Across The Spider-Verse Destroys Its Own History 

Ever since I watched this film it has been in my mind constantly replaying scenes, the soundtrack just being on repeat on my pc, just going online looking up the ending credits and just continuously being at awe at how humans made this project. From the opening scenes introducing Gwen, the battle with Vulture, there was just so much going on and I got so emotionally even before we got the title card. How Sony and Marvel let people tell and show their love to Spider-man and more importantly the concept of what it means to be Spider-man. I watched a lot of videos on Across the Spider-Verse and no video has been able to convey my emotions like this video. It feels like you went inside my brain and extracted all of my thoughts on this piece of art. This video truly is an amazing love letter and I'm so happy I got recommended this video. Thank you for this.

The acting in this movie is so good, and makes all of these animated characters not even seem animated. Every single scene Miles had talking to his mom from the mid portion to the very end of the movie felt so real and authentic. Animators and VA's killed it. Even the subtle movements and expressions they made sure were extremely detailed.

I'm generally enjoying how the movie seems to be challenging the idea of "Spiderman needs to be a tragic martyr"; given most of those who make that claim often miss key point. Spideys life has tragic moments, yes. They suffer losses, but bluntly so does everyone. Its not those losses in of themselves that make most Spidey's lives tragic, but rather their traditionally terrible ability to process those losses instead. As you said, they "endure", they "cope" ... they don't "process". And whenever they allow that trauma too much control over their choices, it often is what leads them to such misery & tragedy. Especially with the destruction of their personal lives. With even the first movie showing this in how Peter B allowed his fear of losing kids to prevent him from ever having one; destroying his marriage. While Gwen's "not doing friends", closing herself off for fear of new pain after her Peter passed. With Miles' influence especially on them allowing them to change and improve those lonely martyr fates. Frankly, Miguel seems to be another variant of this. Forget holding the Multiverse together, the guy seems to barely holding himself together. With Fatalism and Responsibility being the crutches he seems to be using to just keep himself "enduring" after SO much loss, grief, guilt & tragedy. With his Spider Society kinda reflecting that mindset. This is a Miguel who was already is such a shit state that he tried to pull a ITSV Kingpin. And now we're dealing with that Miguel post the apparent horrific consequences of that. You don't turn a 15 year old kid into a projection target and scapegoat if you're doing "allright", and this Miguel seems like so close to a breaking point of his endurance its truly sad. Which is why he so desperately needs all his suffering and sacrifice to "mean something"; and "be a requirement for Spiderman". With everyone in that intervention room echoing that. With all of them accrediting just the worst parts of their lives for all the Good they've done.

I'm surprised I haven't seen much people talk about Spider-Byte's relationship with Miles. It's established through quick scene that Spider-Byte is using the Spider Society stuff as an escape from the toxicicity in her household. You can hear her parents arguing in the background, and she even says "here is better". Just from that alone, we know she's there to run away from her problems, similar to Gwen in that regard. But then we have Miles, a Spider-Man that's so desperate to get home and to save his family. That must have cut rather deep for Spider-Byte. And Gwen realizes this too when she tells Miles' parents just how much Miles loves them. Man the subtle yet efficient characterization for the characters in this movie is so freaking amazing I love it

I love how good they treated the spot, he went from this character that just had a "Oh cool a unique villain of the week that actually beat's spiderman once" too "HOLY SHIT HE'S BEATING THE CRAP OUT OF MILES" and then again he becomes at like, his last appearance "Oh dear god miles is gonna suffer in the next series installment"

"he becomes Spider-Man in the face of other Spider-Man" he's almost like, the Ultimate Spiderman or something, oh wait...

I'm surprised to you didn't connect the real life conflict of a portion of the fandom themselves not accepting Miles Morales, long having considered him an unnecessary fraud of a Spider-man trying to usurp Peter's story. "Miles Morales is a mistake", "Miles shouldn't exist", "Miles Morales is a fake Spider-man" etc. These are all phrases levied against Miles since his inception, and they sat and brilliant chose to embed this meta into Miles Morales' origin story, into his growth and development. That anyone can wear the mask. That he belongs. That Miles Morales IS Spider-man, and nobody can take that away from him.

"I'm gonna crease your jays, spiderman" Truely a dangerously personal villain.

