Not IMDb Top 250 material

Rating: 7/10 (22 November 2019)

Call me old-fashioned or out of touch, but I guess I just want more out of my IMDb Top 250 (Top 65 in this case) movies. Listen, 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' is a very well made and clever film, but come on. I kept thinking this movie must have an amazing twist coming up that turns an ordinary film into a work of genius (like 'The Usual Suspects'). It didn't. I felt a little ripped off.
The movie looks great, has a great soundtrack and a clever concept. It's an immaculately put together package. But it never wowed me in way that I felt like I was seeing something amazing for the first time. Nicolas Cage was a great addition to the movie. He was probably my favourite of the voice actors. Otherwise I found the voice work pretty uninspired.
I would have liked it to be funnier. It often tries for humour, but comes up short more often than not. I was looking for something more like 'The Lego Batman Movie' where you hadn't finished laughing at one joke before they were throwing another one at you. Listen this movie is fine, perhaps even well above average, but don't be fooled into thinking it is some kind of masterpiece.