A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E70: 'Spiderman: Across The Spiderverse' ***REVIEW*** (Patreon)

^^^ the billboard I saw that had me concerned about Gwen being the main character of the film. Honestly, I was sooo disappointed in this movie. I genuinely feel that Miles got nothing to do in the plot. I also didn’t really feel there was any character growth with Miles at all, as so many of his themes and plot points were basically rehashes from the first movie. His conflict with his parents which was also a problem in the first one. He’s growing up which was also introduced in the first one. He’s lonely/misunderstood which is also a theme from the first one. He’s also dealing with the responsibility of being Spider-Man which I think was handled better in the first one than here. He has no friends or outside interests (he doesn't even tag anymore?) because he is obsessed with Gwen. He is sidelined from the main action repeatedly because of the 'big secret' that no one is allowed to tell him.

Gwen was the main character and driver of the story; the movie really a character study for her that also advances the mythology of the Spider-Verse. Miles did nothing except follow Gwen around and respond to her actions, and his relevance to the movie is the twist at the veryyyyy end! The twist, while excellent and doing great set-up for the next movie, did not save it for me. Not to mention, this movie also suffered from 'middle movie syndrome' which is a weak plot where most of what actually happens is setup. The plot meanders all over the place in order to stretch it out for a third movie and the main antagonist, the Spot, disappears for a good chunk of the film as well, all for us to stretch out into a third one. We also ended in the middle of the conflict with no resolution which is straight up cheating the audience to me.

Two thumbs down, sorry.

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