One thing I loved was seeing Miles constantly learn and adapt throughout the film. Whenever he'd start to fight a new threat, he'd stumble and make mistakes but towards the end he masters how he has to approach this new situation. He constantly watches the other spidermen and soaks up their techniques like a sponge, so he can combine it all into his own, unique style

It’s actually really refreshing to see a young character who is sure of themselves. Not in spite of their circumstances but BECAUSE of them.

“Nah, ima do my own thing” has me holding back tears every time I hear it

Only movie i have EVER gone BACK to the theater to watch again. It's the most amazing thing I have EVER seen. As an artist, it had SUCH an impact on me with its visuals. I have never seen something so beautiful and i was SHOCKED that this movie was so good. My mom doesn't usually like animation and she didn't even like the first film that much, but this? she loved it. My friends who've seen it have all said it's one of the best movies they've ever seen. good god, i hope everyone who worked on this movie is proud

I had never even thought of the Multiverse aspect where Miles is essentially the broken piece that cause the MCU’s version of an incursion. It really brings to light the possibility that Miguel is wrong here. But also, it brings the multiverse to a point where it’s more palpable than what the MCU has done so far. It takes what Loki’s done and makes it the hero’s personal journey while facing literally everything he’s ever known and loved. You brought perspectives I didn’t quite see before. I can only imagine how tough it was to not go on 17 tangents at once on all your points

This movie is just as important for Gwen it is Miles. Thought out the movie you can see her struggles with opening up to people and it all comes to a head when she pours her heart out to her dad. It is downright breathtaking how well they managed to do this, with how many hints at whats going to end up happening in BTSV they added.

Usually when I watch a good movie, I’ll obsess for a couple of days and then eventually move on. However, almost 2 weeks after seeing it, I’m still in love and cannot let go of this obsession, this feeling of excitement for a sequel is something no other film has ever made me feel before. This movie is beyond exceptional, and is the perfect representation of what a movie can be. This movie gives the perfect example of how to make lovable characters, like Hobie Brown, Spider-Punk, for example. Out of every character in this film, I had this assumption he’d be the least important in the film, and that he’d be this punk “poser” of sorts rather than a really cool dude. But instead, he is probably the most important Spider-Man to Miles’ character growth and to the plot of this entire movie. I mean, he knew Miles for less time than Gwen Stacy and even Peter B. Parker, and he still did SO much more for Miles than either of them combined. He looked out for him throughout the entire film, he tried convincing him against joining the Spider Society to protect him, and he helped him escape the cage they placed him in towards the end of the film. He is the reason a sequel is even possible, since he stole parts from Miguel and then crafted a makeshift watch for Gwen in the assumption that things would go wrong. And don’t even get me started on Indian Spider-Man (I don’t know how to spell his actual name). The trailer made him seem like he’d be this annoyingly arrogant Spider-Man character, but the movie made him an absolutely amazing character with some of the funniest lines in the movie (such as his frustration about people saying Chai Tea). Characters aside, this movie also has beautiful foreshadowing. In one of the Spot’s backstory scenes, we can briefly see the spider of earth-42 preparing to bite Miles G. Morales (Miles of earth-42) before it got sucked up into the portal that resulted in our Miles Morales being bit in the first film. The way this movie connects to the first film in so many brilliantly written ways is just mind blowing. I mean when the first film released who would’ve guessed (or even theorized) that the guy Miles threw a bagel at while escaping from the Alchemex laboratory would turn out to be the multiversal threat known as the Spot four-and-a-half years later. Personally, I thought it was thrown in with the onomatopoeia “bagel” effect as a funny joke when I first watched the first film, not as an incredibly subtle but genius method of foreshadowing, and I’m certain that I’m not the only one who thought this back then. All of these and many other reasons that would take me ages to type out in detail here are what make this film (and could make any film) amazing. This masterpiece of a film has me in a powerful chokehold, and I, for one, don’t want it to let go.

0:00 I will never stop feeling the warmness and cuteness overload of this moment

Although the movie was 2 hours and 20 minutes long, there wasn't a single moment that I got bored. I loved it!

,,Nah imma do my own thing" What a f*cking legend

I don't think I'll ever recover from this movie tbh. I'm going to be comparing every other superhero movie to this one for the rest of my goddamned life.

