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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Jan. 16th, 2019 07:34 pmI had heard from reliable sources that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was a good movie, but I hadn't seen any in-depth reaction posts about it, so I wasn't quite sure of the specifics of the ways in which it was good. Still, it sounded worth seeing, so I read the wikipedia plot outline for spoilers and then went to see it last night.
And hey! It was super good! What particularly blew me away, though, was the ART STYLE and the VISUAL STORYTELLING. It just looked so incredible, and I was absolutely not expecting that to be a stand-out feature of the film. In animated films I've seen before, the art has been good but not, like, irreplaceable; I would have enjoyed the film equally well had the creators decided to make it live-action instead. Into the Spider-Verse, on the other hand, would absolutely be a totally different (and worse) movie if it weren't animated. I have had my mind newly opened to the potentials of animation as a valuable artistic choice!
I don't want to take away from the other great stuff the film has going for it. I absolutely enjoyed the characters, and the writing, and the acting, and all that other good stuff. But those parts weren't a surprise in a movie I'd been told was good. The visuals were.
And hey! It was super good! What particularly blew me away, though, was the ART STYLE and the VISUAL STORYTELLING. It just looked so incredible, and I was absolutely not expecting that to be a stand-out feature of the film. In animated films I've seen before, the art has been good but not, like, irreplaceable; I would have enjoyed the film equally well had the creators decided to make it live-action instead. Into the Spider-Verse, on the other hand, would absolutely be a totally different (and worse) movie if it weren't animated. I have had my mind newly opened to the potentials of animation as a valuable artistic choice!
I don't want to take away from the other great stuff the film has going for it. I absolutely enjoyed the characters, and the writing, and the acting, and all that other good stuff. But those parts weren't a surprise in a movie I'd been told was good. The visuals were.
