So guys, we've now reached the super highly anticipated sequel to the 2018 animated masterpiece from Sony, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Across The Spider-Verse. This is a film that so many people like me have been waiting for for a long time ever since the first movie five years ago. I did a review for it back in 2020 and I said the same praise about it that everyone else has. Given how it was a film that was not only incredible, but also surprised everyone with how good it was, it was gonna be really hard to live up to it. But, I think they did an amazing job. I honestly loved this movie. It was just as good as the first and had way more drama than I thought it would. That being said, I personally think Into The Spider-Verse is still better, but this was still really amazing. And, like always, this will have no spoilers for the first part, and then I'll go into all the spoilers after a warning. So, let's get into it. What's the story? Miles is still doing everything he can as Spider-Man in his universe, but after an incident occurs where he's fighting a new villain goes crazy, he's forced to team up with a whole bunch of different Spider-Men from every other universes to find out what to do. So, that's really the best I can do without spoiling anything because there's a lot of spoilers here. But, just like the first movie, this films knows exactly what it and gives us what we loved about the first movie and more. Just like the first movie, it has so many great jokes and so many hilarious scenes that poke fun at Spider-Man but also respects the character greatly and knows how to do it right and there's tons of references. I'll get into the cameos later, but the comedy is still something that's very apparent and something Phil Lord and Chris Miller always do really well. But, just like the first as well, they also remember to give the film a huge amount of drama and heart. Into The Spider-Verse is one of the most heart-wrenching and heart-warming comic book movies ever and this is the same. Personally, I think they do it a tiny bit too much here and I feel like maybe the film goes on a bit too long as a result, but they still know how to balance it out enough so you feel the emotions and they do a great job of making Miles and the others extremely loveable as a result. Also, I feel like they improved the animation here. The first movie created this very unique and creative animation style and this one carries that and makes it even better. Something I think I mentioned before in another review is that I love when a movie or show is able to capture motion and gravity perfect so you feel like you're with the characters as they move and this one does that so well. The way the characters move here made it feel like I was moving along with them and I loved it for that. If I'm being honest, sometimes it felt like they threw a bit too much at the screen and sometimes it felt kinda hard to follow some of the action, but it was still done so well and this style is amazing to look at. But, really, the best thing about these Spider-Verse movies is that they add the perfect amount of heart to it and make some of the best drama in any comic book movie and the way they do it here really shows they know exactly how to do it right. The film also has so many amazing cameos and one that I didn't expect at all that I'm really excited to talk about in the spoiler section, especially one in particular. The ending is also something I didn't expect at all and it perfectly sets up the next film, which is gonna be Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse next year and I am so excited to see that after seeing this. So yeah, guys, this film really did live up to the anticipation. If I really had to nit-pick anything at all, it's kinda like I said already, I feel like it was a bit too long, maybe 15 or 20 minutes could have been cut out and I still don't think it's as good as Into The Spider-Verse, but, aside from that, this film is just as amazing as the first and I couldn't be excited for Beyond The Spider-Verse next year. So guys, those are my thoughts on Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think. Okay, now we're going into the spoilers. If you don't want this spoiled, go watch it then come back and read the rest of this.
Spoilers:
Okay, so, like I said, there's a lot to spoil about this movie, so let's just get right into it. So, first off, I was really surprised by the opening because we spend quite a lot of time with Gwen in her own universe before we even see Miles at all and it was pretty tragic seeing what happens to her because, even though I already knew what happened, it was still pretty gut-wrenching, especially seeing what happens to her and her dad. I also liked the whole thing with Miles trying to stop the Spot at the start and then that leads to him not being able to attend his dad's party on time and that's what I meant by there being plenty of real drama with Miles that's done really well. Though, that whole opening with that is what I meant by it going on a bit too long, I feel like some of it could have been trimmed down a bit, but it's still compelling. Also, I noticed at the start when we see Ganke, he was actually playing the PS4 Spider-Man game, so that was a cool detail to pick up on. Anyway, that then led to Gwen and Miles meeting up and I really like the connection the two of them have, it's nice and I like them both together. But then it was shown that Spot himself is actually the main villain of the film and I didn't see that coming. I thought he was just gonna be a small villain that appears for a few minutes based on the trailers, but I didn't expect him to play such a huge part. It was also nice that it was explained how he was originally one of Kingpin's workers from the first movie and got the powers from the collider. And that led to some cool stuff too like when he goes to the live action Venom universe. I didn't expect to see that at all and it was really cool. Sure, I don't like those films, but it was still cool. And then, when we start seeing the whole going to different universes, I like when we go to the Indian Spider-Man's universe and we see what that's like and we see a cool action scene where they all try to stop Spot and we even see Spider-Punk as well, which was cool too. And I loved the action scene there. When the characters move around, that's what I meant by the animation helping to convey the movement of the characters and it was just awesome. But then we learn that Miles wasn't supposed to save one of the men there who was supposed to die and then we're brought to where all the other Spider-Men are and there's so much to unpack from this scene. For starters, I loved seeing the live action Prowler with Donald Glover, that was absolutely mind-blowing and it's so cool to think that that could lead to Prowler and Miles in the M.C.U and I'm so excited for that. But then we also see the PS4 Spider-Man there and the Spectacular Spider-Man. Having the best game and animated Spider-Man in this was also incredible to see and I was just smiling from ear to ear when that happened. But then we meet Miguel and he explains everything about what Spot is doing and how Miles wasn't supposed to be Spider-Man and I didn't expect to see that at all either. But then we get an amazing scene where we see clips from Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield alongside the Spectacular Spider-Man and that was another thing that was incredible to see. But then we also see Peter from the first movie and I was really surprised he wasn't in the movie that much. It makes sense and how they do it is clever, but I was surprised since he was such a major part of the first movie. Anyway, then we get to the scene where Miles learns that his dad is gonna die and Miguel says it has to happen so Miles tries to get back with all the other Spider-Men trying to stop him and this chase scene was amazing, we even see they got Josh Keaton to come back as the Spectacular Spider-Man and he got some things to say, that was really phenomenal to see. But then it ends with Miles being able to send himself back, but he accidently sends himself to a different universe, and I'm not gonna lie, I honestly was able to predict the fact that he went to the wrong universe before it was revealed. And then we get a crazy scene where the Aaron in that universe is alive and the Miles in this universe is not only evil, but is the Prowler and they want to keep him there. As for why, I'm curious to know that and I'm really curious to know what the next film could be about. And it really does end with Gwen, Peter and some others like other others from the last film and some more trying to help Miles while Miguel and some others are trying to stop him. So, I have a few theories. They could either do it where Miles has to let his dad die in the next film or maybe he's able to save him or he might have to make a choice between saving his dad or Gwen and it might end with him choosing Gwen realising he has to let his dad die, so I really want to know what's gonna happen now. And so, yeah, everyone, that's my review of Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.
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