Spider-Man: Into
the Spider-verse: All the Spider-Man I’ve ever wanted!
I
have to admit I’ve never been a great lover of “adult” animation in film (all
the puns intended.) Having said this I very much enjoy some of the newer Animated TV
Shows aimed at adults like Big Mouth, Rick and Morty, Bojack Horseman and
Family Guy so this prejudice is really based on nothing but lazy ignorance.
However again like Roma I only sat down to watch this film because it won best
animation at the awards ceremonies and so many people were banging on about it I figured ... why not. I
can’t think of a time when I have ever been so wrong about a film and
potentially an entire genre. I’m delighted to tell you that I was absolutely blown away
by this extraordinary piece of cinema. My previous opinion that I have held for
a very long time - there are some films created for Entertainment and some for
Artistic prowess, has been challenged.
This incredible film whilst being
brilliantly artistic and stylised in so many beautiful ways was also hugely
entertaining, and I had a massive goofy grin etched across my face for the
entire experience.
The
film tells the story of a young boy, Miles Morales brilliantly voiced by
Shameik Moore, who gets bitten by a radioactive spider and then witnesses the
death of his own worlds Spider-man (voiced by Chris Pine .... I know right?!). This death
consequently meant the success of King-Pin’s master plan in opening up the
Multiverse to save his loved ones. Chaos then ensues when worlds collide and
Miles accompanies several spider-hero’s (and one pig) from across the
multiverse to stop King-Pin destroying reality.
With
animation this film had the freedom to be as outrageous as it wanted to be. It
created some fantastic imagery using various comic book styles from the
different Spider-Man universes. This coupled with some hilarious comedic
writing and voice acting from the likes of Jake Johnson, Nicholas Cage, Hailee Steinfeld and
the man of the hour Mahershala Ali to name a few made this film just
spellbinding.
I
genuinely couldn’t rate this film more highly and I think it should have been
in the running for best picture at the awards shows this year not just best animation. But .. and this
may be my old prejudice talking, I can’t give this film a 10/10 because I can’t
justify giving top marks to a film that has no live acting in it ... I’m
sorry, I guess it’s the actor in me. I’m very willing to admit I’m probably
wrong with that though.
Stayed
tuned for the next Podcast coming soon and an even more glowing report on
Spider-Man: Into the spider-verse at a later date!
I’ve
been Christopher Whitmore, thank you for reading.
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