Full review: https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/leap-of-faith-spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-review

The superhero genre can feel tedious at times, especially to anyone who may not have had a strong childhood connection to these characters. Most of the movies in this category are retreads of the same old coming-into-superpowers narratives played over and over again, just set in different places and populated with different casts of characters. Every once in a while, though, a movie comes out and reinvigorates the genre. The animated _Spider-Man: Into the... read the rest.

I'm still a little wary of this multi-verse theme. I find it can lead to some seriously lazy writing as inter-dimensional characterisations can write, then re-write their own pasts and futures in a fashion that can become dull and repetitive quickly. This is not one of those. It centres around "Miles", a young lad who likes to hang out with his wayward uncle "Aaron" and who has a penchant for street art. It's whilst they are decorating an underground wall that he gets bitten by a spider and soon afterwards starts to feel the effects of his spidery-transformation. Meantime, the real "Spider-Man"... read the rest.

I'll be upfront, I'm giving this 1 star because of the treatment of Peter Parker.

They didn't do the Andrew Garfield thing and turn him into a bully. But they did do that Modern Marvel Comics thing and turn him into an idiot screw-up in an effort to alienate the fans and somehow make Miles better by mocking Peter.

And I'm not a fan of that. Parker is a dork, he's got a smart mouth...but he's really smart, a genius, totally heroic, and well, the call him "The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man" for a reason. He cares, specifically he cares about the average working schulb.

This kind of ju... read the rest.

too much unnecessary chaos