The best "Spidey" movie to date, and arguably one of the best comic book movies overall.

Rating: 10/10 (14 December 2018)

First I'd like to applaud Sony for taking a risk, by industry standards anyways, and simultaneously making different film versions of a top tier comic book superhero. I think Tom Holland is fantastic in the MCU and will continue to watch those films but any fan boy will relish in telling you how many versions, incarnations, and different well known characters have taken on the mantle of Spider-Man through his nearly sixty year existence. Oh, and this goes for just about every other popular comic superhero from Captain America to Batman. The point being is that these characters have such rich and deeply differing story arcs through the years that studios could absolutely put two or three different versions of the same characters on screen throughout the year. Warner Bros. has also recently taken this route with the upcoming "Joker" (2019) film starring Joaquin Phoenix and helmed by "The Hangover"(2009) director Todd Phillips while still planning to continue with Jared Leto's incarnation in "Suicide Squad" (2016) sequels and/or spin-offs.
I digress. This movie is absolutely fun to watch. It's groundbreaking animation rips the vivid colors and larger than life stylings straight from the comic pages and gives them life and pop that is both hypnotic and exhilarating. The story has a great pace that handles classic Spider-Man tropes like coming of age, love of family, and accepting moral responsibility while never seeming corny or bogged down. The voice cast is superb with great chemistry, snappy banter, and each "Spidey" brings a charm and wit that is unique to their universe while sharing the same brash and fun attitude that is at the core of your favorite neighborhood wall crawler. The villains are do not fail to impress either. Voiced by top names like Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali, Liev Schreiber, Katherine Hahn, classic and modern incarnations of Spidey's rogue gallery nearly steal the film with their near-terrifying and foreboding depictions. Overall this film brings familiar, obscure, and awesomely diverse characters together for an exhilarating and humorous ride with just enough heart and more than you thought you wanted action to earn itself a place in the discussion for best overall comic book movie to date.