Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse.

MilesMorales1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-OT5kRdL84

I'm sort of down, although there's not much to go on with that first trailer. Is that spidey 2099?

Oafley Jones

How good does this look?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Hbz2jLxvQ

PhiloCypher

Very good

CastorTroy

Well I'll say it's got a unique art style. It is very comic booky. Seems very janky in parts like a Wes Anderson animation. And there were times where I felt I should've been wearing red & blue/green 3D Glasses.

I'm interested in it but don't think I'd see it in the cinema. Looks like it's set in the Ultimate universe. At least at the beginning.

Varik

New trailer's confusing me a bit.

The peter in the dinner looks older than the one in the train, are they different and is this Gwen the from the same as she seems experienced. The Spider verse might just be there to differentiate from the MCU version of spider-man.

EoinMcLovin

Varik wrote: »

New trailer's confusing me a bit.

The peter in the dinner looks older than the one in the train, are they different and is this Gwen the from the same as she seems experienced. The Spider verse might just be there to differentiate from the MCU version of spider-man.

Miles was originally from the Ultimate universe where

Peter Parker was killed by Goblin

which seems to have have happened here too. The older Peter is from a different universe the same as Gwen. A few years ago Marvel introduced the Spider-Verse in the comics where there were different incarnations of Spider Man in each universe e.g Spider-Gwen , Spider-Ham, Spiderman Noir

Kiith

Trailer looks great, though i also thought i was missing some old school 3d glasses at the start.

pixelburp

That's quite the striking art-style, I really like it, particularly the slightly janky movement of the characters - almost stop-motion esque.

Nick Miller as Spider-Man though? Hmmm, this better not delay the latest Pepperwood novel...

pixelburp

Another trailer popped up, more plot-focused. Props to the Sony Animation department for the striking aesthetic (though the juddery animation might get a bit headache inducing):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg52up16eq0

CastorTroy

As I posted elsewhere:

I noticed with the previous trailer as well, but the animation seems very janky. And seems to be a cross between Isle of Dogs style stop motion and Telltale games with maybe a bit of the MTV Spider-Man thrown in there.

Slydice

Watched Graces review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbO3Zj2XSh8
Giving it top rating. Saying she overheard people saying:

Best Spider-Man movie ever

Had to go check elsewhere..
33 reviews, 6 lists as top critics with score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spider_man_into_the_spider_verse/


This Stan Lee cameo better be great!

I saw One headline which vaguely hinted a tiny bit of story at me... so I guess I recommend looking up too much before seeing it or hearing other reviews.

Sabre0001

I really enjoyed the trailer and the post-credit bit was probably the best bit of Venom! Love the aesthetic. Definitely one I'm looking forward to and glad to see that the early buzz is positive.

TheIrishGrover

I am SO looking forward to this. Was never a Spiderman fan initially but this just looks like so much fun and that animation style? Beautiful.

CastorTroy

Is the animation in the final movie as jerky? It feels like it's going for a stop motion feel but stop motion is usually more smooth.

In this day and age where lots of people complain about frame rates in computer games that I can't see an issue with, I'm surprised at so many positive reviews.

bur

There doesn't seem to be any 3D listings for Limerick, or am i missing something?

Hurrache

Caught it with the kids, it's great, really good voice acting, Jake Johnson nails his part.

Animation is lovely too.

bennyl10

Saw this last night;
Very impressed, animation is really well done, and a super nice story!
If Sony build a spider universe around animation/miles they could be on to a winner here!

EoinMcLovin

bennyl10 wrote: »

Saw this last night;
Very impressed, animation is really well done, and a super nice story!
If Sony build a spider universe around animation/miles they could be on to a winner here!

Yeah saw it today, needs to be seen in 3d to really get the most out of the animation. The end credit scene looks to set up another film. I did hear that there are plans to do an all female cast spinoff. The comics have established the spider verse in the last few years so there are plenty of different type of spider people available to use in a spinoff or sequel.

Sabre0001

Saw it over weekend and thought it was great. Entertaining and funny, looks amazing, and really good characters and performances. The Spider-Verse setting really gives them freedom to branch out from here.

