Wednesday, December 12, 2018

MOVIE REVIEW: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse


Marvel and Sony Animation leveled up the superhero movie genre with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The film introduces us to Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) successor of Peter Parker. He is an Afro-Latino kid who also had the same fate as Parker in becoming the superhero. With a gorgeous animated backdrop of New York City plus some retro touches, the film also has a storyline that's never before been seen in previous animated films - the multilevel dimensions most commonly used in sci-fi films.

Into the Spider-Verse is a love letter to all the Spidey fans out there. Within the other dimensions exists other variations of Spider-Man. It's such a thrill to see Spider-Man Noir (voiced by Nicolas Cage), the Japanese anime inspired Peni Parker and even Spider Ham all together with Miles Morales in one screen fighting the common enemy led by Kingpin (voiced by Liev Schreiber). This is the best film in the franchise since 2004's Spider-Man 2 starring Tobey Maguire and James Franco.