The Reel Rejects - Just Watched SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE!! Reaction & Movie Review

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Starting point is 00:02:32 He meets a whole squad of spider people who are basically the guardians of the multiverse. These heroes, they start bumping heads on how to deal with this new threat they're facing, which is a fantastic debate, by the way, I'm probably going to talk a lot more on that later on in this video, that creates a massive conflict between Miles and the other spiders. So with this whole journey, they're up in their animation style and action sequences, but really at its core, it's a story about acceptance and Miles having to redefine his whole, idea of what it means to be a hero. He's got to dig deep and figure out how to save the people he loves most.

Starting point is 00:03:03 Some serious soul-searching shit right here. As bigger as this film is, as higher stakes as this movie is, it's also a much more personal, more intimate film about Miles Morales and especially about Gwen Stacy. Arguably, this is just equally her movie as well. In fact, the prologue of this film, without giving anything away, is very much about her. Spot is, as teased in the trailer, is the villain as funny as he is in this movie,

Starting point is 00:03:28 He also becomes something that you can see is, wow, that is one of the most threatening villains you have to deal with. John, what did you think about it? I'm still piecing my brain together, which is a good thing. This was spectacular in every sense of the words. But yeah, coming out of the first movie, which is such a lovely, you know, imaginative, sprawling experience that also has this great coming-of-age story inside. I thought they just managed to build on top of that and to keep the character heft, the actual emotional story, super engaged while giving you swaths of references and new universes and new vases. visual styles and languages, like it is a feast for the eyes and ears and everything in between. It's overwhelming, but in a way that is really satisfying and fun and begs you to

Starting point is 00:04:07 come back time and again, I would imagine. It's overwhelming in the same way how the first time you watched Into the Spider-Verse might have felt overwhelming at first as well. There were things about it where I'm like, okay, is the pacing off a tabby here? Is this too much that's being thrown in my face right now? Instantly follow the thought of, I bet on a re-watch, it would not feel this way whatsoever, because Into the Spider-verse out of the Spider-Man films, it is my favorite of the Spider-Man movies. I want to watch it again before I say a statement like this. I think I like this one more than the first one. Got to keep in mind, this is also a part one of a two-parter here for the sequels. Does it end on a cliffhanger? Yes, it ends on a

Starting point is 00:04:44 cliffhanger. And man, I didn't want it to end though. I definitely didn't want it. I was like, oh man, you can feel when it's about to hang it. Like, oh, crap, I forgot. There's supposed to be a part three to conclude this story. Just making a five-hour movie, go. It's a complete film still for a to the, it's been a wasse. I've seen a movie that really ends on such a cliffhanger where the story of this will not entirely be complete until you watch the next one, yet it's still, like, remember how the Lord of the Rings movies felt that way? It has that effect. Kind of like an empire strikes back or a two towers. The reason why it feels complete is because they have such a personal tale here of what Gwen Stacy has to go through. And that's where so much of the personal journey and what makes this specific installment feel that much more complete without giving it away. You know, same for miles, but here. He's got so much more of his character to tell. Bigger stakes of a film as it is and is more bombastic and a crazy cacophony of events that are taking place here. It still had so many more scenes as compared to the first one that felt much slower, more intimate. They're just like scenes, like dialogue, character scenes that were not about crazy, vivid animation, just character scenes.

Starting point is 00:05:49 With so many of the characters that had so much dramatic heft, heart, and tension at times, especially with the parents. There's some truly exquisite scenes with the parents. that propel this movie forward. And, in fact, so much of this coming of age story is also about parenting. They're spliced throughout this whole movie that also made this film feel that much more... I don't want to just say the word harrowing, because I feel like I abuse that word sometimes, but it does. It makes it feel that much more harrowing.

Starting point is 00:06:13 It is a bit of a harrowing journey. I mean, the fate of the multiverse hangs in the balance. For also what's personally at stake here for these characters, it's so much darker than the first one. It's a much... It's darker than a lot of the other Spider-Man movies we've seen. You know what it does? it really hones in on the hardships and themes that we know of Spider-Man characters and makes such a great meta-commentary on it, but doesn't get lost in the meta-commentary on it.

Starting point is 00:06:37 It gets you invested in the turbulent trials of what one has to endure on such a grand, yet small scale. It's so impressive how they do it. Yeah, and it's also, again, super universal and intimate, because even though these are being applied to these science fiction stakes, so much of what is happening is building off of, again, the coming of age story that came before and just the confronting of life as you come of age, as you become an adult, as you become fully formed, there are going to be trials and tribulations that you cannot avoid. And sometimes life is going to throw you a bad hand or some kind of thing that you cannot negotiate or just go back and fix. And that is at the center of what's going

Starting point is 00:07:15 on here. So there's like a harsh lesson being learned. And I think it's something too that's interesting to split into two parts because it's something that we all bargain with to one degree or another. it just happens to be applied to these, you know, comic book style stakes and aesthetics. And the art style, too, I mean, as beautiful and grand as it was the first time around, I thought they made that even more expressive here, so that the emotionality of the scene work, and even those scenes that are just breathing and aren't so kinetic, have the bolstering of the art that feels very alive.

