A Great Origin for Miles

Rating: 9/10 (30 December 2018)

This movie is such a delight. Its funny, its heartfelt, theres lots of cool action and theres lots of bright colours. I really loved Miles Morales. I didnt know much about his character going in, but I would totally love to see more of him going forward. Even before the film "Spider-manned" I was thoroughly enjoying the movie as a teen comedy. I also liked that they mixed different animation styles together, and that it also felt like a comic book was literally coming to life. It was also shocking, I wasnt expecting the death of a certain character (won't say who). Wilson Fisk/Kingpin wasn't as menacing as he is in the Daredevil TV show, but he was still pretty good. Doc Ock was good too, but I still overall prefer the Doc Ock in Spider-man 2. So even though the villains lacked a little for me it definitely was made up for by the various spider-mans. I loved Miles as I already stated. I thought Jake Johnson was really good as a somewhat bitter Spiderman, John Mulaney as Spider-Ham was funny and surprisingly works in this world, Spider-man Noir was great too and I think Nic Cage was the perfect fit for it, I also really liked Spider-Gwen and would like to see more of her too. Stay through the credits, you a) get a fantastically funny Christmas song as well as a funny after credits scene.
That being said, I felt it didnt make sense that Aaron didnt catch on sooner who Miles really was. He tracks him back to his own apartment for crying out loud. Does he just think thats the biggest coincidence? But I guess thats a small nitpick overall.
I would recommend this film. I think its good for adults, teens and kids. Probably not super young ones though.