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by HermitoftheNorthernMarch » Tue Dec 18, 2018 1:30 am
I liked the Spider-verse movie, but that may be because I generally like Spider-man related things. In this movie, Miles Morales is the main character and is trying to become Spider-man to follow in Peter Parker's footsteps. An interdimensional portal from other universes is opened and spider-powered people from other universes are thrown through it and wind up in Miles' world.
Basically the main messages of this movie are that you are not alone and that people are different and what works for one person might not work out the same for another.
Ariel is right in saying this isn't a kid's movie, it is violent and there are some sad parts. It's more family friendly than the PG-13 Marvel movies, but it is mostly based off of the Ultimate Comics (the actual comics by Bendis, not the tv show) Marvel used to make that were for teenagers and it has themes that are really going to be more age appropriate for teenagers. Also, there are a lot of inside jokes that are funnier if you are familiar with the comic books.
I'm not sure what to think of the animation. It's like they were trying to make it look 2D sometimes although it is 3D computer animation. It has a certain "wow" factor but is a little distracting at times because it is different from the Disney-Pixar-Dreamworks computer animation style.
Overall, I don't think it's a movie that everyone will like simply because there are already so many different Spider-man movie series and there are only so many times that they can tell the same story.
I also watched Kung-fu Panda 2 yesterday. It is so weird how it can turn from being ridiculously funny to emotional in the blink of an eye. In it, Po (the panda) is trying to find inner peace and find out about his family and where he came from since he is adopted. The movie has what I'm guessing is a Buddhist view of inner peace, but I still enjoyed it.
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. If you really knew Me, you would know My Father as well." - John 14:6-7a