in concert -- to the back and forths between Gwen and Captain Stacy, and between Miles, Jeff, and Rio. The tone of being reluctant to accept the love of someone you worry won’t fully accept you. The frustration of failing to live up to your parents’ standards while still trying to define your own. That definitively Spider-Man quality of feeling as though you’re trying so hard and still letting everybody down. Peer down into the bottom of this film, and you will find truth, gushing out of each frame as much as the aesthetic glory.
You can feel it in the way Gwen and Miles relate to one another, two kids on unique journeys who feel like the world doesn’t understand them. You can feel it in the words of parents like Jeff, Rio, Captain Stacy, and a gloriously returning Peter B. Parker, who think the world of these kids but worry about their future and how to keep them on the right path. And you can feel it in that universal, youthful sense of longing for a new adventure worthy of the new you, and in the equal and opposite chastening that can come when you realize it’s not always less complicated or as warm as the comforts of home.
This is an epic film, full of big ideas. But it never floats away or gets lost amid its own dizzying scale. Because it keeps those real feelings at the center of everything it sets out to achieve.
Those ideas give the movie ballast though. The premise of the film is that Gwen has joined an interdimensional “Spider Society” whose mission is to repair the anomalies caused by Kingpin’s collider in the first film. The twist is that Miles cannot join her there, because he is, in many ways, the original anomaly. His spider bite came from an arachnid meant for another universe. He wasn’t meant to be Spider-Man.
The reveal works on so many levels. There is great power in making the practical and emotional obstacle of the piece a statement to a mixed race child that they don’t belong. He receives nothing but rejection from a community he thought would accept him, because of what he is rather than who he is. In a film with people of color prominently in front of and behind the “camera”, that comes with a particular resonance.
To the same end, there is a meta commentary on the nature of Miles as a character and his place in the broader Spider-Man media franchise. Considering the real life racist backlash to the fancasting of Donald Glover as Spidey (which gets a nod in the form of his cameo as MCU Prowler), it’s easy to read those sentiments about him as being an aberration or a mistake in the light of fans who rejected Miles because he wasn’t Peter, because he was Black and Latino, because he didn’t fit all of the standard tropes that had been cranked out for Spidey across hundreds of projects.
I trust the rebuke of these things will come in time, but textualizing the backlash Miles’ champions have had to fight in real life, with the same sentiment Miles must combat in a fictional one, dovetails with the sharp meta commentary that has come with these films to date.
And last, but not least, it’s worth noting that at the core of the dispute between Miles, who wants to chart his own path apart from both mom and dad and the Spider Society, and Miguel O’Hara, its ostensible leader who wants to repair the foundations of the multiverse, is characterized as a dispute over “preserving canon.”
There’s a striking notion baked into that framing. The film posits that certain events that have recurred across time and mediums for Spider-Man -- things like a mentor perishing, the death of a noble captain, and other iconic Web-Head moments -- are fixed points in any Spider-Man story. They must occur, lest the bounds of reality be shattered and everything be lost in their wake.
In a less complex film, that could be taken as the bare oppression of conformity (one sure to be dismissed reflexively by Hubie Brown, the film’s infectiously entertaining anti-authority punk Web-Head). More to the point, it dovetails with themes of established gatekeepers telling a mixed race child that the status quo must be maintained, and comics purists rejecting alternate takes on the traditional (mostly white) vision of Spider-Man.
But the purveyors of these ideas are not facile straw men. They are, for one thing, Miles’ friends. The thing that spurs Miles to resist is the sense that this adherence to canon means his soon-to-be-promoted-to-captain father must die. Peter B. Parker makes the case, one made in countless Spider-Man works before, that loss is difficult, but that it helps spur Spider-people to be who they need to be, to accept the responsibility that comes with the great power and be a force for good in the world.
As much as he is the film’s antagonist, Miguel O’Hara is a poster child for someone who tried to disrupt that idea, and lost everything in the process. He lost his family, and pulled a Rick and Morty (whose influence is keenly felt here) by hopping into another universe where his alt-reality equivalent died to take his place. The rush of images we see suggest the universe rejected him like a human body rejecting a new organ, and the whole world, including the daughter he wanted so desperately to reunite with, was lost. He has walked the path of putting your own happiness and desires above “the way things must be”, and he’s seen the consequence.
