After being bitten by a radioactive spider, he witnesses the death of Spider-Man (smaller viewers, beware). Our hero Miles (Shameik Moore) is trying to navigate life between his cop dad (Brian Tyree Henry) and his cooler uncle (Mahershala Ali). The animators place their story in a wonderfully gritty New York, complete with screeching, graffiti-streaked subway cars and charmless pedestrians (one of whom turns out to be voiced by Post Malone, who contributes to the soundtrack.) One quibble: Their ability to have things in the foreground appear in sharp relief, even while objects in the background bleed away, makes it seem as if you’re watching a 3D film without those weird glasses. It includes anime, slo-mo, color distortion, Pop art, hand-drawn elements and CG animation it even tweaks its own origins by adding dialogue in little panels.
At times, it can be hyper-real, then surreal. Produced by Phillip Lord and Christopher Miller, the duo behind the acclaimed “The Lego Movie,” this Spider-Man saga pops with outstanding animation, constantly changing its styles. Hey, if Cate Blanchett can play Bob Dylan in a movie, why not offer us a new look on Spidey? He looks and acts nothing like previous Peter Parker types - Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland - and that’s great. Our main hero here is one plucked from a spin-off from the main Spider-Man comic book universe: Miles Morales, a part African-American, part Puerto Rican teen from Brooklyn who has a Chance the Rapper poster on his wall. It’s packed with intriguing storytelling tools, humor, empathy and action, while also true to its roots - still telling the story of a young man learning to accept the responsibility of fighting for what’s right. The result is a film that’s fantastically fresh, both visually and narratively, and trippy and post-modern at the same time. It literally opens up a universe of possibilities.
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ” does what comics and graphic novels have long experimented with, but this time makes the leap to the big screen. It’s hard to underestimate what this means.
He can be a girl, he can be a middle-aged dude with a paunch and he can even be a cartoon pig. The film gleefully scrambles the notion there can be only one friendly neighborhood Spider-Man and offers the exciting idea that he can be anyone. Had enough of, say, of Spider-Man for a while? Well, this may sound nuts, but consider watching not just one web-slinger but five of them in the animated “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.” Instead of overload, you’ll be begging for more. You might be forgiven for feeling superhero overload this holiday season.
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