I went to see Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse last night and, not only did I love it, but I had so much fun in a packed theater of rowdy and appreciative fans who laughed and cheered throughout! It is absolutely fantastic and manages to create a story, about a character that we have seen so many times, that is fresh and original! Miles Morales (Shemeik Moore) is bitten by a radioactive spider and, after waking up with superpowers which disrupt his life completely, he returns to the alley where he was bitten. He finds a secret lab with a supercollider created by Kingpin (Liev Schreiber) to access parallel universes in order to bring back alternate versions of his wife and son who died during an altercation with Spider-Man (Chris Pine). Spider-Man appears in order to disable the collider but, after he is wounded when he falls into it, he asks Miles to destroy it. This also allows several incarnations of Spider-Man from parallel universes to appear including a down-and-out Peter B. Parker/ Spider-Man (Jake Johnson), spunky Gwen Stacy/ Spider-Woman (Hailee Steinfeld), the cartoon Peter Porker/ Spider-Ham (John Mulaney), a monochromatic Spider-Noir (Nicolas Cage), and Peni Parker (Kimiko Glenn) a young Japanese girl who pilots a biomechanical spider. After Spider-Man dies, they help Miles discover his powers and find the motivation to fight Kingpin as well as other familiar villains. It is so clever and funny but it has quite a few surprisingly poignant moments, as well, and I love the message that anyone can be a hero. The characters are a lot of fun and are very well-developed. The animation is absolutely dazzling, unlike anything I have ever seen before, because it looks like you stepped inside of a comic book. Each Spider-Man character has his (or her) own comic book style (I really liked Peni because she looked like an anime character). The music is also fantastic, featuring the hip-hop music that Miles listens to, and I especially like "What's Up Danger" by Blackway and Black Caviar. This movie is so much fun and I highly recommend seeing it on the biggest screen possible!
Note: There is a cameo with Stan Lee and a post-credits scene. Both are really great!
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