More than that, the shocking tease at the end of the film is a clever depositing of Miles into the universe whose spider he inadvertently stole. He sees the consequences of a world without a Spider-Man. He sees the hardship and misery, for his family and for his community, that his own self-actualization is accidentally built on. These are not easy things to reject or ignore, but rather strong counterbalances to our natural sympathies for Miles.
And still, despite that, there remains great sympathy for the defiers of canon. Much remains to be explored and vindicated in the forthcoming third film in the series. But signs point to validating our heroes even if they stray from the usual or accepted arachnid touchpoints. If Into the Spider-Verse seemed designed to prove that anyone could be legitimate as Spider-Man so long as they take in his ideals and refuse to give up; the two follow-ups seem poised to suggest that you can, in fact, chart your own path away from what has always been, and be no less valid, no less real, no less worthy.
The other main poles of the story exemplify that. The delightful-turned-horrifying Spot is a “villain of the week” determined to flip the script and become a true nemesis and fearsome destroyer of worlds. Spider-Gwen is a version of a character who is, in the vaunted canon, meant to be one of those tragic losses that wounds the Web-Head but ultimately sharpens his resolve; and she is, instead, the hero who lost him and decides to keep going. And Miles is an accident, someone who became Spider-Man by happenstance and deviation rather than by inertia or fate, who nonetheless validates his place in the silky firmament of arachnid tales with each choice he takes to vindicate the good they fight for, and the good in himself, whether or not it fits with what came before.
To encompass all of this in one-hundred and forty minutes is remarkable. To try to accomplish it in double that time still seems like a lot. But as kinsmen like Everything Everywhere All at Once (which receives a small shout-out here) demonstrates, there is great transcendence to be had in weaving together text and metatext and character and commentary and stunning visual acumen into a greater whole.
Across the Spider-Verse is certainly that too. It is a worthy successor to the 2018 film, maintaining the same comic air, remixing energy, and emotional depth. But it also raises the bar, letting its palette, its ideas, its characters expand and grow more complex with the added mandate and leeway that comes with such a success. The creative team behind the film have arrived with something that does not simply go for more. It goes achingly deeper, jaw-droppingly wider, and poignantly further than anything we’ve seen before.
The animation is pure art. I didn’t blink for 2 hours.
I saw an early release of this in a theatre, yesterday. The art work is amazing. The attention to all the history of the canon was admirable and the imagination of what could be was unmatched. BUT it was chaotic, so much happening at once, dialogue cascading over other dialogue, images flashing by so rapidly there could be little appreciation of the panoramic art and world building. It all became a blur. The worse sin in my eyes was that there was never a clear direction for the primary story arc. All the little origin stories that were included interrupted the basic story (was there really one?), so much so that when they returned to the narrative they repeatedly had the repeat the salient points of the narrative in a lot of mini-synopses. And the final insult was that it was TO BE CONTINUED. This movie needed a narrative edit and a completed story line. The chaos made the action cheap and at times boring. I give this film a 5 (meh) out of 10. [Marvel Superhero Action Adventure]
Just couldn’t finish it. Opening was horrible. After about 20-30 minutes was a little better but by that time I was just bored. Made it to about 1hr and never came back from restroom break. Maybe finish when it streams.
I felt asleep. Boring b o r i n g :confused:
Different from the first in all the right ways while expanding its own identity. The villain becomes secondary to a larger plot in a natural way.
This sequel takes even more liberties with the art style and uses each dimension’s art to set them apart beyond just structure. Gwen’s universe in particular uses constantly shifting colors and focuses to show character emotions visibly, which I appreciated more the second viewing. The story, this time, still features Miles but isn’t only about him. At first, I was upset, but the film came to balance all the threads. I kept fluctuating between hating and loving other characters (Gwen). Also, this film isn’t afraid of silence and pauses, which was refreshing in this ‘constantly stimulated’ day and age.
Incredibly rare for the first and second to be this highly rated by me. The first is more emotional, second brings more conflict and group dynamics.
Miguel!!! Miles!! The other miles!!! Peter B. Parker!! Why is everyone so hot???!!!
Wow just wow, this was everything it needed to be and more
It was so random and chaotic that I turned if off before the end. Interestingly, reading the reviews here say it ends with "to be continued." I guess I did the right thing!
