Everything GREAT About Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse!

I love how Miles says "maybe in another universe" when talking about revealing his identity to his parents in the beginning of the film. Only to end up literally telling his mom from another dimension by the end of the film

Gwen's theme fits so well. The guitar riff is actually a sped up version of the the classic animated Spider-man theme.

Prowler Miles' dad died, so he spends more time with his mom and you can hear that he has more of a Puerto Rican accent because of it. It's such a small detail but they were so careful to include it. Absolutely amazing.

I love Rio's speech about Miles never letting anyone tell him he doesn't belong, because pretty much the entire second half of the movie is Miguel telling Miles that he's an anomaly and doesn't belong.

When Miles and Gwen are sitting upside down, she leans into him. Except they're upside down. She isn't leaning, she's pulling herself to him. She's making a deliberate effort to make a connection.

"Hobie, you're not helping." "Good." I love that bit. It's two quick lines in a cacophony of lines during an intense moment, but it tells you exactly where Hobie stands on the situation.

Hobie is a real one. He not only helped protagonist Miles with escaping, even when he was not supposed to, he even smiled when the protagonist Miles escaped.

i loved how when miles saw uncle aaron again, his first two instincts are A) fear because he's the prowler, and B) to hug him because he missed his uncle. it's such a sad but sweet moment

Also can we just appreciate that the lego spiderverse was animated entirely by a 14 year old boy in Canada in his off hours after school? Because that's insane.

My biggest takeaway from the movie is how by trying to stop Miles, they're essentially excluding him from being Spider-Man Because those events aren't "Spider-Man lets someone die" it's "Spider-Man tries to save someone and fails " But they're not even letting him try.

Also, Miguel says to Miles "you have to choose between saving one person, or saving the entire world," which corresponds to the first movie when Miles asks Peter how he is supposed to save the whole world. Peter replies with "you can't. You have to focus on saving one person."

I know there's many scenes to cover, but I'm sad no highlight on "You call this art?" "We're talking about it aren't we". Such a baller response to that. One of the purposes of art is spark a conversation, and get you thinking. Modern art, whether or not you feel like it makes sense or has that level of intentionality, absolutely does that.

One thing that I have only seen a couple of people point out-- Miguel is straight up WRONG about Pavitr's dimension. What is happening in Pavitr's dimension is NOT the same as what happened to the universe where Miguel replaced his variant--- it's what the ORIGINAL Peter Parker from Miles's universe said would happen. A BLACK HOLE Opened up under Mumbattan. Chris Pine's version of Peter Parker says that during his fight with Green Goblin and Kingpin and Prowler. He warns them that if they use the collider it could open up a black hole underneath Brooklyn. THAT is what's happening to Pavitr, but Miguel is, like most of the audience for most of the movie, underestimating the Spot. He's too focused on Miles. He and the other Spideys aren't paying attention to the Spot and the damage he's doing. EVEN AS HE IS DOING IT. Spot is a massive threat and they're STILL underestimating him. It's a big thing and it's crazy to think about it.

Okay, I have to bring this up because it blew my mind. In Mumbattan, Miles immediately gives distinct orders to the three other Spiders that apply to their skills. He sends Hobie and Gwen to slow down the building because they are the most experienced and powerful heroes there. Miles and Pav clear the civilians because Pav knows the city better than anyone, and Miles' free-running skills work better with the tight, narrow buildings than web-swinging. And here is the part that blew my mind; This is a direct contrast to how bad of a leader Miguel is. He gives one general order to every Spider in the Society, which results in them not even knowing who to go after, clawing over each other and getting in their own way. Edit: Adding on to this, it shows how well each character can compartmentalize their personal problems; Miles has every selfish reason to show off in front of Gwen, especially with Hobie just showing up and being better than him in almost every way and clearly having a close relationship with the girl Miles is crushing on. But he sets that aside because like all the best Spider-Heroes, Miles's first and greatest motivation is to protect people. But Miguel, while he may have more wide-reaching motivations, is so hyper-focused on keeping Miles from being Spider-Man that he sends everyone to stop him instead of dealing with Spot, who is actually causing the Anomalies.

The interesting thing about Hobie is that he's what an actual anarchist is like: patient, methodical, opportunistic The anarchists that you see just throwing stuff all over the place without a plan are what people think of instead; an image that only helps actual anarchists because their plans are unexpected.

I like the idea in the movie that there are things that only Spider-people can do or experience. Like how the lobby of the Spider Society is set up, but especially the scene with Miles and Gwen sitting upside down on that building. It's a moment they can share only because they're both Spider-people. It's also adds another layer to Gwen's "get over here" moment with her dad. Not only is it a show of affection, by pulling him over with the webs she's loving him in a way that only Spider-Woman can do. The first thing she does after he accepts her entirely is to love him with her entire self.

My favorite part of this movie, is Miles reaction to being betrayed. When he snapped Gwen’s web, I cheered. So often do MC’s let themselves be ran over by others, and don’t allow themselves to be mad, when literally any normal person should be.

I love how menacing Miles 42 is with absolutely no superpowers. His gadgets being so much higher-tech then Aaron’s, his incredible poker-face at seeing something as insane as himself from another world…He didn’t just stumble into into power like most Spider-Men do, you can tell he’s fought tooth and nail to get those skills. Fingers crossed he swipes one of Miguel’s Spider-serums in Beyond.

This movie has to be shown in film and animation schools. To show how you write a story and how to use art to tell a story. From the jaw dropping animation, dope screenplay to the amazing music, it's so far the best movie of this year and one of the greatest movies of all time. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko will be proud. I'm still bummed that didn't make a billion dollars. Also, this is the best commentary on the movie.

Also love how if you go back to Spiderverse one, when Miles first has his Spidey sense reaction to peter, his colour paletter actually swaps from Prowler colours to the classic Spidey colours, as an almost showing that his "fate was changed" by meeting peter Parker. A nice 2nd film payoff for that teaser!