“I beat them all!!!” Best thing coming out of Marvel right now! 🤣

I always wondered why both his parents survived the first movie unlike his version in the video games. But knowing his existence as Spider-Man is an anomaly started to added up so perfectly

13 minutes in and this video has my jaw dropped as much as it was while watching the movie. This is no rant. You have articulated each sentence and paragraph with such wonder and essence that it actually makes me quiver. As someone who struggles to say what they're thinking the best way they can, you've shown me that's possible 😂. I'm assuming you've written this and aren't just freestyling but congratulations. Never in my almost 16 years of living have I ever heard someone describe something so perfectly. Also, that Andor reference/acknowledgement>😊. Keep this up man. Can't wait to check out your other videos. Sorry for sounding fanboyish 😅

My favorite part of this movie, was after I watched it, I went and listened to the soundtrack and could hear EXACTLY what was going on in that point of the movie. Seriously this movie is a masterpiece.

This video makes me want to cry, this film was so good, and I can’t stop listening to it’s music, watching scenes, and listening to other me people’s thoughts, opinions, and what they’ve caught while watching it, I want to see it again in theaters as many times as i can

both movies looks so amazing that each frame of these can easily be a wallpaper

I watched it opening week and it was AMAZING!!! Better then into the spiderverse in my opinion! Everyone says the ending was bad but I was expecting it and it is a amazing cliffhanger to leave off on

Thank you for making this. Every time I spoke to someone about this movie, they loved it, but they never shared the same enthusiasm/obsession as I did. An unbelievable amount of thought went into every single minuscule detail of this movie, there’s probably a million things that people haven’t even noticed yet. It really was an experience, it had me present and feeling EVERYTHING throughout. I've seen it 3 times and I'm planning to go again. A few of my favourite things about this movie is Spot's development from dorky to absolutely terrifying (I LOVE how scary they made him and I loved how “messy” the animation seemed as he entered the collider), the dripping of the background in Gwens universe during the scenes with her father, everything about the Vulture fight scene, Hobies animation being a testament to his character (and they freakin animated him in 3rds!!!!), Spot and Miguels voice acting!!!! and just Spot and Miguel as is. There's so much more but I'd just be describing the whole movie. Anyway, it was just nice to hear someone talk with passion about this movie. You were 100% right when you said "The more you think about it, the better it gets".

I feel the same way. Captain America Winter Soldier has been my favorite comic movie for years but god damn after watching Across The Spiderverse I have a new favorite! And I have never even been a big Spider-Man fan but the movie is just THAT good

From the thumbnail, to the speech delivery, this is an amazing video essay. You're going places bro

The only bad thing i left the theater with after seeing this movie was a headache. a headache from the visuals that are so real and vibrant and alive, a headache from the soundtrack's suspense and freedom, a headache from how hard and how long it made me sit and think about my place in the vastness of this universe. i got a headache because of this movie's throbbing, mind-bending resonance in my ears and eyes. i got that headache because of how incomprehensibly _beautiful,_ in every way, this movie is. i could not, and likely never will fathom its pure and unfiltered perfection. this movie is a perfect movie. nothing will ever change my mind about that.

I think the movies fixed a lot of problems with Miles, so now he feels like a fully developed character. He's not a copycat. He's inspired, but doing things his own way. Really enjoyed how they improved the character.

Just gonna leave this comment so this video hopefully gets more traction that it deserves. Beautifully made video and such high quality and script. Listening to you speak was very entertaining and felt like you solidified all the ideas I had about the movie already in my head.

The dialogue is so crisp and snappy it’s so refreshing

I left the theatre a couple hours ago after my third viewing, and the movie just keeps getting better each time. You said it all perfectly, good sir.

This is it. This is the video that states my feelings about this movie, this superhero, these characters, EVERYTHING. Thank YOU. Thank you for making this video.

Can I be honest? Completely and fully? I didn’t expect this movie to compete with the first one. Sure, I knew it would be GOOD, but not… I didn’t think it would top it. And then I got there, and I watched it, and I didn’t even consciously realize how long it had gone on before the ending happened. It suspended me in disbelief so thoroughly that I genuinely couldn’t believe it was over. I belly laughed at some of the jokes, teared up in some of the scenes, and walked away with an incredible sense of awe. Absolutely incredible. Cannot WAIT for the next one!

