'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' Review

The one and only

On the eve of the sequel, I feel compelled to reiterate just how much of a sheer accomplishment Into the Spider-Verse was and still is - an absolute achievement not just among Spider-Man films, not just among animated films, but among art and entertainment in its entirety. It is an stylistic dynamo in which no one single attribute rises above the rest; a miraculous masterpiece in which every department - style, animation, screenplay, direction, voice acting, characters, plot - clocks in at the fullest force imaginable, to leverage humor, heartache, and heroism in as joyous and skillful a balance as possible, approachable for the less-indoctrinated as much as it is for those who worship the Web-Head. Nothing is perfect, but Into the Spider-Verse swings damn close - a couple 'eh' one-liners do little in stopping the tour de force. Everything comes together to form a beautiful purity of expression, a poignant tale of self-discovery which proves there's still new tricks to sprinkle into old avenues. A marvelous example of what adept creatives can do at their very peak, Into the Spider-Verse is a gorgeous triumph of both its franchise and its medium.

Just thought I'd remind y'all.