Cinepals - SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Reaction & Review!

Episode Date: February 28, 2024

After watching Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Andrew & Kristen continue on with the amazing sequel Across the Spider-Verse. This film stars: Shameik Moore (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse & Dope), Jake Johnson (New Girl & Jurassic World), Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit, Arcane & Bumblebee), Mahershala Ali (Moonlight, Blade & Greenbook), Brain Tyree Henry (Bullet Train & Eternals), Luna Lauren Velez (Dexter & Oz), Oscar Issac (Ex Machina, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, Moon Knight, Dune, & The Addams Family), Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore, Moonrise Kingdom, Scott Pilgrim vs, the World, & Klaus), Daniel Kaluuya (Black Panther, Get Out, Nope, & Judas & the Black Messiah), Karan Soni (Deadpool, Miracle Workers, & Creep 2), Issa Rae (Insecure), Greta Lee (Past Lives), & Shea Whigham (Splinter & Non-Stop)   Join our Patreon www.Patreon.com/JabyKoay for the full length reaction to this show and many others ans subscribe to our YouTube channel for the cutdowns www.youtube.com/@cinepals   SOCIAL MEDIA ~CinePals~ Twitter & Instagram: @TheCinePals   ~KRISTEN STEPHENSONPINO~ Instagram: @Kris10Kesp   ~ANDREW 'FLASH' GORDON~ Instagram, Twitter & TikTok: @Agor711 https://www.YouTube.com/moviesource

Senna. Pals. Spider-Man, Spider-Man. I don't know all the words. You got it down. Spider-Man, Spider-Man does whatever a Spider-Man. Spins a web. Oh.

Spins a web. Spins a web and then what? Spins a web any. Look out here comes a Spider-Man, something like that. What is going on, everyone? I am Andrew Flesh, Gordon, and I am joined by my BFF and co-host. Kristen, Steph is Pino, and we are back. Yes, we are. I know. It's been too long, BFF. And we are here to react to Spider-Man

Across the Spider-Verse. We ready to watch? Uh, yeah. Across the Spider-Verse. Commence. We got Penny. We're back. Back in business. Was it Noir Spider or Spider-Nor? How ever you say his name? What? What? That's how they're going to end this? Oh, don't end the movie like that. Please. No way! What? We just started getting like somewhere. You can't end the movie like that. No, on a clef hanger. What? Well, there's obviously seen... I hate those. I know, but it makes it, but it makes you anticipate and get like... I know, I mean, that's how you get the people coming back, right? Yeah, for sure. That's like keep them. Damn. Keep them. That was amazing. Well, while we're waiting for the mid-credit scene, first of all, what do you think? think of this and then once you uh we get into that we'll start because everyone want to know what did we think was the better film i thought this one's done really well i like the spot guy i think he's

hilarious and adorably lovable sometimes i have a hard time keeping up and i get a lot of the d-season marvels confused a lot because i don't know how to separate him yet i'm not like as up-to-date and i haven't seen the comics like everybody else has i'm like on this journey like learning as we go, like as much as fun as this is, like, you know, don't be too harsh at me, okay? I'm learning. No, no, no. I'm learning. I'm learning. I might have liked this one better. Yeah, I thought they were both

terrific films. I mean, just fresh out of this one, I might have liked this one better, but although they're like yin-kinn'i, they're like neck and neck, if you will. I love that in comparison with both of them, just how they deal with just family issues and just how far we'll go to protect family. I mean, that's just a Spider-Man staple in general.

And I love how there were so, so many mature themes in this film. And I love I love how dark it got, too, and how gritty. I was shocked how dark it got, actually, because I felt like it was like, I was like, yeah, no, for sure. And, like, on a dime, it could get extremely dark. And also, starting the film off from Gwen's perspective, I thought was such an interesting, integral choice. The only thing I don't, I struggle with, sometimes I feel like my brain can't keep up because I'm like, ugh, you know? No, it's definitely a lot to take in.

It is a lot to take in, but it's also the thought, if this was to be something that's real. Yeah, for sure. to go back in time or the future and the future continuously like going on and beyond or whatever and having multiple versions of yourself. It's kind of like also like the Matrix. It gives me like the Matrix vibes of that anxiety and that like it kind of messes with your brain. I love that they started off with, oh, this is just by the book's number type of villain's spot here. And then we learn like there is the like because again, I hadn't watched the first film since you and I had seen it.