Spiderman the goat

Thanks for another great vid spaceman, ATSV gotta be going down as one of the best animated movies ever made. And you said it best multiple times, this movie just feels so much like Spider-Man if you’ve ever read any of the comics. Gave me the chills

Who else found him/herself crying at the cinema because it was so amazing, wonderful......all I could say is thank you to the creators because this films are rare and to find a film like this is your lifetime is a perfect gift and thanks for this video bro your explanation was perfect 👌every single detail

I feel like people overlook a quote from peter b. 's wife. "There's no playbook for raising someone like her, or being someone like you" I believe that that's the movie telling us that there is no set path for spiderpeople

This is hands down the best video essay I’ve watched on Across the Spider-Verse so far. Subbed!

I finally got around to watch it and I rewatched it 3 times in like a week, I just cannot get the scenes and music out of my head, almost feels like an obsession. I want to get into art and I'm at the beginning still but seeing the scenes in this movie was just jaw dropping, you could've paused this movie so many times just to get another insane shot that you would probably get 100k likes on twitter for if you were able to draw something like that. I can't pinpoint it completely, but one of the scenes I keep thinking about is the rainy New York towards the end and how amazing that red and poison like green coming from the city looked, I could probably talk about this movie all day long and would not get bored

These movies spoil so many other movies due to how incredible they are. A new renaissance of big budget animation started with the first, I wonder how it changes not only animation, but every form of art ever. Wonderful video, I'm glad others are gushing about this video for the past 2 weeks like me

This is the greatest movie of all time hands down. This video essay was summed up to a tea. I find it hard for me to exactly get my thoughts out when thinking about stuff like this. But you really just explained it all for me in just 24 minutes. So commendable

Yes. You've articulated this so well. When the lights came up in the theatre I was just so shook as one is after seeing of of the best films they've every seen. My kids and husband liked it, but like "it was good" liked it, so I thought maybe I was being a bit too extra. This is the perfect film, and as you mentioned, it enhances the previous one, which I immediately watched when I got home. I enjoy the rest of the MCU (and DC) for what they are, but these movies are on an entirely different level.

I was so afraid that this movie could not stand up to the brilliance that the first movie displayed. By all accounts the process to create this movie was messy and chaotic and ended in a frantic sprint to it's release date. So far I've only seen it once on it's release weekend. 20 minutes into the movie, I turned to my wife and whispered that this movie was a masterpiece. And that was only my impression of it's way of using artistry in the background. It was challenging to keep up with the details in the best possible way. It's beats and pacing and flow pulled you in and kept the audience involved, even when it was moving so fast everyone should get lost. I only look forward to a second, third, fifth viewing to absorb more of the details and callbacks and easter eggs. The term cinema has been debated and abused lately, but this is Cinema. This is pushing the art of not only animation, but movies in general. My only hope at this point is that the third movie can stick the landing like Gwen Stacy in ballet shoes.

Wow, this guy sure knows a lot of words.

Bro I kept trying to re-like this video, wholeheartedly agree this movie is unreal like damn if you’re ever feeling down just remember you got to be alive during a time when you got to witness this masterpiece

I’m coming back to this once I’ve watched it but it looks fire

I’m wondering if they have enough time to complete this trilogy by March next year. I heard that they completed the film just a couple or so weeks ahead of premiere. If they need to push it to later next year, I won’t complain. I just want them to be able to tell the story they want to tell and how they want to tell it. For me Suzume and Across the Spider-Verse would be solid entries for animated feature at next year’s Academy Awards, maybe more for Across 🤞.

Into the Spider-verse will always be the best Spider-man story, but the sequel is a close second

These movies made me want to pursue animation again, when I was young I gave up on it and switched to graphic design but man, it'd be amazing to be a part of that yknow?

8:07 "...with how it weaves back and forth..." weaves.

the music in the beginning, man just speedran the analysis

U said and put this so well together. U literally grabbed the thoughts out of my head and formed it into words. I’ve actually teared up watching the movie multiple times (5 times in theaters) and I will continue watching this as long as it’s in theaters.

What a lovely analysis. You put into words what I’ve been thinking about the past couple weeks, and you talk about it with such a passion. Great job 👍🏼

Miguels intro in this film is unparalleled epicness

These movies rule-but so does this video. Thank YOU, Spaceman!