Gingervitis

Best Spiderman movie hands down, and best post credits scene hands down.

johnny_ultimate

A surprising delight that provides further evidence - along with the likes of The Incredibles - that animation is very possibly the best medium for many superheroes.

I've long been frustrated by the MCU's lack of style or identity - some of them push a bit harder than others, this is true, but there's a sort of series-wide blandness more often than not. Spider-Verse is the long-awaited counterpunch to that approach - a film overflowing with visual wit and identity. Whether it's through the bursts of comic book stylisation as punctuation mark, a dialogue scene with gravity defying camera and characters, or a finale which is a joyous explosion of outrageously vivid colour... Spider-Verse is always excited to push some new flourish to the surface, even if only for a split-second. Not only is this unusual for the super-hero genre, it's also extremely unusual for American mainstream animation. This is the closest anything from Hollywood in recent memory anything has gotten to the more stylised material you often find in Japanese animation. That there's a prominent anime-style character here is surely not coincidence. Indeed, it tries so many things that should conflict with each other - you have multiple different animation styles in the very same shot - that it's miraculous everything is so coherent. Even the background art - illustrated in a fetching soft focus that emulates the look of old-school 3D - is drawn with impressive confidence and purpose.

As a spectacle, it's second-to-none - the best big-screen effort in many years, maybe even ever, to boast the Marvel logo. It's not even close as far as I'm concerned. For the most part, the writing keeps it ticking along nicely - the Lord/Miller touch is obvious, but thankfully (especially given some of the early jokes explicitly nudging at the audience) it largely avoids dropping down the meta, wink-wink hole their work often does. Those jokes are there, but they don't get in the way - which is a relief when there's literally a bunch of fan callbacks casually conversing with each other on screen. Generally, though, it's all good, multi-dimensional fun with some of the best realisations of iconic characters (Aunt May in particular).

Now, it's worth bearing in mind this is still a film based on a Marvel comic - as is often the case with their work, there's no great insights to be found here beyond a relatively straightforward coming-of-age story. While few comic adaptations have so liberally dipped into the more obscure pages of series history, this isn't for example the sort of probing character or even genre study something like The Dark Knight films offered up. But taken on its own terms, Spider-Verse is the long-overdue antidote to superhero fatigue - truly a comic book come to life. Witty, entertaining and consistently inventive - Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse may have been designed as a standalone spin-off, but it's easily the new king of the extended Marvel universe.

Also?

Nicholas Cage - best Spider-Man.

spacecoyote

Can people who've seen this advise if it would be suitable for a 6 year old to see? Have heard it has a few darker moments.

FunLover18

I really enjoyed this and grinning through out. The animation is truly gorgeous but I don't think it's perfect. I know it's a new Spider-Man but the whole learning how to use his powers has been done to death with Spider-Man now and I found that angle tiring. I also would have liked more from the other Spider-Men, they weren't really developed as characters which I thought was a shame. All that said, I loved it and would definitely recommend seeing it on the big screen.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Absolutely brilliant. Easily my favourite Spider-Man movie.

Sonics2k

I am a Spider-Man snob. He was my absolute favourite character back in the mid 80's and throughout time since. I've read nearly every arch, special and story.

As a child, and even now, if given the choice of super-power I will always choose Spider-Man for the web-slinging alone.

I went into Spider-Verse with average expectations with my two children, a daughter with a casual interest in Marvel movies and a son very biased towards Iron Man and Thor.

We left this movie absolutely blown away. The story is engaging and emotive (even the predictable moments), it's funny and smart. The sound-track is spectacular.

But, the animation is out of this world. It's astoundingly amazing, I have truly never seen anything like that in all my years. The subtle animation differences make each character stand out, without being jarring and off-putting.

Absolutely, hands down the best Spider-Man movie.

jk23

Agree with the above, Spider-Man along with blade are the only marvel characters I like and this movie was the best I have seen. Definitely would recommend to anyone to see it

9/10

homerun_homer

Saw this in 3D Friday night and absolutely loved it. It's funny, exciting and some nice dramatic moments. I thought the animation was a bit iffy when I saw the trailer, it looked too jerky and found it off-putting, but I was stunned throughout once it began. As much as there are the few films in the MCU that I've enjoyed enough to watch more than once, and I mean very few, this absolutely beats them to a pulp.
Before it was midway through I was already wanting to see this film again. Like when you put on an album, and already can't wait to go back and listen from the first song over again, but the rest of the album just won't let you go. That is what this film did for me. An unreal contender for one of 2018's best films.