I liked that the movie also focus more on Gwen instead of give all the importance to Miles Morales, the villain is a big improvement and everything that has to do with Miguel is great, although I have a huge problem, I hate all those "unfinished" movies, it's unsatisfactory watch a built up of 2 hours that never explodes.
The character development isn't as strong as the first one, but Jesus the visuals alone are bonkers.
I just don’t get it. Took me several sit downs to plug through this slog. I didn’t mind the first one, the only reason I watching this is cause I try to watch all the Academy Awards films. I dug all the other entries but Robot Dreams and this. I don’t understand how people like this stuff. Not for me.
suck spidervers, ghibli finally got what it deserved for years with the 2024 Oscar for best animation
:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart: - Can not wait for the number two
10:heart:- Masterpiece :100:
9:heart:- Excellent
8:heart: - Amazing :ok_hand:
7:heart:- Great :sun_with_face:
6:heart: - Good :thumbsup:
5:heart: - Average :head_bandage:
4:heart: - Bad but watchable :octagonal_sign:
3:heart: - Bad :sob:
2:rage:- Awful :face_vomiting:
1:face_with_symbols_over_mouth: - Bull Shit
A truly fantastic film! The animation is beautiful and impressive, while the story is captivating. The characters are well developed and extremely interesting, making the viewer want to know more about their stories. It is certainly a film that awakens curiosity and the desire to explore more of this world.
Too much 'sequel' in the writing but when viewed outside the lens of 'one of the best films ever', and even 'of the year', it's so damn respectable and a more-than-worthy follow up to what was, and still is, an astonishingly iconic film.
Love how much heart this has.
Miles Morales is back in action alongside all of the characters we know and love from the first film, but this time, he is the one traveling to unfamiliar lands and trying not to glitch out of control. Though I think I like the first one slightly more, this movie does a wonderful job of avoiding the typical sequel slump. The story is riveting, the characters are true to themselves, and the twists keep the audience interested until the very end. Thank God they left it open for another one because I am not ready to leave the Spider-verse.
I don't even know how to start. Hands down the best movie of 2023. No not just animation, movie. Give them the Oscar of best picture, i mean Barbie is nominated and BirdMan have won so why not, lets be creative.
I have expressed my frustration about multiverse many times but here we witness a masterpiece. Yes sorry other movies, this redefines animation, this redefines everything. The plot the story the music the quirky and extremely funny dialogues OMG the last 20 minutes of the film!!! 2 hours and 20 minutes and i didn't move a muscle. again OMG the last 20 minutes.
What a captivating and a masterpiece written story and plot, why can't marvel deliver this in real life but instead they release "The Marvels". Who wrote this ? who directed this ? Take them and make every movie of Marvel.
I have stop watching "adults" animation or Finding Nemo and Toy Story stuff but here is a reinvention of the animation and this style of animation.
I just can't get it out of my head since last night. What a joyride, so entertaining it blew my mind.
Watching it a second time literally makes it better idk how but it does :sob::sob:
The story is not as strong as the first one, but the animation is superb, feeling I'm watching moving art on screen.
I've tried three times to get through the first 20 minutes of this film and just can't do it. I've seen so many people praise the animation, but to me it was just a blur of colors. I don't have epilepsy but I think I might get it if I watch the whole thing.
Just as good, if not better then the last.
That's just AMAZING! I'm absolutely speechless!
It’s easy to paint all superhero movies as equal, but this is about as good a counterexample as any. There will be people who refuse to recognize it because it is animated, or because it is a Spider-Man movie. Their loss. The animation is god-tier, easily some of the best you will ever see. And the way each world uses different animation styles that reflect their characters is so well thought-out. The score is stunning. But beyond all of that, the reason it remains in my top movies of 2023 is the character work. The twin perspectives of Gwen and Miles work in tandem to explore both blood and found families, to explore what it means to truly have values and the conviction to stick with them even when it is not easy, and to fight against the very idea of fate. Gwen Stacy in particular was the real highlight for me, with her storyline really resonating multiple times throughout.
The comic book animation continues to delight. Although at times the film is a bit too fast-paced and certain tidbits are easy to miss.