The ONLY downside to this movie is that anyone with epilepsy would probably not be safe to watch it because of how much motion and flashing lights the animation has.

Although I don't share the same enthusiasm that you do, I got to say the way you speak about it is infectious. Will have to watch it a second time

So, I started interning at an Animation Studio recently (super excited). And out of all the people I've met, directors, writers, TD's, animators, media engineers. It doesn't matter if there was something about the Spider-Verse they didn't like or if they were sold-out fans, the consensus was clear; Spider-Verse changed CG animation in the same vein that Toy Story did. While I don't think animated movies as a whole are going to start looking more like Spider-Verse, I do think Sony Animations attitude of big swings and creative leaps of faith at new ideas has absolutely perforated across the entire industry, and there's never been a more promising time to be in animation since John Lasseter and Brad Bird paved the way with Pixar in the 2000's.

It’s amazing how 2023 constantly makes me wonder how we have made things like spider verse and tears of the kingdom

Unrelated topic but I just realized that both of Spider-Verse’s final fights took place on top of a train. In the first movie the train was chaotically flying all over the place, in the second the futuristic train flies up to it’s destination. Maybe in the third movie Miles and The Spot (or someone else) will fight on top of a train that will stop and go constantly like order vs chaos?

you wanna know something? in the last 2 decades there have been 10 spiderman movies. thats a movie featuring the same character over and over again roughly every 2 years. if it was any other character or if these movies were any worse then we would be begging them to stop but here we begging for MORE because these movies are just THAT good. thats crazy

I just got a 3D Blu-Ray of Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse. I actually had to order it from Asia, it's an Italian 3D Blu-Ray, if any movie was meant to be seen in 3D it is this one! I can't imagine seeing it any other way, it's breathtaking and probably the most impressive and gorgeous 3D movie I've ever seen! This movie was literally designed for 3D 100% and I know it wasn't even in the theatres here in the US in 3D as far as I know! It was worth all the work and time it took to find this 3D Blu-Ray. Love your channel.

i think this is one of the best animated movie of all time, no contest. its incredible

Made a comment on your most recent video that I was going to watch more of your stuff... and MAN. I've never been so moved by a youtube video before. This was beautiful. I honest to god shed a couple of tears due to how emotionally provoking your scriptwriting is. It is hands down the best movie I've ever seen and this was hands down the best video ive seen on it. Thank you again Spaceman.

Bro stacking donuts on it

I can’t stop thinking about this movie either and you’re right. The more you think about it, the better it gets. And watching an amazing review definitely gets me more excited to see it again.

It's so refreshing to finally see a film that i can just gush about, john wick 4 came close but really this just had me going. I love how much of an impact these movies are having, the other day i saw a kid dressed in a miles morales spider man costume and i was just so like yesss finally, people love this spiderman

There are so many reasons I had to subscribe! Perfectly executed explanation of how good this movie was, the attention to detail and the actual passion put behind every word when recounting parts of this movie, The fact that you're a member of the Rob corps, everything!

Speed Racer walked so this movie could run

i literally felt like falling in love with the movie all over again hearing you talking about it, this movie is just so perfect, it's a way of showing creativity in it's purest form it's fucking amazing, literally, the ost is smart, the writting is smart, the movie and visuals and designs and characters are incridible, this is literally the best thing i've ever watched in my entire life not joking, and i hope it can get even better with the next movie that there's to come, i hope i can see amazing visuals on screen again

Yo basically put damn near all my thoughts of this movie into words beautiful video 🔥👍🏾

If beyond the spider verse is as good as into and across the spider verse it’s the best trilogy in the history of cinema, without question

Going 24 minutes without mentioning Hobie is quite an achievement.

An ultimate story for an Ultimate Spiderman...bravo. Saw this movie with my family and we loved it. Spidey has always been my favorite superhero. The nerdy guy that quips, fights, loses, and gets back up...like you, I love this vision...and to think...this is STILL his origin story... This is already the best spider ANYTHING I've ever experienced as well and we have not yet added a Venom, a true conflict with any of his main villains...a love triangle with....i dunno (a black cat version of Mary Jane!?!?! Imagine).....It really is nuts how they got this so right...but when people truly love something it shows.

