{"id":383,"date":"2019-02-11T21:01:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T21:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5-wits.com\/west-nyack\/?p=383"},"modified":"2019-02-11T21:01:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T21:01:15","slug":"spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5-wits.com\/west-nyack\/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Review<\/em><\/h1>\n

Reviewed by: Asia<\/h3>\n

Rating: 5 out of 5 Hands<\/h3>\n

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse<\/em> is an amazing new take on the superhero movie. In the past, Sony has made some mistakes and questionable choices when it comes to their hold on the Spider-Man franchise, to which this movie so hilariously points out, but may have actually redeemed themselves with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The most obviously striking difference that hits you in your face immediately during the now iconic Marvel Studio\u2019s logo animation, is that the animation is like nothing you have ever seen before.\u00a0 It looks as though you are watching an actual comic book on the screen. It is not the traditional animation style we are all accustomed to. Producer\u2019s Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, directors of The Lego Movie <\/em>and 21 Jump Street<\/em>, tasked the animation team to do something that they had never seen before. This new animation style was created through a combination of CGI, hand-drawn animation, the removal of motion blur through animation done on twos (i.e., 12 frames per second instead of 24), and going so far to replicate color offsets \u2013 a printing error in comic books that can make a panel look out of focus. This all leads to a visually stunning movie that may have made me tear up and become breathless at moments (I\u2019m looking at you \u201cleap-of-faith\u201d scene) for its sheer beauty.<\/p>\n

Now the incredible animation style does not take away from the fact that the writing and story are also impeccable. The story follows Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), an Afro-Puerto Rican teen who assumes the Spider-Man mantel after Peter Parker dies.\u00a0 After discovering the ever-so-powerful villain Wilson Fisk\/Kingpin (Liev Schreiber) is trying to open a portal to other dimensions causing five other alternate reality Spider-beings to join Morales\u2019 timeline; they team up together to try and defeat Kingpin as well as get each other back to their correct realities.<\/p>\n

It is a great coming of age story for Miles Morales and a new origin story for Spider-Man.\u00a0 Since 2001 the biggest complaint with every new Spider-Man is that his origin story is retold over and over again. We get it by now, Uncle Ben dies, Peter could have stopped it from happening, Peter is sad. \u201cSpider-Verse\u201d feeds into that fan complaint by retelling the origin story of all the different Spider-beings in a tongue-in-cheek \u201cOkay, here we go again\u201d way.\u00a0 Miles\u2019 origin story falls along slightly similar lines as the traditional Spider-heroes journey goes. He is a normal teenager who gets bitten by a radioactive spider. He realizes he is now another Spider-Man but doesn\u2019t know how to control his powers and at moments does not want them. The other Spider-beings try to show him the ropes but he doesn\u2019t have faith in himself that he can do it, so they lose faith in him as well. Once he believes in himself and takes a leap-of-faith, he discovers his personal empowerment and strength.<\/p>\n

The one thing that \u201cSpider-Verse\u201d so expertly touches upon though, is the late Stan Lee\u2019s belief that Spider-Man and heroes\u00a0 in general can be anyone. In the iconic Stan Lee cameo that made everyone in the theater gasp, Lee says \u201cThe suit fits everyone eventually\u201d.\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to have superhuman strength or the ability to fly to be a hero. You can be a hero in your everyday actions, you just have to believe in yourself and be willing to take a leap of faith.<\/p>\n

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About Asia: <\/strong>
\nAsia is the Operations Manager of the 5 Wits West Nyack location. She is a lover of the arts, cats, and the outdoors. Originally from suburban Massachusetts, she now loves her new home just outside of New York City for the diversity of culture that it provides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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