So I didn't even remember that whole thing until they were filling us in on the. the backstory that Miles actually created him and he actually created Miles, which is an interesting dichotomy between the two of them. Like, they're intertwined with each other, if you will, which I always find that fascinating when you have that kind of a combination between the two characters. I thought that was really interesting. But again, I just thought love how they started him off as such a throwaway character. And then he's actually so integral to the actual plot. And he's one of the main villains of the film and going to be moving forward for the third film. Interesting choice there. But from Miles's perspective to just seeing the balance that

he's got to go through from trying to balance school, balance his Spider-Man duties. Yeah. It's just, it's a lot to deal with. And then also he's, you know, he's missing Gwen at the same time. He's got to come up with stories to tell his parents. And well, Ganky is his one friend like there. Yeah, but it's not the same. Like, I feel like Yankee is like his friend, but also he's just one of those friends that are kind of there.

Not necessarily somebody who fully can understand him in anybody's life, right? That's a big deal to have that. support system by your side who understand you or you can talk to you about anything especially when I feel like Miles is family in him like they're very close they're close family overall you know they're pretty tight for not being able to talk to those you love the most that would be hard and it's very important I mean you saw with Gwen when she couldn't like when she told her father and he rejected her in that moment like it was it hit her extremely hard and you know she had to go to a different multiverser like you know you know you you know, enjoying that band of Spider-Men and all that. And so, yeah, no, I completely agree with you. And then also, too, you saw that Miles didn't, as close as he was with his parents, he didn't feel like he could open up still to the point where he could tell them that he was Spider-Man, didn't know if that was a burden he could give to them or even if they could

handle that type of thing just with everything else that they're dealing with. There's points where, like, for me personally, just because I do have a stigmatism. everything there are parts in it that I do get dizzy or like so there's one part where I was going like this and I'm like whoa like and I felt like my need to like kind of like run my eyes out because I do sometimes I think it's like a little too much of this yeah I get it just with the with the visual all the visuals yeah it's a lot of the stylistic way they choose to do it yeah I personally love it but I can I can totally understand where you're coming from yeah but sometimes for me personally even in the first one it's too much for me and like I feel

like I'm getting dizzy. Or sometimes I feel like it's like it's almost hypnotic. Yeah. Is that, you know, like, to the point where you almost kind of like, you're like, whoa. Yeah. And you feel like you're just really dizzy or you need or you're having like some type of headache. Yeah. Sometimes the music's always bomb.

Oh, yeah. So, so great. I love the art. The artwork is cool. I love how they like the first one, you know, they're using all types of different styles in it because that you're almost breaking all these different rules, which is kind of, ties into breaking all the universe rules as we go, you know? Definitely.

And so that's kind of cool because I feel like that's really something that's hard to pull off. Yeah. To use so many different styles of animations and whatever to put and combine into one. That's really hard to make it flow and, like, work. And they just, they do a really cool. Oh, yeah, I know. So many different components and layers that they're just able to nail. Also, too, when we were talking about how dark this film gets,

We're just also too, just like in terms of the humanity, like when you talk about like Miguel O'Hara, Spider-Man 2099, and then also with that other, I guess it was Earth 42, Miles Morales, like having loss in people we love and care about, like, you know, there's two different paths you can go. You can go down the dark path. You can go down or stand that light path. And it's interesting to see, you know, which path that we choose to go down. And, you know, I'm still interested to see with the next film how, you know, Miguel O'Hara's journey, you know, continues to unfold. Obviously, we saw that Earth 42 Miles Morales, he turned into the prowler, and he's just like, you could see just how much, like losing his father, how much that hurt him. And obviously with Miguel O'Hara, like, like I mentioned throughout the film, he just really felt like more of a dictator, like, like, you know, when he was in... Like Darth Vader.

Well, yeah, if you will, but... He had that kind of thing. Oh, yeah, no, I could see it. And I haven't really seen Star Wars. I just know who Darfur is. I could see where you're coming from with that. But, yeah, just, again, just seeing that dark nature and humanity where, you know, that comes from human loss and, you know, from people that are close to you. So I thought, like, the film dealt with that in a very mature way.

And that's something that's relatable because we've, a lot of us, many of us, most of us, have dealt with loss. So the film did a very mature job of dealing, showing that, you know, especially for an animated film as well. My two other favorite parts of the film that I want to close out is the relationship between my, obviously, we talked about Miles's relationship with his parents, which I thought, I love how to, before I move over this, I love his, on top of that is relationship with his parents, how they're just so unwilling to let him grow up and be his own man, which, again, that's a totally natural understanding thing. And they had a beautiful arc with letting him, like, tell him it's five months and tell him we love him. And I just thought it was so beautifully done. And again, I can't wait

for the third film to see when they finally get to see him because this film ended on such a cliphanger, which I understand. I understand, too. But I'm not. I'm like, no, no, but I get, yeah, I get, I, I love the Miles's relationship with Gwen and also with Peter B. Parker. And also, too, like, how he was talking about how he didn't want to have kids until he met Miles. Like, he taught him, like, how, you know, like, that he could be a father and a mentor and all that, and that kids could be, and all that stuff. He actually is a pretty good, I think he's personally a decent mentor. Like, he may be floppy and clumsy and kind of dirty, but I think he's come along. way from the first one.

