A Super hero dream
A few minutes into this movie, you have Miles plugging his headphones on with ‘Sunflower’ playing and it just sets the tone and this movie in motion. Just a few months prior to the release the much awaited Spider-man game released with great acclaim and it took some risks but not quite like Into the Spider-verse.
There’s been a recent trend with movies like Logan, The Last Jedi and Ralph breaks the internet where they’re self aware of what their franchises have been for the last 50 odd years and they’re trying to pass the baton to a new generation of heroes and heroines. They often do this by killing the characters that set these sagas in motion like the Titular ‘Logan’ and Luke Skywalker. By doing this they’re not just trying to kill the characters but trying to remind the audience that it’s time for new stories and with the Last Jedi many felt it was a little rushed but in Logan’s case, it was received very well. Even other stories like George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series is a change from the The Lord of the Rings saga and its many imitators. Martin has gone on record and said that Tolkien’s work was a massive influence on him despite the two stories moving in opposite directions.
I’d go as far as saying that in this passing of the baton, ‘Into the Spider-verse’ has been the most successful in making this transition from Peter Parker to Miles Morales. We’re so familiar with the 90s Spider man cartoons, the ultimate Spider man comics and the Sam Raimi movies but they all tell the same story with a few variations. Into the Spider Verse excels in so many ways with of course the animation taking most of the credit but it’s the narrative that really stuck out for me. The comedy holds this movie together represented by the other characters from the Spider-verse but unlike a lot of other Marvel movies it does not kill the tension. I mentioned the other day how I didn’t have a stand out movie in 2018. That was the case until I watched Into the Spider-verse. It’s my favorite super hero movie to date. Comic book come alive, I wish I was 9-10 again.
A few minutes into this movie, you have Miles plugging his headphones on with ‘Sunflower’ playing and it just sets the tone and this movie in motion. Just a few months prior to the release the much awaited Spider-man game released with great acclaim and it took some risks but not quite like Into the Spider-verse.
There’s been a recent trend with movies like Logan, The Last Jedi and Ralph breaks the internet where they’re self aware of what their franchises have been for the last 50 odd years and they’re trying to pass the baton to a new generation of heroes and heroines. They often do this by killing the characters that set these sagas in motion like the Titular ‘Logan’ and Luke Skywalker. By doing this they’re not just trying to kill the characters but trying to remind the audience that it’s time for new stories and with the Last Jedi many felt it was a little rushed but in Logan’s case, it was received very well. Even other stories like George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series is a change from the The Lord of the Rings saga and its many imitators. Martin has gone on record and said that Tolkien’s work was a massive influence on him despite the two stories moving in opposite directions.
I’d go as far as saying that in this passing of the baton, ‘Into the Spider-verse’ has been the most successful in making this transition from Peter Parker to Miles Morales. We’re so familiar with the 90s Spider man cartoons, the ultimate Spider man comics and the Sam Raimi movies but they all tell the same story with a few variations. Into the Spider Verse excels in so many ways with of course the animation taking most of the credit but it’s the narrative that really stuck out for me. The comedy holds this movie together represented by the other characters from the Spider-verse but unlike a lot of other Marvel movies it does not kill the tension. I mentioned the other day how I didn’t have a stand out movie in 2018. That was the case until I watched Into the Spider-verse. It’s my favorite super hero movie to date. Comic book come alive, I wish I was 9-10 again.
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