why into the spiderverse flows so well
originally this is just a generic post about me listing why i think ITSV is better than ATSV in many departments despite many ppl claiming otherwise. one of the aspects i want to touch on is how well scenes flow into one another in ITSV so i went about analyzing how each scene does so. there are lots of scenes, so this became a post of its own.
It’s genuinely impressive how every scene, and I mean EVERY scene except one, flows into the next one smoothly
(I divided these scenes pretty arbitrarily, some of them are bigger sequences combining multiple scenes. so take the scene numbering and naming with a grain of salt.)
0. the bonkers spiderverse intro. the continuous build up of tension thru multiverse visuals and tense music is channeled into chris pine’s narration “all right let’s do this one last time”.
1. chris pine’s spiderman origin story. it ends with peter parker saying “there’s only one spiderman, and you are looking at him”. we immediately cut to miles morales drawing, showing that peter parker is about to be proven wrong.
2. miles going to school part one. this sequence actually contains 3 sub-sequences (miles getting ready at home, miles greeting his old school mates, miles slapping stickers everywhere). it ends with miles tripping and forced to ride his dad jefferson’s car.
3. miles going to school part two -- aka the dad talk. the sub-sequences include jefferson trying to bond with miles and the argument about the new school. it ends with miles forced to say ‘i love you dad’ in front of everyone and getting laughed at when he entered the school.
4. the school day scene. building off the tension of not fitting in and getting laughed at, miles is overwhelmed by school work. it ends with miles being late to his physics class.
5. the physics class scene. it goes beyond miles meeting gwen in class. he’s assigned an essay by his physics teacher. it ends with him stressing over the essay and heading out to see uncle aaron.
6. at uncle aaron’s place scene. sub-sequences include miles getting there, and miles and aaron talking about his day at school. it ends with aaron taking miles to a place to ‘throw up’ his art to help him relax.
7. underground graffiti scene. sub-sequences include getting to the graffiti place and miles painting. it ends with miles getting bitten by spider 42. he starts noticing changes in his body the next day.
8. the spiderman ‘puberty’ scene. it contains 2 sub-sequences (miles noticing changes and running into gwen, miles escaping from security), and both parts are comedy gold. it ends with miles accidentally reading ganke’s spiderman comics and questioning if there could be 2 spidermen. he needs answers so he goes looking for them in the place where he’s bitten.
9. finding spider 42 scene. self-explanatory. it ends with miles spider sense tingling and guiding him towards where chris pine’s spiderman and green goblin are fighting.
10. spiderman vs green goblin scene. it ends with miles falling in the collider facility and spiderman saving him.
11. a meet between two spidermen scene. it ends with spiderman swinging into action once again to stop the collider and prowler stopping him.
12. spiderman vs prowler scene. it ends with kingpin activating collider.
13. the collider explosion. it ends with spiderman seriously injured.
14. the death of spiderman scene. 2 sub-sequences (spiderman passing the torch to miles and kingpin killing spiderman). it ends with prowler going after miles.
15. escape from prowler scene. it ends with miles running home.
16. the morales family scene. it ends with spiderman’s death being broadcast.
17. remembering spiderman scene. it lasts for the entire of ‘scared of the dark’ song. it ends with miles thinking the city is counting on him as the new spiderman so he goes to train his power.
18. the training scene. it ends with miles falling and breaking the goober. miles feels he’s failed chris pine’s spiderman and he goes to his grave.
19. the graveyard scene. it ends with miles venom striking peter b parker.
20. peter b parker’s origin story. a little interlude.
21. ‘catch the s train’ chase. my favorite fucking sequence of the movie hands down. everything i want from an action scene. it ends with miles escaping the pdny with an unconscious peter.
22. a meet between two spidermen reprised. it ends with peter agreeing to show miles the ropes, but first...
23. the burger scene. it ends with the two heading out to alchemax.
24. the alchemax heist. it ends with spider-gwen saving the day (not to mention her origin story) and kingpin fuming and having a ...
25. penclick flashback. it ends with him questioning doc ock.
26. doc ock and kingpin argues. we cut to see our hero trio heading back on hudson valley explorer.
27. gwen and miles bonding on the explorer. it ends with them at aunt may’s place
(the transition from 27 to 28 is definitely the weakest one imo since there wasn’t any buildup to it)
28. peter and aunt may reunite. it ends with them entering chris pine’s spiderman’s spidercave.
29. the trio admires the spidercave. it ends with them meeting peni parker, spider-ham and spider-noir.
30. the secondary trio’s origin stories. it ends with the spider people arguing who’s gonna shut down the collider and ...
31. miles trying to prove he has what it takes to turn off the collider. it ends with him feeling powerless and left.
32. miles walking to uncle aaron’s place and his parents worrying about him. it ends with miles leaving a note to aaron.
33. hiding from prowler. and dropping the big reveal.
34. running away from prowler. it ends with miles running back to aunt may’s place to meet up with others. but he was followed.
35. spider folk vs sinister five(?). it ends with uncle aaron’s death.
36. everyone comforts miles. it ends with ganke entering and passing out.
37. peter telling miles he’s not ready. it ends with miles feeling down and jefferson shows up to talk
38. the dad talk reprised. it ends with miles having renewed faith in himself
39. the leap of faith. second best sequence, single best frame of the movie with miles rising into the cityscape.
40. spider folk infiltrating kingpin’s facility. it ends with them getting ambushed and miles turning the tide.
41. spider folk defeat the villains. it ends with them gaining control of the collider.
42. the spider folk bid farewell. it ends with peter taking a leap of faith and miles going toe to toe with kingpin.
43. miles vs kingpin. it ends with miles winning and collider exploding.
44. miles talk to his dad. it ends with miles being acknowledged as spiderman by the people.
45. miles spiderman sequence.
there you have it. almost every ITSV scene has a logical connection with what comes before and after. this is why the movie flows so well and its pacing is so good.