The Golden Miller

Would a 3 year old like this? Thought I could kill two birds with one stone, want to see it myself, and bring my daughter to an animated film

Thargor

homerun_homer wrote: »

Saw this in 3D Friday night and absolutely loved it. It's funny, exciting and some nice dramatic moments. I thought the animation was a bit iffy when I saw the trailer, it looked too jerky and found it off-putting, but I was stunned throughout once it began. As much as there are the few films in the MCU that I've enjoyed enough to watch more than once, and I mean very few, this absolutely beats them to a pulp.
Before it was midway through I was already wanting to see this film again. Like when you put on an album, and already can't wait to go back and listen from the first song over again, but the rest of the album just won't let you go. That is what this film did for me. An unreal contender for one of 2018's best films.

Whats with that? All the trailers look like an underpowered pc is struggling to run it, jerking like mad...

johnny_ultimate

Thargor wrote: »

Whats with that? All the trailers look like an underpowered pc is struggling to run it, jerking like mad...

Couple of likely reasons which are a mix of the stylistic and practical. Given the amount of animation styles deployed throughout, it may have made most sense to stick with stylised movement to help anything gel together. Anime and classic cartoons often run at lower frame rates, so could be an effort to embrace that spirit. Also potentially less resource intensive - more frames of movement mean more processing power, which means more time, which means more money.

Whatever the mix of reasons, what’s important is that it looks pretty ****ing great in action with a properly unique, dynamic feel that’s very uncommon in mainstream CG animation.

Varik

Like the halftone they used in it.

Goodshape

spacecoyote wrote: »

Can people who've seen this advise if it would be suitable for a 6 year old to see?

The Golden Miller wrote: »

Would a 3 year old like this?

I think it might be a bit too advanced – as well as dark/threatening in places – for a 3 or a 6 year old. 10 and up would probably love it though.


I thought it was great

ceegee

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Couple of likely reasons which are a mix of the stylistic and practical. Given the amount of animation styles deployed throughout, it may have made most sense to stick with stylised movement to help anything gel together. Anime and classic cartoons often run at lower frame rates, so could be an effort to embrace that spirit. Also potentially less resource intensive - more frames of movement mean more processing power, which means more time, which means more money.

Whatever the mix of reasons, what’s important is that it looks pretty ****ing great in action with a properly unique, dynamic feel that’s very uncommon in mainstream CG animation.

From watching the Q&A the directors and producers did on Colliders YouTube channel, they wanted to have the lower frame rate to allow more detailed backgrounds and allow you take in more details of each shot. (It's an interesting interview for anyone who enjoyed the film).
They claim it ended up being more work than doing it 24 fps, as all the software for CG animation was designed only for 24fps.

FunLover18

Question for comics readers:

Are invisibility and electricity powers from the comics?

Sonics2k

FunLover18 wrote: »

Question for comics readers:

Are invisibility and electricity powers from the comics?

He did indeed. The compromise is that his overall strength and speed are a bit slower than Peter Parker, and I believe his Spider Sense isn't quite as good.

TheIrishGrover

I found the framerate a bit distracting at times, especially at the start. But I took this as a conscious decision by the studio as opposed to the poor framerate in Netflix's Dragon Prince series.

As for the film itself: I loved it.

The animation style was great. As above, a little distracting at times but overall VERY pretty. The thought bubbles, the halftone they used which shows more during closeups. the action sounds. The more subtle anime stylings of Penny Parker and Cartoony stylings of Peter Porker over the more overt B/W of Spiderman Noir.

Superb voice acting. There wasn't a voice that I didn't like but I especially liked Peter Parker's voice.... It was just... just a voice. Just an average American voice that you could hear anywhere which was perfect for Peter Parker. The actors all sounded like real people if you know what I mean.