Starting point is 00:07:44 And again, like, even though this is probably all made on a computer, it feels like somebody took the time to draw it and to really put that care into everything. And the array of other characters, too, and the little glimpses into their versions. of the trials and tribulations of a Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, whatever, you know, it all comes back to something relatable and universal, even though, yeah, it's so high concept.

Starting point is 00:08:03 Yeah, there's a lot of these great dreamlike abstract expressions that they'll do that are just about the hardships and the terror that's going on within, like Miles Morales, especially in this movie, sequences where it's like, this is just something that's taking place within his mind, it has a bit of that cerebral effect of the horrors of the things you've got to face within that are also manifest.

Starting point is 00:08:24 in itself externally. It's so much deeper than the first one. But it's still really funny. It's a really funny movie at the same time. I mean, some characters that have been teased within the trailers, you know, like Spider-Punk, he's hilarious. Rock star character. Anarchist. Like the 60s, 70s type of rock and roller, anti-capitalism, S.J.W. Yeah, yeah. Just the woken guy. Look out. Yeah. But he's still so freaking awesome. He's so awesome. Commentary he makes are made a lot of times for jokes. It's never like making a serious message or point with him. Implementing him here with his crazy expressions, again,

Starting point is 00:09:03 with his animation style are awesome. One character I was surprised by as well, I don't know how to pronounce his name, the Spider-Man India character. He was hilarious. What a wonderful addition to this whole universe. And a beautiful world of Mumbai, whatever the combination of Mumbai, Brooklyn is, yeah.

Starting point is 00:09:20 And then, of course, you got Miguel O'Hara, Spider-Man 299. What I loved about it is in the trailers, when you watch it, you're like, okay, is he going to be a villain? He does have this, I don't want to give it away, because it's so much more gray, and that's one of the coolest parts about it, is the film definitely has, like, a threatening quality about him, yet I wouldn't categorize him as a villain. There's such a debate at its core that was, like, kind of given away. There's so much more to it. There's so much more meat around it than what's in the trailers. There is a debate surrounding an inner conflict that happens between him and Miles that involves, you know, what it really means to be a Spider-Man and certain sacrifices one has to make. And it is a fantastic debate that this movie is having because even I'm there and I'm rooting for Miles at the same time.

Starting point is 00:10:10 I'm in my audience, he's going, is Miles making the right choice? Oh, man. We would all want to do. Yeah, we would all be in your shoes, but also look at the big picture. I get that Miguel's a terrible. communicator, but he's just such an aggressive asshole. At the same time, you're like, but what if

Starting point is 00:10:26 Miguel is the one who is right about this right now? What if he's the only one who's willing to go through with what's right? Yeah, yeah. It does a great job at painting that. There's not as much Ben Riley as I think some people might want in here, kind of like soften the blow a little bit there. Jessica Drew was another very fun, welcome edition, who brings a lot

Starting point is 00:10:42 of energy and commands the screen whenever she's there. The movie's more suspenseful than the last one. It's more intense. It's more complex. And that complexity is such a compliment to it because it easily could have been over convoluted, yet it doesn't go past that line. I feel like this movie is phenomenal. I think it's inspiring. One of the best animated movies I've ever seen.

Starting point is 00:11:03 Yeah, I mean, is it leave you off on a note that is as fun or hopeful? Like the first movie, while crazy, is still simple compared to what this is. Yeah, but this one absolutely leaves you wanting more right now. And it leaves off in a place where you go, oh. but then you immediately feel that swell of having been through a cathartic and grand experience. And, yeah, it leaves you with tons to appreciate and anticipate all at the same time. Again, on my first few, in, specifically in like the first 30 to 40 minutes, because it could be such like a kinetic ride.

Starting point is 00:11:35 And then we got a really serious scene here in a slowing down. I was like, I don't know if it's just because I'm coming off the high of that kinetic scene, that sometimes I was like having a bit of a difficult time. I wouldn't even say difficult. It was got to calibrate your brain. You do got to calibrate your mind and heart at times to go, okay, now we're slowing down. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely.

Starting point is 00:11:52 But I wouldn't have it any other way. A perfect way to do a part two, because it takes the events of what happened in the first one, and this is the residual consequences carrying over into here, but still telling a different story, but carrying on the same story. It's the next chapter of a life. It's a strong-ass film. Man, I can't believe. It was like 40 minutes into, like, I can't believe they just did it again.

Starting point is 00:12:14 Like, they did it again and better. Yeah, it's rare the occasion that I come into one of these without, like, worries that they're going to to clear the bar, but they just effortlessly, you know, swept me off on a journey with this. And yeah, this might be one of the greatest sequels to one of the greatest comic book movies. A hundred thousand percent on Rod and Tomatoes in my mind. Yep, yep, break that meter. Whatever, whoever's going to be like the three to five people who don't recommend it, you don't know what you're talking about.

Starting point is 00:12:37 Armand White, I see you. Guys, did you see this movie? What are you most looking forward to if you haven't seen it? Leave your thoughts down below. What do you hope to see in part three, which they, I don't know if they've revealed the title already, but they reveal the title of the third one at the end of this movie, if you didn't the title already. So yeah, and even the title's like, oh, great title. Exactly. Leave your thoughts down below. Thank you so much for being here. We will talk with you

Starting point is 00:12:59 all soon. Thanks again, guys.

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The Reel Rejects - Just Watched SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE!! Reaction & Movie Review

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