Movie Showcase: Into the Spider-verse

When I first watched “Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse (2018)" I was expecting a solid eight, or maybe a nine; how good could another spiderman movie be, anyway?

So it was an unexpected surprise when the movie not only hit “ten” on my personal scale; it redefined it.

“Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse” is a fantastic super hero movie, succeeding as it does in playing the story completely straight while simultaneously making fun of it and injecting a healthy dose of new ideas; but far more than that: it redefined what an animated movie can do, visually.

Every single frame is a work of art. The soundtrack, too, is amazing, and really makes itself ... felt.

I’m no movie critic, but I definitely noticed that this is something special.

Here are some quotes from people who are movie critics.

> Perhaps the most important animated film to come out in the last decade, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was a renaissance of sorts for the artform. — Cory Woodroof, USA Today

> The scale feels vast, yet the spirit is joyous. It’s as if everyone had set out to make the best Spider-Man movie ever, which is exactly what they’ve done. — Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

If you like comic books or super hero movies at all, but missed this one because it got lost in a sea of middling comic book adaptions—I suggest taking a look.

Oh, and apparently there’s a sequel now too. Which I will be watching, some time soon.

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