Release Date: Re-Release Director: Kemp Powers Producer: Amy Pascal, Avi Arad, Christina Steinberg, Phil Lord Studio: Columbia Pictures Starring: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Issa Rae, Daniel Kaluuya, Jason Schwartzman, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, Greta Lee, Rachel Dratch, Jorma Taccone, Shea Whigham, Oscar Isaac, Christopher Miller Genre: Animation Running Time: 136 minutes
Friday, July 14, 2023 11:55:00 PM | (Age Not Specified)
Everyone rating this movie badly obviously didn't see the same movie i did. The animation was INCREDIBLE, there were so many different artstyles and i genuinely would watch this movie 100 times and never get bored, there are so many little details and things to see. Hobie Brown alone, one of the spider-man characters, was comprised of so many different animation styles and little things that could be analyzed endlessly, it was so good. The plot was amazing, the two main antagonists of the movie were *chefs kiss* just FANTASTIC i don't want to spoil it but I could rant (positively) about the antagonist's respective character arcs and theories about how the next movie will unfold. Miles as a character was amazing and it kept true to himself in the first movie while clearly showing how he's grown and him coming into himself as a hero/vigilante, and learning to trust himself and stand up for himself. It's amazing I love it so much. The plot was clearly setting up the next movie yet it was an amazing stand alone movie - plot wise - by itself. Granted, it wouldn't make much sense if you decided to watch Across the Spider-Verse without seeing the first film, Into the Spider-Verse, but you wouldn't watch The Hunger Games: Catching Fire without watching the Hunger Games and expect to understand everything, would you? This review doesn't even give the movie justice there are not enough words in the english language to justly explain how much I adored this movie, but I hope you understand and take a chance and see it anyways. To fully appreciate it, I would highly recommend you watch the first film (Into the Spider-Verse) which is similarly amazing, but it IS possible to be entertained and invested in this movie without that prior experience (my mom has never seen a single spider-man movie or read a single comic until this movie, and she still came out of the theaters super excited with a list of theories about the next movie).
TLDR: ITS GOOD
Thursday, July 13, 2023 10:02:33 AM | (Age Not Specified)
Took my son to see this film, if he wasn't with me I would have walked out. Such a shame of what has happened to many of the comic characters these days. The animation was horrible, perhaps someone high on drugs could relate, and the story well perhaps if a whole new character was made on this it would have made more sense. Writers imaginations have left in this flick. I have never wanted a film to end so quick.
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 3:17:15 PM | (Age Not Specified)
This is coming from someone with a bachelor's in animation- this film is drop dead gorgeous, beautifully written, and hilarious. It's more serious than the first, of course, because Miles is coming into his own as a teenager. If the tone stayed the same as the first, it would've felt more stagnate.
Thursday, July 6, 2023 7:46:42 PM | (Age Not Specified)
I could not relate to the artistic license taken in this non-stop
nonsense. Couldn't wait for the flick to be over! Maybe someone high on crack might have enjoyed the non-existent plot line-not me, and apparently many, many others viewers who wanted their money back when the screen finally, thankfully went dark.
Friday, June 30, 2023 11:07:56 AM | (Age Not Specified)
Liked that it featured three different characters experiences from 3 different points of view. Didn’t like that it said to be continued. Hopefully there will be a sequel to it.
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 5:52:08 AM | (Age Not Specified)
When will they ever let Spider-Boy become the Spider-Man of the title? Also, Marisa Tomei has been the best part about the last few Spidey movies, yet she doesn't even get a cameo here. And anyway, Tom Hanks will ALWAYS be Spider-Man to me.
Friday, June 23, 2023 12:24:57 AM | (Age Not Specified)
Guess I’m agreeing with both sides of the discussion a bit. The beginning is great, picking up where "Into the Spider-Verse" left off, showing us some more background on Gwen while Miles is taking care of the usual business with Spots. Animation throughout the movie is top, five stars so far for the first 60-90 minutes. Then it’s becoming a bit repetitive and redundant, with only a few scenes actually advancing the story, thus dropping to three stars here. Action and fancy animation alone doesn’t make it. While you were waiting for the climax, which doesn‘t seem to come, there is an interesting twist towards the end which leaves you hanging in the air with the "to be continued" sign. Ugh… two stars for the ending. Even with a trilogy, you would expect that each part is reasonably self-contained, but not so here. Well, "Beyond" is scheduled to come in 2024, not sure if I want to see it. Sorry.