Honestly I was having a great time and then it ended. Knocking off a whole point for the unnecessary sequelisation
God damn it, this is some impressive shit. My expectations were high, but this is so much more than another awesome Spider-Man story. Everything is on point, but the animation stands out so much! It’s like art. The whole multiverse thing is executed perfectly. The cameos of the live action universes and everything else is just sublime. This has the potential to become the best trilogy of all time. I’m sure of it.
If I had to name something that I didn't like as much, is that this doesn't stand on its own as the first one did. Personally, I would've loved if they introduced Miguel as the villain for the third one in this, but finished the Spot-storyline too, so this one had a conclusion of its own, while still setting up the rest of the story. Still, that is nitpicking, because it's an amazing movie.
How will Beyond top-this I have no idea.
Literally the definition of beauty.
Wow...
The story is strong with this one.
You know it's not just the story... artwork, music, animation, scenes, fight sequences, grey areas. It is an excellent movie for sure.
Every 8/9/10 rating here says what I want to say.
Love this spider-man.
This film is a eyegasm for me everything is so pretty the Animation is so smooth the world feels alive low-key the best spider man
Really great story line and I liked the different styles of animation. I am really looking forward to where the story goes from here. There are some parts that a nods at other spiderman movies - that was a lot of fun.
My husband couldn’t watch the animation because it triggered a headache, so be forewarned.
I really liked the plot and the ideas it presented. The animation was solid and they do quite a lot to develop Miles' character.
On the bad side, Peter B Parker was criminally underused and I dont appreciate him endangering his daughter.
The cliffhanger ending also let a bad taste in my mouth, but I am certainly excited to see how it ends!
Interestingly, I saw this on my way to IMDb50 list. This currently features at 26th position on that. I thoroughly enjoyed the first one. It was fresh, quirky and something unexpected in the superhero genre. The second builds upon the set stage but doesn't bring anything truly groundbreaking and ends on a cliffhanger.
Miles is reminiscing about his interactions with the spider-verse and specifically Gwen. He is going through the motions of friendly-neighbourhood crime fighting, and then the portals of the spider verse are open again to reveal how deep, ah.. convoluted the spider webs go. A new villain appears on the spot.
I enjoyed the development of this new villain. He tears the fabric of space-time and becomes a major antagonist but from the way his arc developed was great to watch.
While I liked the fast-paced action, it did not feel fresh enough this time around. Probably the first instalment where I was not expecting how bedazzling the whole thing could be. For the second I was expecting something newer, which was naturally harder to get. That is the problem with franchises. Invariably, it feels like they are milking it. Reminds me of James Cameron's second Avatar It looked brilliant, but there was nothing particularly new in it, not the story, nor the characters.
With this frenzied animation, there is always something happening on some corner of the screen. The movie makers take days or probably months to perfect the frames which pass in front of our eyes in under a second. This is an unfair advantage, in the sense that you can not truly give justice to the overwhelming amount of changes happening in the frame. Compare that with something like The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) where each shot has a maximum of two characters and each of them takes enough time to bring you with them. The clever trickery of speed is hence just that, a trick. It does not let you linger as something or the other is constantly thrown in front of you.
It is still a speedy, energetic and enjoyable watch. Don't expect the usual scales of an IMDb50 then you'd be fine.
Just too much of everything. Dosage guys is key...
So Spider-Man means everything-has-to-be-all-the-same-a-verse. Yay for mediocrity! I hate the art and story for this one. And they wasted 2+ hours and didn’t finish a bad movie.
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Visually:
Sony has and always will be the best when it comes to entertainment. The animation to this movie is amazingly good looking, you can't take your eyes off the screen.
The Movie:
The story seemed a bit too similar to the first one "Spider-man into the spiderverse".
SPOILER WARNING:
Miles finds himself yet again struggling to be recognized by a group he looks up, only to prove that he is his own Spider-man again and comes out on top again. The only part that has people interested is the "to be continued" at the end. Like we get it dude, Miles can be a good spider-man too, you don't have to drill it down our throats. The first one was definitely better.
The very beginning is quite confusing with so many things happening and the movie is a little longer than it could be due to the scenes to entertain the kids, but other than that it is as perfect as the first one. Storytelling, animations and soundtracks are so damn well done, truly an art. I am hyped for the third.