That was, no, their relationship was one of my favorite parts of the first film. And again, here in the second film, like you said, he's dirty and floppy and clumsy and messy and all this other stuff. Like, he doesn't look like he has much credibility, but deep down, he's capable of all of it. And it's the way he approaches it that I actually, I do enjoy. And I don't think any other person sees it due to the fact that they view him as this, like, slop.

Yeah, but there's also a heroic, courageous Peter Parker Spider-Man side to him. and I think like Miles brings that out in him. He brings back his who he is. Yeah. He doesn't look like Miles reminds him why and like why he is who he is and why he started and why he's continuing. And I'm hoping in regards to Miguel O'Hara in the next film, I'm hoping that Miles is going to bring that out of Miguel as well.

Like he brings out that courageous side back in him because he's, I feel like since the loss of his daughter or his family or he's lost that. He's lost that sense of. I'm a little bit worried about the baby. Oh, you're talking about Peter B. Parker's baby? Yeah, of course. Only baby in there. I'm worried a little bit, only because of the last film I saw, which is not this, you know, it's different.

But just knowing that the amazing Spider-Man 2, they ended up killing Gwen. So, like, a part of me is like, I don't even know what to expect anymore because I almost feel like they might take his baby away at some point. Or maybe the baby will be the hero. And I don't know. I'm just hoping that... I'm sure the baby will be fine. You can't say that, though. I'm sure that baby will be fine.

You know how many times I'm thinking somebody's going to be fine? I thought Gwen was going to be fine in the movie. Well, she's fine here. Here she is, but did you not hear her say in every story? It doesn't work out. It doesn't work out. Yeah, but... I wonder why.

She didn't say how it doesn't work out. And I love how they're all connected. It's all part of the same multiverse because you could see... And I love that they got Donald Glover. What a sweet and cool cameo. my god, I was not expect. There's so many cameos here that, and just other things. I was just not expecting to see Cliff Robertson, see the upside-down kiss with Tomuweir and Kirsten Dunst. Just so many, so many things that just made me happy. You were really on this one. She was in

the wrong dimension. That's him as the prowler. Well, I'm starting to understand it. Yeah, you were on it. So I'm kind of like, starting to get excited because I'm starting to understand the storylines. I'm starting to understand the characters. You were honest. And I'm like, okay, but because I keep thinking they said Miles wasn't supposed to be there and why don't they want him in the crew because he was originally supposed to be a villain

and it's interesting because a lot of the times when that happens those are the characters that become the strongest because I feel like they were the unpredictable and they were the unknown it's one of those tricky things sometimes it's like okay well you can turn so we don't know what to do with you but at the same time

when they fight back they just have that much more heart into it and like they just come off a lot stronger yeah and also too last thing i want to say i love spider punk so much in this oh yeah he love how much i love how much of a rebel he was he's like to me too he like he felt like the audience like this is such a dictatorship i will not follow i do my own thing and like i'm out when when something feels wrong i'm out and like and also too he obviously gave gwen stacey the time thing to me he felt like the audience and i loved him so much oh yeah i know very very lovable Yeah, no, he's part of the whole crew.

And the whole crew from the first movies coming back. It was such a great way to end. As much as I know, you didn't like the cliffhanger. I mean, we were at a time, so, I mean, it makes sense to end it on a cliffhanger. I know, but it's like, I hate cliffhangers, but I love them at the same time. Yeah, yeah. I just hate them because I'm like, if we could watch it right now, if we could watch it right now, it's a perfect cliffhanger. But since we have to wait a couple years or however, because we know they're working on it right now as we speak.

So the way they ended it, though. Yeah. But for me, great film, cinema. Chymotography, top-notch, music, fantastic, voice acting, great character's storyline, so moving. I love the dark, mature themes, and just the way they tackled parenthood, the things we do for our children, just how we feel alone and sometimes there's nobody by us. Just so many different things that they tackle that I really appreciate and just felt so relatable. Miles again, fantastic, just all the characters, just so great. Let us know in the comments. What did you think of Spider-Man across the Spider-Verse?

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