The characters were all very likable and engaging, again, especially Peter Parker and Miles Morales. They were all very human. Miles' first day with the powers in school was hilarious:

Puberty

and

Play dumb. "Morales who?" Not THAT dumb

Great music and sound (That grind/roar during the prowler scenes was badass).

The Stan Lee cameo was sweet and poignant.

Great fun movie. Great style. Not trying to emulate the MCU movies or anything else really (Which is good). Just wanted to do it's own thing. It shows from the music choice to the animation style. If I had to compare it to anything I would compare it to Big Hero Six in that it used a poppy soundtrack and a very bright and dynamic world.

For those wondering if you need to be up on Spiderman lore: No. I'm sure you will get more if you are but I'm not and I loved it.

Mr E

Amazing movie. Absolutely amazing. I laughed, I gasped, I cried and I was thoroughly entertained.

The only downside was that I saw it in Screen 1 in the Odeon in Limerick and there were 15 people there, tops.
I think a lot of people are going to discount it as a kids movie (and it's their loss).

It's the best out of all the Spiderman movies and the best superhero movie I've seen in years.

Thargor

Does that stupid cartoon pig ruin it a bit or was that just one or two scenes?

Hurrache

Didn't ruin it at all, and he's in it as much as the other Spideys from the other universes.

Goodshape

Yeah, spider-pig is fine. He's no more odd than Noir Spider-Man or the weird anime spider-robot and, credit to the film, they all blend in with the tone of the story. Never feels too silly or even too out of place.

astrofool

Best movie I've seen with the kids in ages (including the MCU/Superhero/Pixar/Disney animations, which I would usually enjoy). Go see this over Ralph/Poppins/Bumblebee

I'm just amazed Sony didn't find a way to mess it up, and you've really got to question Disney's decision not to let Lord and Miller do their thing on Solo.

emo72

Was talking to a very serious movie buff last night who happens to hate superhero movies and animation. He was raving about this movie. Just came in to this thread to see if he was losing it. He's not I guess.

J. Marston

My favourite Spidey movie, by far. It is excellent.

Have this stuck in my head too since seeing it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApXoWvfEYVU

KERSPLAT!

Was thinking of bringing the little fella to see this, he's Spider-Man mad but only 4. Is it suitable or would it be for slightly older kids?

Edit; a few sites are saying 7/8+ might leave it

astrofool

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Was thinking of bringing the little fella to see this, he's Spider-Man mad but only 4. Is it suitable or would it be for slightly older kids?

Edit; a few sites are saying 7/8+ might leave it

Might be a bit young, there is death and cartoon violence in it (punching/kicking etc.) in the showing I went to, a couple of younger kids were brought out after ~20 minutes or so.

KERSPLAT!

Yep, read a few reviews and will definitely give it a miss. Will go to something else. Cheers!

Guy:Incognito

Some arseholes in liffey valley had babies with them crying through the screening on Thursday afternoon. There was a toddler about 1 let run around the whole time too.

Took away from a quality film.

Hurrache

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Was thinking of bringing the little fella to see this, he's Spider-Man mad but only 4. Is it suitable or would it be for slightly older kids?

Edit; a few sites are saying 7/8+ might leave it

Only you know your kid and what he can handle. My kid is 5 and he enjoyed it with no sense of fear or dread. At our showing, first thing in the morning there was plenty in his age group without issues.

KERSPLAT!

Hurrache wrote: »

Only you know your kid and what he can handle. My kid is 5 and he enjoyed it with no sense of fear or dread. At our showing, first thing in the morning there was plenty in his age group without issues.

Yeah, I read a few reviews after posting that and I don't think it's suitable for him yet.

Thanks for the replies

pjohnson

Just realised how I know Spiderman Noirs voice :pac:

Amazing.

santana75

Wow!!! Best super hero film I've ever seen. It kinda p1sses all over Infinity war(probably made for a fraction of the budget too). My faith in the super hero genre has been restored and hopefully there'll more like this. Its funny, exciting, smart, and surprisingly very moving. Definitely hit me in the feels, which i did not expect at all. Go see it, you wont be disappointed.