Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Comic book movies have, on the whole, felt like poor relations so far. And unfortunately, this was often the case with the best of the live-action and animated adaptations. Because they often didn't come close to the possibilities of comic book stories and their courage and creativity. Yet this time, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse also reminded movie-goers of the possibilities of comic book narrative, which is excellent. And I'm not even talking about creativity in the animation. (10/26/2019)

Miles Morales was an ordinary student and teenager before he was bitten by a radioactive spider. Now he must learn to control his powers and become a hero before a strange experiment destroys all of New York. Fortunately, he will get the help of spider heroes from other dimensions... and it's great. The animated Spidey is an aggressive, brisk and modern ride that is great to watch thanks to brilliant comic book styling, has excellent action and works in both humour and drama. Plus, it cleverly uses the fact that in animated form, you can come up with crazy things that wouldn't work in live-action. One of the best comic book films of recent years, and quite possibly the best Spider-Man ever. (12/11/2018)

Since the days the Wachowski siblings’ Speed Racer, this is the first film that conceptually works with colours and that captures every scene with its formal and stylistic creativity, as well as with its spellbinding kinetic nature. In addition to that, it is an incredible revelation in the field of animation that has no genealogical predecessor among feature films. The roots of this unique picture – and thus of its individual techniques – rather lie in video games and online videos. Despite that, however, we still cannot find any other single film that would bring them together in the same way. (01/14/2019)

I was skeptical about this film and I was most worried about the formal aspect, which is not exactly dazzling, but in the end I had an unexpectedly pleasant time and the visuals didn't bother me that much (except for Kingpin, who looked terrible). It's got pace, a nice soundtrack, occasionally the humour works and there's a twist. I was a bit annoyed by the Japanese girl and the pig, they seemed a bit over the line, but it was bearable. I was expecting 2*, in the end a decent 4*. 75% (03/08/2019)

If I was a fan of comics, this would be the film of my life. As a film lover, I admired that extravagant and inventive barrage of plays with style, split screens, intensive editing and frantic action (not to mention the bombastic music), but by the end I was saturated and after the interdimensional encounter, I only watched that whirlwind of audiovisual perfection chasing the mandatory conclusion. A ground-breaking and impressive piece of work, no doubt, live action Spidey can never get close to this. 85% (02/27/2019)