> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.thenaijanerds.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Buy Two Tickets, Because You'll Be Back For More - URL: https://www.thenaijanerds.com/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-buy-two-tickets-because-youll-be-back-for-more/ - Published: 2024-06-26T20:02:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-01T20:03:37.000Z - Description: Every cell is so meticulous, I wanted to pause the movie just so I could take everything in - Author: Jeffrey Peterson - Tags: Movie Reviews Director: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson Run Time: 2 hours 20 mins As I arrived at my screening to meet my friend, I noticed a line of 50 people outside the theater and then a mostly filled theater 4\. The energy for the sequel to the Oscar-winner ***Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse*** was high and the sequel met that energy with 100% force. Every cell is so meticulous, I wanted to pause the movie just so I could take everything in. For a 140 min film, you’ll feel like you’re in an art gallery in the sense that you know there’s not enough time in the day to see everything, so you go ahead and make an internal commitment to come back. ***Across the Spider-Verse*** picks up soon after the previous film as various Spider-People grow into their new skills and struggle to maintain heroism, family, and social life. Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), like most, prioritizes web-slinging, but a new villain named The Spot (Jason Schwartzman) causes Miles to be late to a parent-teacher conference about college that increases the worry of his parents Jefferson (Brian Tyree Henry) and Rio (Luna Lauren Velez). We soon find out that Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) is tracking The Spot too and she's doing it with the help of an elite team led by Miguel O'Hara (Oscar Isaac). The team pledges to maintain the Spider-Verse by any means and Miles is determined to help. It’s beautiful. I’ve tried to find other words for it over the last 24 hours, but nothing works yet. There’s so much depth in the film that you’ll stare in awe and miss plot points, especially when the action slows down. But it’s such a blend of artistry–the voice work, animation, and music–that I’m not quite ready to compare it to anything. In short, it’s really cool and a great example of 100% commitment to the purpose or goal of the film. Each character has nuances to their visual look and these nuances carry over to each universe as well. The commitment in ***Who Framed Roger Rabbit*** may be a good comparison because the cartoon characters look like cartoon characters. They aren’t heavily modulated to fit the human world. ***Across the Spider-Verse*** commits to this same process and goes further. If you look closely, the nuances of each character are emphasized even more so when they’re in their main universe, so when they’re ‘home’ you can see it in their tone, lines, and gradient. The pacing of action versus dialogue and a little bit of exposition is fairly even. I only felt the movie bog down twice, but it never comes to a complete stop, so these moments won’t stick with you too much, if you even notice them. The more I reflect, the more I realize the action scenes are beautiful and memorable, yet aren’t where the film shines the most. We follow the characters to multiple Earths–I appreciated how the Multiverse is definitely a subplot but not the main point of the film–but it's really the conversations between Miles, his family, Gwen, her family, and the actual Spider-Verse that stuck with me the most. Probably because these were the moments where the camera slowed down long enough for you to really take in the beauty of the scene. Voice acting is a highlight of the film, once again, namely because the art direction and script are so solid. I still believe that VO actors should be prioritized for roles, but the cast for this film does a great job with what they’re given. Oscar Isaac as Miguel O’Hara/Spider-Man 2099 feels the most uneven while Daniel Kaluyaa as Spider-Punk and Karan Soni as Spider-Man India bring some fresh takes to the team. Shameik and Hailee are so solid, you'd think they're on screen, making Miles and Gwen feel really fleshed out. Even in a film with hundreds of characters, and a few surprises that you aren't expecting at all, the movie didn't feel overstuffed because some are clearly functional and others are foundational. This may have just been my screening, but the volume of the final mix is a little low, particularly in the opening and some of the dialogue. The movie never blasts you with sound. Instead, sonically, the movie contains an abundance of sounds. The soundtrack, dialogue, and multiple languages, mixed with the action-heavy sound effects do make for a bit of a sensory overload, but nothing feels throwaway. The movie is purposeful so even though I personally felt overloaded, everything worked well together. I'm still curious what the series will do with their political points. The film leans into representation heavily and you can see that throughout. There are multiple times where everyone on screen is Black or brown and authentic, but it seems more interested in attacking the system through its existence and not within the space of the film. It gently taps into what it means to be a woman while underscoring the importance of identity, but it fumbles its approach to authority and policing for the second time in a row. The series has a real opportunity to attack these ideas head on though. Lastly, stay for the end because the art continues into the credits and you really need to see the talent that put this movie together. There's no post-credit, but most of my theater stayed anyway. At the very end of the screening, the opening "please no spoilers" request from the directors played again and multiple audience members said “Alright. Let’s do it again!” We're all ready to go back into the Spider-Verse. March 29, 2024, can’t come soon enough. ***Across the Spider-Verse*** earns a 4.5 out of 5.