Just saw Across the Spider-Verse! Quick thoughts, before I sleep on it and maybe see it again and come to a final conclusion:
Seeing the way Miguel moved and talked was cool.
The art in the movie was stunning. But...literally, stunning, as in, sometimes I was so absorbed in how cool something looked that I literally got sidetracked from the scene and dialogue. Also, eventually, it was sensory overload. No climax, visually, because EVERYTHING looked like a climax.
The sequence in Gwen's world is the tightest part of the film.
Chase and fight scenes dragged on too long without moving the story. But the cameos were so cool that I was never bored!
Music was not as perfectly-fitting to the story as the first film's soundtrack was.
The voice acting was better in this film than it even was in the first film!
Love Donald Glover's cameo.
The villain was all over the place--not just literally. Spot was funny and his constant yammering was entertaining, but that detracted from me believing that he was a bad enough or even WOUNDED enough guy to really follow through and hurt Miles.
The fact that it was a film that couldn't stand alone sort of hurt, after such a conclusive and right story structure in the first movie. But then again, it is a sequel, and the fact that it's a "To Be Continued..." sort of excuses how odd the climax felt and how mildly pointless the story felt on first experience.
Oh, and Peter Parker? With Mayday? Exactly as annoying as I thought it would be. I'm sure it's a cool cameo to see Mayday Parker, and it makes sense to have her mentioned after having a kid was so important to Peter in the first film. But she, herself, was annoying because she was the only thing Peter Parker was there to talk about. When what I really wanted was to see more of just--him. Spider-Man. Original Spider-Man. Classic Spider-Man. But no, instead I got spineless, soft, conflict-avoiding, comedic, bad friend, bad mentor Spider-Dad with no protective, heroic, self-sacrificial Spider-Dad. That's my biggest complaint. They did Spider-Man dirty.
That is all so far! And not my final answer.
