Into the Spider-Verse was one of the biggest pleasant surprises of the past few years. I’ve liked some movies from Sony Pictures Animation, like Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and The Lego Movie. But Spider-Verse single-handedly initiated a paradigm shift in the landscape of American animation. I went to that movie just because it was a superhero movie. I didn’t (and still don’t, in terms of comics) know anything about Miles Morales, and I had no idea the movie would be so visually arresting and narratively riveting. In the wake of things like Arcane and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish emulating the film’s explosive animation style, it’ll be interesting to see if Sony can pull it off again with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Grab your web shooters, and let’s go swinging!
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