Review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) by Kayhamed — 02 Jun 2023

Definitely not your typical Spider-Man movie.

"Superhero Movie", "Comic Book Movie", "Spider-Man Movie". when you hear this the only picture might come to your mind is A STORY ABOUT THE HERO WHO IS GONNA KICK THE VILLAIN'S ASS BY THE END. letDefinitely not your typical Spider-Man movie.

"Superhero Movie", "Comic Book Movie", "Spider-Man Movie".

When you hear this the only picture might come to your mind is A STORY ABOUT THE HERO WHO IS GONNA KICK THE VILLAIN'S ASS BY THE END. let me tell you, going to this movie throw all those expectations out.

Actually all those labels I mentioned earlier apply to this film, in the most hardcore fashion you can imagine, and way more. It is the best in all those categories in every possible way and also elevates itself to something even more moving, more interesting and more compelling.

By the time you get to the third act it gets dark, dramatic, suspenseful, mysterious, nervous and full of twists and turns in a very The-Silence-of-the-Lambs way. And I think might be a bit hard for kids to digest. The stakes are way higher that makes the first film INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE tonally naive compared to this.

And don't get me started on the animation. the richest and the most glamorous you have ever witnessed, I bet. and certainly can not be topped by anyone but these filmmakers themselves. The different styles of animation is not meant to show off (at least not primarily) but to reflect the emotions and the story every time. You will have to go through it frame by frame to absorb all the beauty and the details put in it. also the music by genius Daniel Pemberton elevates it to the highest level.

There should be a campaign promoting this film to hopefully get various Oscar nominations (beside the best animated feature, which will win undoubtedly. RIP other nominees); like best picture, best adopted screenplay and best score. Anyway, this is the ultimate film, hands down. besides a few fan service-y parts, which for me held the movie back at some points (but I can forget about them), everything else hits hard in this film. I hope there were more filmmakers like Lord and Miller working today, and I hope Disney and Pixar take ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE as the punch in the balls they deserved so they progress and make good movies again. If the third part BEYOND THE SPIDER-VESRE is as good and surprising as this, then ladies and gentlemen we will have one of the greatest trilogies of all time. Don't hesitate to watch, as the director Justin K. Thompson puts it, THE MOST EXPENSIVE INDEPENDENT ART-HOUSE MOVIE OF ALL TIME.