Animated superhero stories were always the bargain basement it terms of quality. The cheap looking cartoons on Saturday morning had so much potential, but I’m sure were thought of as low-art or commercials for toys. It wasn’t until the
Batman: Animated Series in 1992 that superheroes started getting some super-serious animated love. Sam Raimi’s live-action Spidermans started ten years later and it seemed like the comic books would be “live action” from then on. But then Pixar released
The Incredibles, which was, in my mind, the most beautifully animated superhero saga to date. (Why did it take so long?) When I saw
The Incredibles 2 this year, I was blown away and believed it was, at the time, the best animated thing I’d ever seen, in any genre. It’s absolutely gorgeous.
That is... until I saw
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, which is sublime in a way that’s almost impossible to describe. So, also and including
Mary Poppins Returns, 2018 seems like it was a banner year for animation, because this is…
ground-breaking and
game-changing. It redefines the animated superhero model and obliterates the cartoons. The story is spellbinding, the voice acting is top-notch, and the use of music is unprecedented. Before I saw this, people were saying that this was the best movie of the year. I was skeptical, but the people are right. This is awesome. Steve Ditko and Stan Lee may rest in peace because their legacy is safely wrapped in a web with this: an achievement for the ages. DO
NOT MISS IT IN THEATERS.
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