Better than any of the live action films

Rating: 8/10 (29 January 2019)

This is a really fun film with some brilliant animation. The mixture of different styles gives it an energy that is really unusual and unique and for that I would give it nothing but the highest praise.
My only issue with the film was that I felt bored in a couple of places, mostly the scenes with the Kingpin. The story was fun and fairly straightforward and had humour when it was needed (including a wonderfully subtle verbal gag relating to the classic Warner Bros/Merry Melodies cartoons of the 1940s and 50s that made me laugh out loud). The film also had some terrific nods to previous Spider-Man efforts, both film and television, as well as some beautifully recreated scenes that evoke the comic books.
Therefore whilst I feel that this film sits uncomfortably in the Marvel canon,it should be viewed out of that context and taken on its own merits. I found it far more entertaining than any of the live action Spider-Man films and although I felt at two hours it was possibly starting to feel a little strained,it didn't feel ridiculously overlong like those live action films do and covered up what few cracks it had in its pacing quite well.
On the whole I found it pleasantly surprising and darned good fun.