as an animated film, Into the Spider-Verse presents some of the most unique, gorgeous pop-art ever put on film. As an action comedy, the film balances exciting, endlessly inventive action beats with the silliest bits of comedy imaginable.Īnd most importantly 4.
As a coming-of-age story, the film presents an insightful story of a teenager grappling with mentors while trying to find his path through the world, as well as a thoughtful meditation on the nature of heroism. It presents this complex, ridiculous plot with humour, heart and relatability, making it one of the best superhero films ever made.Ģ. It explores inter-dimensional travel and the intersection of alternate versions of the same superhero, perhaps the pinnacle of geekiness in comic books.
As a comic book superhero film, it presents the most out-there, ‘comic-booky’ plot ever adapted to film. One can approach Into the Spider-Verse from at least four different perspectives and it excels at all four. However, the most jaw-dropping, unique, original comic book film of 2018, the one that will doubtless be considered the most cinematically influential film of the bunch, is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Persichetti, Ramsey & Rothman, 2018). Indeed, comic book films in 2018 were varied, interesting, culturally significant, popular and plentiful. Even the most disappointing and regressive of the year’s comic book films, Venom (Fleischer, 2018), was a financial success.
That was followed by Avengers: Infinity War (Russo Brothers, 2018), which was not as culturally important but was an even bigger global hit and an enormous blockbuster.Īfter that, Marvel films such as Deadpool 2 (Leitch, 2018) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (Reed, 2018), as well as non-Marvel comic book films such as Incredibles 2 (Bird, 2018), Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (Michail & Horvath, 2018) and Aquaman (Wan, 2018), each distinguished themselves by following a unique approach and executing that approach very well. The year began with Black Panther (Coogler, 2018), which so perfectly hit the zeitgeist of America that it instantly became a cultural touchstone. The previous five articles in my film-by-film analysis of the Marvel Films have covered most of 2018, a year which was an undisputed high-water mark for comic book films.
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