I wish i could forget this movie, only so i can experience it for a first time again and again

You explained my thoughts perfectly. I've seen it 3 times in theaters now, definitely going to see it for a fourth time. I love everything that is and went into this film, it's impact is that on a level comparable to that of Toy Story and how it changed animation and maybe it's even beyond that. It's simply stunning and is one of the greatest pieces of art I've consumed and challenges/raises the floor of storytelling in theaters. Miles is fighting on all fronts to prove that he is spider man and I love how you said it he's fighting himself, the other spider-people, his own parents, and his very existence. Everyone keeps telling him no but he refuses to put down the mask. THAT IS SPIDER-MAN. Thank you to everyone that made this work of art, I cannot wait for the finale to this trilogy.

Bro, you deserve 200k subs. 👌🏾🔥

If it doesn’t get best picture next year I’ll be surprised.

As Uncle Aaron said in the first movie: Miles is the best of us

i absolutely love your enthusiasm for this movie, none of my friends have been as hype as i have for this movie and it makes me sad. to see the love this movie is getting from the internet, feels so good and rewarding. i dont wanna be one of those people but im gonna be one of those people. i was there when i saw the very first trailer for into the spiderverse back in 2017 or maybe earlier, and i was so hyped for the movie JUST by the trailer, and now that it has a sequel that i think could be even better than the first, just makes this so much better i really love this movie and for me, it is literally a 50/10 but, the first movie, into the spiderverse, has a special place in my heart, i saw it with my dad and we've now made it our thing to go and see the new spiderverse movies when they come out. so it feels very special and to watch miles grow, not only in age, but also as a character, feels like an honor. (P.S u got a new subscriber mate, love ur love for this movie, keep it up)

Dude I was having a heart attack watching this on cinemas I thought I was the only one who thought this movie undoes it's previous movie.

For me Spot is actually the best villain like... ever? He got those powers and as I heard he tried to be a hero but he failed, so he tried being a villain, Miles nemesis. Just think about how good of a hero he would've been and I believe Miles knows that, just as he accepted himself and decides to do his own thing, Spot could have been so much more if he just didn't gave up, all because what other people said and who knows, maybe that's gonna be the climax of the second part

When you come to the comments and see all the RL peeps watching with you

I've never watched a movie as much as I did for Across The Spider-Verse. Usually when I watch movies I get really bored mid-way through watching it and begin to get concerned about when the movie will end. But for Across The Spider-Verse I enjoyed every minute of that movie and when it ended I was so baffled because it felt so fast. Until I realized the movie was 2 hours long. Amazing movie 10/10 it literally does as good or even better then Into The Spider-Verse.

The movie is so meta: Miguel is a gate keeper of who spider man is supposed to be. And Miles comes in and says "no"

Finally done with work and I can fully watch this 🙌🙌

I gotta say. You are right about almost everything. However! Spiderman 2- I've watched it 3 times. It is is just okay imo. So I think spiderverse 1 and 2 are just heavily better like by many many levels

honestly this is the best spider-verse video i've seen (and i've seen a. lot.)

i love your editing for this video, man!!! the way you used background music was perfect. made your voice stand out and silenced my surroundings with ambience.

Nice video! You seriously have a lot of potential my friend! I KNOW that your RU-vid channel will grow! 😃

the definition of “ur deeping it too much” or “it’s not that deep”

What miles represents at least to me with these films is still that anyone can wear the mask and with across the spiderverse it’s showing that even if you wear that mask your story is yours to control.

I just saw it 4 hours ago. I would not say its necessarily an adult movie. Its an anybody movie. There were 2 kids in our theater under 8. They teamed up, and acted like Spiderman the whole film. Its was hilarious!!!!! I'm in my late 50s. I loved the whole experience.

The summoning salt music

Now I’m sad dude, if only Stan Lee could witness this. Also my mother went to see it and hated it for some odd reason. But truly a masterpiece.

Mark my words: Beyond The Spiderverse will be fucking great putting the Spiderverse trilogy among the best trilogies of all time! I'm so worried for Gwen tho

Ever since I saw into the spider verse I was excited to see the next part of it. Even though I haven't watched across the spider verse yet I can still say that this is a movie I will never forget.