Animation as it should be! "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" is visually stunning and smart!

Rating: 9/10 (20 July 2019)

"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" is an animated superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Miles Morales / Spider-Man. It's the first animated feature film in the Spider-Man franchise, and is set in a shared multiverse called the "Spider-Verse", which has alternate universes. In the film, Miles Morales joins other Spider-Men from various dimensions who team up to save New York City from Kingpin.
I CANNOT believe I pushed this film off for so long! It was one of my most anticipated films of 2018 and I missed it completely! Ugh I'm so upset that I didn't get to see this on a theatre screen, I knew the animation style was stunning from the first teaser trailer and I was right! Seriously though, the visuals in this animated film are some of the best I've seen in awhile. It's pretty amazing. One fact I found out from a YouTube video about the animation was that certain characters fream-rates vary from other in action sequences. A more seasoned Spider-Man like Peter Parker has a more smooth frame-rate, whereas Miles is more inexperienced so his frame-rate is lower compared.
This added idea makes me so happy and what I prefer in animation. This is what animation should aim to be. We get past movie references (yes hand guns!), stunning action sequences, vibrant city scapes, BAGEL and so much more. I noticed a blatant Nike endorsement in this film, which I found kind of funny. Wonder how much they paid to be in a Spider-Man film? We also get various versions of Spider-Man, including Spider-Gwen and Spider-Man Noir played hilariously by Nicholas Cage. There's so much personality in this film, coupled with a pretty badass soundtrack to back it up.
So the humor in this actually had me laughing my booty off at certain points, it catches you so off guard! I caught myself asking "why is Peter blonde?" at the beginning and then, oh my god they poke fun at it! I was dying because I spoke too soon man! This movie is too good, thank you screenwriters for making an animated film without cringey "humor" dialogue. Continuing with the plot though, I called the uncle working for Kingpin as soon as Miles showed up in his apartment in suit! Bare in mind I don't really know much about Mile's Spider-Man so avid fans probably knew he was the Prowler already.
So I loved the parallel comparison between all of the Spider heroes, apparently everyone has got to have someone die in their story! Uncle Ben, friend Peter, Uncle Aaron, etc. But all of the characters are distinct enough too, so it's not repetitive and always circles back to Miles. The only negative I could come up with is I don't really care about Kingpin as a villain. He just doesn't interest me and I would've rather seen a tag-team of other classic villains. But this is more about the various Spider heroes, unlike the many live-action movies. Those kind of really on great villain acting (Doc Oc, Green Goblin, Vulture, Mysterio more recently, etc) which isn't bad, but Spider-Man has never thrived as a character in any of those films. Until now that is!
Thank you academy for giving this film an Oscar, because it deserves it! Not just as an animated film, but a film in general. I can say its the best Spider-Man film we've had overall so far and I love the first 2 Sam Raimi films so I don't say this lightly! In style, humor and character development, it's a must see.