Really great follow up, and wish they had forgone that extreme cliffhanger, since it'll be so long until the next one. They wasted a lot of time in the first part of the movie on useless things - some of it I did quite enjoy.
Voice acting was fantastic, was great as usual to see and hear such an awesome cast.
The characters and spider-people are awesome - loved the wheelchair one.
Enjoy the jokes, and I happen to not think they are trying too hard, and it doesn't come off as annoying, like most supehero films, which I can't usually stand anymore.
Of course the animation was incredible - the art alone in this warrants so much praise, the fact the studio created a new medium for these films is nothing short of amazing - though I really missed the way they did the subtitles from the last film. Having shitty hearing, and the talking being difficult to hear in this, especially, it sucks reading subs at the bottom - it takes you out of the experience. I absolutely LOVED the way they did them in the last film like a comic book, they only did a couple in this film and I was just disappointed.
All in all, I really love the movie
"Miles, being Spider-Man is a sacrifice. That's the job. That's what you signed up for."
Sequels are always tricky because you want to go bigger and surpass expectations. I would say they were able to do this in every way and it truly is a beautiful film. It might be on the verge of being overstuffed, but they keep it fresh and end it where it needs to, and leaves us wanting more.
As everyone has already stated, it's a visually intriguing movie, with a creative style. All the jokes and light-heartedness were on point and not lame. Story was okay, nothing too special all that multiverse mumbo jumbo, seen many times with a villian. Which limits the horizon for the movie, it's a great movie but a superhero movie, so there is very little to work with. It gets as good of a score as it can get as a regular superhero movie. 7/10
This movie is extremely irritating. The animation is beautiful and exceptionally well done but unfortunately it is trying too hard to be cool. The breezy quickness and wall to wall references I just plan annoying... it ends up being a shallow movie that tries to tick all the boxes of pop culture trying to be relevant. I found it to be really tiresome.
Found it pretty boring to be honest. Started off quite interesting but it dragged on.
Lives up to the hype! Visually it is amazing. On that front alone it's worth seeing. But it's also a completely engaging watch. If not for the ending this would be close to a perfect superhero flick. Not to give anything away, but know that this ends on a cliffhanger with no real resolution to the problems laid out throughout the nearly 2.5 hours before it. That left me a bit frustrated, but everything else was spectacular.
Good, but I nodded off at some parts so I did not enjoy it as much as the first film.
Great movie, immediately a must-watch!
I had no idea this was a two part movie. That ending was lame af! It pissed me off.
It's too convoluted. People are praising the animation more than anything else. That's the definition of style over substance.
Visually insane but too long!!! nearly 40min useless
had a feeling this was gonna be a 10/10 before i clicked play, turns out i was correct
Why did it have to stop at a cliffhanger! The story was so good.
Loved the first rendition original medium. Was different and so fun. Different renderings and aggressive art formats was a bit much. Too much was going on. Especially having different art forms for multiple characters was a bit much.
The movie itself had way too much drama. The perfect mix between action & comedy was lost. Way way way too much emotional drama sprinkled in with action.
Ive watched this movie 4 separate time in hopes it'd change my opinion but it has not. Movie is mid at best
"Taking a crap in the establishment, I salute you."
Across the Spider-Verse is everything I want from a Spider-Man movie. It's got heart, soul, emotion, memorable characters, and exciting action set pieces.
If the third movie is fantastic, we are in for another amazing trilogy. These movies are taking animation to another level.
However, my favourite part of the film is the opening scene with Gwen Stacy, as we get more character from her, where she is emotionally vulnerable and how she uses quips as more of an emotional façade than genuine banter. The score is so beautiful and badass, which also adds to her character, as the music conveys how alone and full of remorse she is, someone who carries a lot of pain inside. The scene between her and her father was so moving. I loved the world of Spider-Gwen with the pastel art style of the animation.
So yeah, great movie. Bring on the third one!
the art in this movie is just phenomenal
For some reason I heard people complain that nothing happened in this movie. And that it was all just an ad for another 3rd movie?? I disagree so hard. It was all so good and coming together so well. The art, the different spider-people, I love all of them and all of it. I was so happy and excited I went to the cinema's showing twice! Almost went a third time but I was a little too broke for that haha. This movie is a treat that I'd like to expeerience again and again.
