Another Spider-Man movie? After Sam Raimis Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man and the Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sony produced another one? It might be too much for non fans, but for fans like me, this movie is just what was only seen and read in the comics. Because this movie combines several versions of Spider-Man in one. Fans of comics know that there are different universes and that there are different versions of Super Heroes in them. So it was only a matter of time until this would be realized...
The Story:
Miles Morales is an Afro-Latino teenager who lives in Brooklyn. He loves to spray in subway tunnels and one day, when he is back in one of the tunnels with his uncle to spray, he is bitten by a strange spider. He notices the changes in him and when he returns to the tunnels to look for the strange spider, he witnesses Spider-Man fighting the villains Kingpin, Green Goblin and Prowler. Kingpin wants to open a hole in the different parralel worlds with the help of a machine. In the fight to prevent this Spiderman dies.
All mourn now for the deceased superhero. Miles decides to continue the job of the superhero but doesn't know exactly how. But then he meets Peter B. Parker, a much older version of Spider-Man, who was pulled through the open hole in the universe into the one of Miles.
Peter B. Parker takes on the mission of mentoring Miles Morales to teach him his spider skills. They also try to destroy Kingpin's machine and encounter other versions of Spider-Man, which were also pulled through the created hole in Miles universe.
During this the duo meets the female Spider-Man version Spider-Gwen, a Noir version of Spider-Man called Spider-Man Noir (who is really a very cool version of Spider-Man), a female Manga/Anime version of Spider-Man named Peni Parker with her Spider-Robot and a pig called Spider-Ham. Together they try to return to their own universes and beisde this to stop Kingpin...
My Opinion:
When I heared last summer that Sony was planning a new Spider-Man movie, I didn't really know what to think about. There is already a Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinamatic Universe! Why another one? But when I did more research, I also found out that it's not the usual Peter Parker story, and this is an animated movie. An animated movie of course offers much more possibilities and you can do much more with it than with a live-action film.
And my expectations were even more fulfilled, because the animation style is really great, which reminds me of the comics and always fascinates me when I watch it. The movvie doesn't really have a lot of story, it's very linear but that doesn't matter, because the style of how the whole thing was realized is all the cooler and leaves no room for story. Beside the mega well done animation the whole thing is accompanied by cool music which is fitting the whole thing.
The movie appeals to young and old audiences alike. Since I knew this in advance, I watched the movie yesterday evening with my 11 year old nephew. The little one was more than enthusiastic and so was I. He didn't know all the Spider-Man versions until he watches the movie and found it even cooler to see them all. He also liked the new Spider-Man version Miles Morales, which is what the movie is all about. A young afro-latino, who is confronted with everything and then has to become a superhero, which wasn't the plan...
I have to say, my nephew and I were thrilled by the new approach and the implementation. What Sony produced there is definitely going to make you want more! I hope we will see more Spider-Verse movies with more versions of the nice spider from the neighbourhood and espacially Miles Morales!
I didn't want to rate the movie at IMDb with 8 Stars. I would have loved to rate it with 8.7 or 8.8 but unfortunately I can't do that at IMDb, so Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse got 9 stars from me!
