Better Then I Expected!

Rating: 10/10 (9 December 2018)

Who knew there would be a animated Marvel film?.... especially involving Spider-Man, but instead of Peter Parker, it's Miles Morales' Story, so I was on board for a animated Marvel movie, about another Spider-Man character, not only was Sony Pictures Animation behind it, but Marvel was part of it too, so I was somewhat excited for it, but at the same time, worried, because the company have done alooooot of garbage, The Emoji Movie, Peter Rabbit, The Star, the Live-Action Smurfs movies and many more, but this could be a nice change of pace for the company, so Sony was nice enough to release a early preview for the movie here in the UK, it doesn't come out till next week but I got to see the movie early this week and I got to say........ I was surprised by this movie, this is exactly what I want from this movie, so let's talk about it.
The story is about Miles Morales trying to cope with his new school, having hard times with his father and family life in general, till one day he gets bitten by you guessed it.. a radioactive spider, and now he has super powers and he doesn't know how to control them, but then one day the threatening Kingpin (Liev Schreiber) has a big plan that could destroy Miles' world, but when he gets help from another Spider-Man (Jake Johnson), he trains Miles to become a better Spider-Man and teams up with other Spider-Man from different dimensions to stop Kingpin, so yeah.... sounds pretty simple, just another Marvel film that will be exactly like the other films except animated right?...... no actually, the movie does this sort of story in a new and fresh way, this time it's about Miles then it is just about Peter and Miles' struggle to get along with his dad and his new school, so you can relate to his situation and what he is going through, so the touching and strong emotions are there and they do hit, it's also surprisingly funny, in many ways, with Peter Parker, Spider-Man Noir, Miles and especially Spider-Ham, it knows how to visually do slapstick humour and doesn't full over the top, the humour is witty, clever and effective, it's the right balance of humour and emotion, the plot is interesting also and I never really knew where it was going which is also a good thing, very unpredictable, plus the idea of the movie is very original too, a movie where more then one comes together from other dimensions, that's really cool, plus some of the best action scenes ever put on the big screen, so creative and fast, the plot, the premise and the execution has so much to offer and manages to deliver a lot in a new and brilliant way and I applaud them for it.
The animation is some of the best I have ever seen, even Disney couldn't get animation this amazing, the movie has this comic book style to it and it looks amazing, with it's different colours, it would translate a scene in a comic book way, it has all these different sound effects like boom, bang, crash and many more, it looked like the animators were having fun with animating this movie, the character designs and animation are the right balance of cartoony and real, with some really interesting looking characters like how big Kingpin is and how wacky Spider-Ham is, you can tell who's who and the backgrounds are outstanding, so much colours and lots of creativity on the screen, I know Pixar, Disney are dominating the animation industry but I think this movie could change the way we see animation in a brand new way and this movie proves that any style of art can work well in animation.
The characters are great, I liked a lot of them, my favourites are Miles, Gwen, Spider-Ham and Spider-Man, Miles is a really relatable teen who is really struggling with family life, I really liked him a lot, he's likeable, funny, well fleshed out and carries the movie very well as the main character, he's my favourite character in the film, I also really like Gwen, she's also super likeable and has tons of funny moments, her chemistry with Miles is pretty cute and funny, Peter B. Parker is pretty funny and plays a slightly bigger role in the movie then expected, he carries the movie as well but not as much as Miles, the other Spider-Man like Noir, Peni Parker and Spider-Ham have a very unique personality, Noir is awesome, Peni Parker is adorable, Spider-Ham is just amazing in how wacky and silly he is, easily the funniest character in the film, Kingpin is a interesting antagonist, he has a reason as to why he wants to achieve his goal, he's threatening and menacing along with the other villains like Doc Ock, Green Goblin and Prowler, Miles' parents Jefferson and Rio are also relatable and have good heart to the movie and they show that they do care about Miles a lot, along with great characters the voice acting is really damn good, I mean you got Nicholas Cage, Jake Johnson, Liev Schreiber, Haliee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali and many more, they are putting in great performances and I enjoyed all of them, with great characters who show to have promise and Miles having great development and amazing voice acting, the characters feel like real people in our world.
Wow, I never thought I would say this but..... Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is properly the best Marvel film yet, yes...... I said it, better then Infinity War, Black Panther, Deadpool and Spider-Man: Homecoming, But the thing is, this movie has changed animation in a brand new way, it's an original story with a great premise, excellent humour, real and relatable emotions, amazing and groundbreaking animation, wonderful characters and top-notch voice acting, so if you love Spider-Man, you'll love this one, this one will have some Easter eggs that you may notice and it has a nice tribute to Stan Lee in the credits, which I thought was really sweet of them to do, not only the best Marvel film of the year but one of the best films and animated films of the year, please check this one out, it's worth it, you won't be disappointed.
I'm happy to give Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse a 10/10.