My friends told me a few times I had to watch this in the cinema, I didn't because I wasn't as a big fan of the first one as most people were. Yes I regret that now.
A stunning movie, beautiful colours and animation, great music and an amazing story. So many funny moments but also a lot of emotional moments between father and son/daughter.
I'll make sure not to miss out on the sequel, whenever that is coming out with the strikes.
I haven't seen such a good movie in all aspects in a long time.
Enjoyable movie, just like the first one. But, I feel the movie looks and feels a bit overdone with the graphics in some points. It is like you are stuck in a trip detached from the reality the characters live in. The things that made the first movie 'interesting and unique' graphic wize, is turned up to max volume in this second part, sometimes to point where what you see is almost abstract.
But do not let this prevent you from watching this, it is very enjoyable!
So I'm now supposed to accept that the universes' Spidermen now not only have their own dimension (which apparently happened to be empty and available to build things in creative mode in), but also that they are all simultaneously there (sooo, no crime anywhere then?) and are all now supposedly multiversian versions of timecops, while general Spiderman isn't even very knowledgeable about multiverses? And absolutely no other superhero (especially the multiverse travelling ones) is there?
This goes directly against all Spiderman (and Marvel) canon and makes absolutely no sense at all other than driving the story of this horrible set of movies...
Also, SpiderGwen knows it ends bad between them in all multiverses (the whole infinite of them?) while technically by logic it would make it inevitably a 50/50 chance, since there are always infinitely more universes. And are all those other Gwens also shifting multiverse for their Spidey's? Then where are they?
People watching this are so overhyped by the drawing style (which has been done countless times before, tbh) and the fact it addresses the woke subject of a dark-skinned Spiderman (which also technically in a multiverse there shouldn't be just 1 of, but also countless many) and infinitely speaking there should be close-almost identical Myles'es that do this exact same thing from other universes too, so they would meet and create chaotic loops on themselves while hindering eachother at a level of madness...
If the multiverse exists of infinite slightly-different-from-the-previous realities, then when one does cross between them, there would be a rather large set of the same guy stepping to their next one if no destination is specified, or they'd all bump into eachother in the destination-multiverse (probably entering at the same spot at the same time) if the destination is meaningfully set as a problem-verse at that time (which also is kinda impossible since it would happen on soooo many other universes too if you follow multiverse rules).
Using the multiverse is really cool if you hold to the actual rules of it, and although I get it's complicated and needs a clear logic mind, if it's too complicated for the storywriter or they lack said logic, maybe don't make a shameful completely illogical trilogy about it?
If you don't follow (or know) the basic multiversial ruleset, it takes away any and all intrigue into it and you should've just used (and adapted to using) planets or something alike instead of the multiverse. :man_shrugging:
Like, wtf...
Worst and most illogical Spiderman shit ever!
Rated a Connor 10, normal 9.7
Fracking great movie. Makes it hard to understand why Marvel doesnt do more like it
Could this movie be any longer or slower??? Sure let’s make Part 2.
Good story, got a bit long in the middle and the fight scenes can be drawn out. None the less, it was enjoyable.
Absolutely amazing, 10/10 for me. The animation, history, everything truly top notch, so kudos to everyone involved. I'm really annoyed withthe "to be continued..." since it got me off guard, didn't know that and now I need closure :joy: can't wait.
An excellent animation in the continuation of the Multiverse theme.
A completely professional work in the continuation of the stories of Miles Morales, who this time faces a different enemy and at the same time creates some problems.
This movie introduces us to many versions of Spiderman in different worlds, which is very interesting
In general, you are facing a professional animation with strong graphics and story.
The only thing preventing me from giving it a 10 is the fact it's a two-part story.
When I watched Multiverse of Madness I thought it's not that bad, but then I watched Across the Spiderverse... I couldn't be more wrong. This is how you do multiverse period
Ps I'm never not watching on HD again, I don't want to miss on beautiful visuals like this.
Damn good movie. I was rather shocked how I fell in love with it. We got to make that third movie a Billy in theaters ,I'm sold.
My only complaint about this movie is that I really should have waited a year, so I could have watched the second part of this back to back. I'm now disappointed that it's so long until the conclusion.
