Starring - I wish I list all the incredible artistic talents behind this film, those people who brought this amazing film to life, however I can't but i can list the 'vocal talents' who apparently are far more important. So, here's some of them. Hailee Steinfeld, Shameik Moore, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, Jake Johnson, Jason Schwartzman, loads others. Written by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and David Callaham. Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson. Budget $100 million. Running time 140 minutes.
The plot sees the concept of the 'multiverse' take the top spot as the Number One super-hero movie trope, usurping and superseding the previous Number One king - 'The Spinning Sky Vortex of Doom'!
In this, the multiverse, or Spider-verse if you will, sees both Miles Morales and Gwen Stacey's versions of Spider-Man team up with Spider Man 2099 and some other Spider Persons to do battle with a villain called Spot, who just so happens to be one of the victims of the original films exploding collider that conveniently opened up access to all the limitless universes that exist, or in this case to the Spider-verse. Anyway, while Miles and Gwen struggle to juggle with their ordinary lives with the demands of saving their worlds and the rest of the Spider-verse from danger and utter obliteration, their new villain The Spot struggles to control his power, while seeking an apology from Miles for helping to create him. Add to that a secret society of Spider-Men hell bent on saving their versions of Earth and the discovery of 'Canon' within their worlds just adds to the whole incredible mass of the movie.
Across the next 140 minutes of relentless exposition, and frantic visual mayhem you'll find yourself battered and pummelled by a spectacular dazzling cacophony of such wonderful digital delights that you'll frankly not car one jot about the bewildering and ridiculous plot and story, plus you'll not have time to ask 'hang on...' at dangling plot niggles and issues, or the sheer overwhelming sense of fuck me, why can't all super hero movies spend this much time and effort on their stories? Similarly you'll marvel at the fact that unlike its live-action cousins, in this film the action, which is copious, never becomes muddled or ruined by shaky cam, the incredible super-hero abilities look and feel real in this world, you never find yourself pulled out of the story because you can tell when the CGI kicks in.
This isn't a perfect film, it's too long, it's not self contained and ends with a deeply annoying 'TO BE CONTINUED' caption at the end, which really pissed me off. Give me a complete film, one with an actual ending, don't do an Empire Strikes Back, it's annoying.
That said, this was a glorious and incredible movie.
8/10
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