imo, it already crashed (or at least is inches away from a crash). Into the Spider-Verse was an unexpected, yet solid 10/10 for me. Whenever I think I have some sort of “comic book movie fatigue” I can put that on still be blown away by how good it is, which drives home the point, for me, that it’s just modern MCU and DCEU movies specifically that I’m tired of because they just aren’t very good (I’ll agree to disagree with anyone on this point).
Across the Spider-Verse took all of that and crapped out an extremely ill thought out attempt at tying into the MCU multi-verse (thus tying itself into my growing dislike for the MCU). The idea of “canon” events that have to be allowed to pass is so antithetical to the genre I’m shocked it wasn’t tossed out during the brainstorming phase. You’re telling there’s a whole universe of heroes and all of them (except for Spider-Punk) accept the idea that they have to stand by and let people die because it’s canon to that timeline? Nah. A hero is someone who risks their own life to save other people’s lives. Full stop. An ordinary person will make a choice about which track the trolley goes down, saving either one person or many people. A hero would sacrifice themself to (at least attempt to) save all of the people on the tracks. Then when the movie came to a fairly natural stopping point, it kept going for a few more minutes to end on one of the worst cliffhangers I’ve seen in a very long time.
Across the Spider-Verse is a 4/10 for me. I would still give the third movie a chance (only because of how good the first movie is) but it will have to do some incredible course correction to redeem the second movie (if it’s even possible). Otherwise, I’ll just keep Into the Spider-Verse and think about how it’s a shame they never made any sequels to such a good movie.
I may have interpreted the movie wrong, but I think the movie is about setting up that conflict. The whole movie revolves around Miles not being a “true” Spiderman, an error. My understanding is that the trilogy is more about taking destiny into your own hands and showing the “spider-verse” assumptions are wrong. If true it plays nicely with the fanbase feuding about whether Peter Parker is the only “true” Spiderman, or if anyone can truly take up the mantle.
Now, miles dad usually does die, so maybe not exactly, but my takeaway from the movie was to not allow others to tell you what you should/shouldn’t be/do.
imo, it already crashed (or at least is inches away from a crash). Into the Spider-Verse was an unexpected, yet solid 10/10 for me. Whenever I think I have some sort of “comic book movie fatigue” I can put that on still be blown away by how good it is, which drives home the point, for me, that it’s just modern MCU and DCEU movies specifically that I’m tired of because they just aren’t very good (I’ll agree to disagree with anyone on this point).
Across the Spider-Verse took all of that and crapped out an extremely ill thought out attempt at tying into the MCU multi-verse (thus tying itself into my growing dislike for the MCU). The idea of “canon” events that have to be allowed to pass is so antithetical to the genre I’m shocked it wasn’t tossed out during the brainstorming phase. You’re telling there’s a whole universe of heroes and all of them (except for Spider-Punk) accept the idea that they have to stand by and let people die because it’s canon to that timeline? Nah. A hero is someone who risks their own life to save other people’s lives. Full stop. An ordinary person will make a choice about which track the trolley goes down, saving either one person or many people. A hero would sacrifice themself to (at least attempt to) save all of the people on the tracks. Then when the movie came to a fairly natural stopping point, it kept going for a few more minutes to end on one of the worst cliffhangers I’ve seen in a very long time.
Across the Spider-Verse is a 4/10 for me. I would still give the third movie a chance (only because of how good the first movie is) but it will have to do some incredible course correction to redeem the second movie (if it’s even possible). Otherwise, I’ll just keep Into the Spider-Verse and think about how it’s a shame they never made any sequels to such a good movie.
I may have interpreted the movie wrong, but I think the movie is about setting up that conflict. The whole movie revolves around Miles not being a “true” Spiderman, an error. My understanding is that the trilogy is more about taking destiny into your own hands and showing the “spider-verse” assumptions are wrong. If true it plays nicely with the fanbase feuding about whether Peter Parker is the only “true” Spiderman, or if anyone can truly take up the mantle.
Now, miles dad usually does die, so maybe not exactly, but my takeaway from the movie was to not allow others to tell you what you should/shouldn’t be/do.