Never thought the animation and music (both soundtrack and original score) could get any better. But they went even crazier with this one. Such a spectacle.
True blue Spider-Man fans will go gaga on this with the bevy of Spider-People, the lore, and endless Easter eggs throughout the movie.
Oscar Isaac shined in this film. Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld were brilliant, as expected.
Into the Spider-Verse got dethroned as the best Spider-Man movie of all time by this film. Looking forward to Beyond the Spider-Verse.
I liked this movie until I found out that the creator of Spider-Man 2099 is having to raise money to pay for his cancer treatment, and Sony, which is making good money with his character, won't give him a single penny.
bitch fuck with the guy
the only bad thing is that it doesn't last 4 hours.
These spider people can take anyone down..
I watched this movie on an ambilight TV and I came several times.
man oh man! what a ride, can't wait for part 2
The half-movie it took them 2 hours to show was pretty good. Never resolves into a proper end/cliffhanger.
:heart:x8
This was a great follow-up to Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse (2018). And I'm sure the next one Spider-Man Beyond the Spider-Verse (2024) will be just as awesome.
The story is really good. The artwork is fantastic with one minor, personal complaint. They used a faux Ben-Day dot printing style which I found a bit distracting as well as plain old hard on my eyes - but then again, I'm old. :yum:
I do like how even though Morales is among 1000s even 10s of 1000s of other Spidermen & women & animals, he seems to be the heroiest hero of all with Gwen being a close second.
Like I said - can't wait to see the third installment.
How I rate:
1-3 :heart: = seriously! don't waste your time
4-6 :heart: = you may or may not enjoy this
7-8 :heart: = I expect you will like this too
9-10 :heart: = movies and TV shows I really love!
That did not feel like 2 hours. I want more!
I watched this on my tablet... you know... because I had to press pause like a gazillion times to enjoy every frame art. The artistic styles of each universe and the overall comic book style elements are a feast for the eyes.
The art is gorgeous, even better than the first chapter. The plot is really forced however, with at least 45 useless minutes, and the whole seems more a connecting episode than a self-contained movie with an ending.
Just watched the movie at the cinema and ngl this is pure peak!
Watched with Miles and Mason. Great time was had by all.
Tbh the whole film felt like it was an unnecessarily extended version of the first half of a film
and basically nothing happens the whole first half and then Spot was so minor ugh
How is it possible that EVERY SINGLE FRAME in this visually stunning adventure is so gorgeously animated? I LOVED IT FROM START TO FINISH. Is a thrilling, epic, funny, mindblowing story with a cliffhanger that was just pure evil... still, an epic setup that we will have to wait til god knows when to see it all unfold.
Everything is just better, it feels like the first movie but on steroids. The art is amazing and the way the story flows is awesome. It feels like there is always something important happening.
All the new characters are good and add up to the story and the ones that come back feel even better/more iconic.
The way that the villain grows up is natural and hella cool.
If we need to put a defect on it, it definitely has to be the way it ends, still feels like it deserves the 10.
Now a little older and more comfortable in his secret identity, Miles Morales is still the same bright, personable kid we left behind after Into the Spider-Verse. He excels at school, immerses himself in the arts and makes shallow private excuses for his web-slinging adventures, but also pines for his lost friends from divergent timelines. Particularly Gwen Stacey, the Spider-Woman of a parallel universe who took a little piece of his heart when they parted ways, seemingly forever, at the climax of the first film. Well, unsurprisingly, she’s felt the same way about Miles all this time, and by imprudently using her new connections within the multiverse to drop in for a visit, she’s set motion to a potentially reality-ending disaster. Or something. Honestly, it’s a little convoluted.
Although Sony has tried to match the formula several times in the interim, there’s still nothing else that looks or moves quite like these Morales Spider-Verse films. Thoroughly hip and fresh, they flaunt their connections to the printed source while imbuing the screen with an up-tempo blast of contagious kinetic energy. It’s impossible to sit still through this, or to watch without a dazzled grin on your face... at least, not if you have the slightest bit of appreciation for classic superhero comics. As this is a sequel, and thus not altogether fresh territory, I was no longer taken by surprise, but I also wasn’t disappointed. The love and craftsmanship on display is top-shelf, from the bombastic color tones and exaggerated pinup poses in the foreground to the rich detail and Easter egg wealth that floods the scenery. It’s a worthy theater spectacle, but also promises to be a rewarding Blu-Ray rewatch, particularly in frame-by-frame mode.
