‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ is the best Spider-Man movie to date. Period.

    In 2016, “Captain America: Civil War” was a big deal in many ways, but one of the biggest reasons was it finally brought Spider-Man, played exceptionally well by Tom Holland, back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
    For those who don’t know, Sony Pictures owns the rights to the character of Spider-Man (similarly to how Fox owns the X-Men). Anyone my age will probably remember Tobey Maguire’s three-film-run as the web-slinger, followed (far too quickly) by Andrew Garfield in “The Amazing Spider-Man” films.
    “Why did they reboot the series so quickly?” many asked. Well, because Marvel had begun crawling out of near-bankruptcy and was starting to make buckets of money from their movies, and Sony was on the verge of losing the rights to the character. But after two mediocre Garfield films (I’m an extra in the second one. See if you can find me!), many thought the Spidey films were benched indefinitely.
    But then came “Civil War.” And immediately after “Civil War” was “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” Spider-Man was back in the MCU, baby! Nerds rejoice!
    He was also integral to “Avengers: Infinity War” and left audiences on the edge of their seats by the end of the film (no spoilers).
    But then a new trailer dropped. For another Spider-Man movie. From Sony! Wait a second; what is going on here? Well, let me tell you...
    “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” is a (newly) Golden Globe-winning animated film starring Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), a bright kid from Brooklyn attending a prep school where he feels out of place, has a complicated relationship with his father and who would rather be out creating incredible graffiti art with his uncle Aaron (voiced by Golden Globe and Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali).
    When he’s bitten by (you guessed it) a radioactive spider, he swats it and heads home, NBD. The next day, he’s begun to develop spider-like abilities, all of which he tries to pass off as “puberty.”

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