Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2018
	Director: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
	Actors (voices): Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Zoë Kravitz (After Earth), Nicolas Cage (Face/Off, Con Air), Liev Schreiber (Scream 1-3, X-men Origins: Wolverine), Chris Pine (Star Trek 1-3), Oscar Isaac (Star Wars 7-9)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Fantasy, Animation
	Conditions of visioning: 27.05.2019, VOD, 11" tablet screen
Synopsis: Miles Morales is a kid living in Brooklyn, New York. Miles struggles to find his place in life as many kids, that is until he encounters Spider-Man, hero loved by everyone, and is himself bitten by a radioactive spider.
Review: I have been so absorbed by the MCU movies recently that I have discarded other super-hero comic book adaptations. Moreover, I mistook this animated film for something for kids or teenagers, like many cheap Marvel TV-series are. I got the hint when I saw serious (adult) YouTube channels excitedly mentioning it. So I watched it, and I am so glad I did. It is so refreshing and young. And miles away from the blockbusters of the MCU. Thanks to its distance to the Marvel official Universe, and I believe to the animated format, the creators could go all crazy and put to image all their best ideas. The result is short of mind-blowing, and probably the best animated adaptation of a comic book ever. The movie got me as excited as I was when reading great graphic novels like Watchmen or Mutafukaz. I always though: how talented are those people, how many details in each frame, how many references? And that was exactly the same here, with the two added dimensions of movement and music. The soundtrack is awesome, I don't even know how young people call it nowadays, is it Hip-Hop, Electro?!? And the animation is... realistic, if that makes any sense. It is just smooth but cartoonish at the same time. Like comics book, the movie TALKS to a generation of people. Hell I don't belong to that generation and its ripples talked to me. It did get the 2019 Academy Award for best animated feature, well deserved. The story of the multi-verse is crazy and the villains (excellent Kingpin) over-the-top in visual but just right in behavior and reactions. Well-drawn, well-written, the usual combination of two artists that makes for great comics. This was not the last time I watched this movie. Highly recommended.
Rating: 8 /10