That said, we do experience some growing pains. For the first hour and change, the new model is every bit as loose, free and energetic as the first. Then it gives in to the urge to get SERIOUS and CONSEQUENTIAL and the plot’s home stretch quickly grows mired under the weight of it all. The story is far too ambitious, as this chapter runs for a heavy hundred-fifty minutes and doesn’t wrap a single plot point, but the greater issue is its penchant for long, dry exposition at the cost of momentum. I don’t want to watch Gwen and Miles screech to a standstill while the older heroes breathlessly explain things. I want to watch them laugh and joke, kick out the jams (great soundtrack btw) and strike anatomically-impossible poses as they fire webs from their wrists. Plenty of that in the first hour. Much less from that point forward.
As good or better than the first... good story, the images from the classic (comic) to the very subtle current effect, I exist almost flawless.
It's a goddamn masterpiece.
My personal rating:
-Plot (Story Arc and Plausibility): 9.5/10
-Attraction (Premise & Entertainment Value): 10/10
-Theme (Identity & Depth): 9/10
-Acting (Characters & Performance): 9/10
-Dialogue (Storytelling & Context): 10/10
-Cinematography (Visual Language & Lighting, Setting, and Wardrobe): 10/10
-Editing (Pace & Effects): 10/10
-Soundtrack (Sound Design & Film Score): 10/10
-Directing (Vision & Execution): 10/10
-The “It” Factor (One-of-a-Kind & Transcendent): 10/10Overall: 10/10 || 97.5/100
God I can’t remember the last time I watched something where every frame was worth staring at. Spot is cute. Also it ends in such a cliffhanger like wtf u r not a season of a tv show u r a movie. Made it feel unfinished I’m so annoyed like whaaaa. But fine I’ll wait
Spider-Man and the Yawniverse.
(three of us considered leaving halfway through)
The first scene is great, it instantly sucks you in like the first one, this is gonna be another masterpiece, this
Gwen's story should have been its own movie.
then we fall in with Miles, and this is good, some neighborhood stuff builds up to a damn interesting new villain The Spot , this could be one sweet multiverse poking story!... then he disappears :(
and the boring festidull proceeds.
Everything Spiderman is thrown at the screen, but it's so much, it becomes a noisy where's-the-easter-egg-blink-and-it's-gone-explosion, along with any interest, and kinda makes you sleepy
jokes are flat, action becomes nothing.
it's absolutely beautiful again, but beauty isn't enough.
I really have no interest in the next part.
The movie improved the cinematography of the previous one. The fan service deserves to be applauded and each scene deserves to be watched again. However, the script unnecessarily prolongs some arcs so that the third film can exist in the future.
To talk about Spider-Man is to talk about webs, spiders and taunts as he beats up the villain of the day. But it is also to talk about the spiderverse, or the "Web of Life and Fate". For those who do not know what we are talking about, it is precisely what has given rise to the adventures of Miles Morales, although it comes from far away. And it's a marvel.
Because whether you like Morales or not, it is impossible to deny that Across the Spider-Verse is a delight. It is to enjoy versions of dozens of versions of Spiderman, each one better than the last. It is to contemplate different types of drawing per universe, to analyze the color palettes, to see how the tempera blurs as one of the characters bares his heart. Across the Spider-Verse feels more like an art studio TFG than a movie.
It can get confusing, let's not kid ourselves. Too much information at once can distract us from the story, and as they say, there's a lot to cut through here. The Spanish dubbing is excellent, but asks for a review in the original version to appreciate the talks between Miles and his mother or Miguel o'Hara.
It also has excessively slow moments that break the rhythm and can become boring. It gives the impression that, as it is a "first half" of a larger work, the creators have allowed themselves to put in as much content as they wanted. And that's not always a good idea.
But it's worth it. Very much so.
Another good Spider-Man Movie..Can’t complain on this one..Can’t wait for Part 3..Good Movie.
Shout by chriskolBlockedParent2023-06-05T00:29:26Z
This movie stole my money. It stole all our money. Stop rating it so high.