Amazing visuals. Spectacularly ponderous storytelling

Rating: 4/10 (12 February 2020)

I wasn't able to make it through the first hour of this movie. First of all - it's a beautiful looking film, one of the best looking animated films I've ever seen. And I also loved Lord & Miller's quips. It's funny.
My first problem was that the movie is its opening 45 minutes. They were a cringe diversity checklist (and this is coming from a minority). At least make the introduction of all the characters organic for god's sake. Spider Gwen's intro was one of the most obvious in the history of comic book movies.
Another -- even larger problem was that the constant interjection of jokes and quips undermined every single bit of drama that there was to be had. I like jokes just as much as the next person but once in a while just let the drama build. Is that too hard? There doesn't have to be a joke every single minute. This was like a Marvel movie on steroids, in the absolute worst way. Very disappointing.