The movie is visually spectacular (with the exceptions of a handful of blurry scenes filled with blues and reds, maybe for 3D purposes?). The colours and character designs are gorgeous. The dynamics of the action and the camera work is superb. All of this is "all time great" level.
But... The story is ultra basic, therefore quite boring for about 45 impossibly predictable minutes. The jokes, while clever for a movie for kids, just didn't make me laugh. Not even one time. I'm not sure why. Also, the story lacks all kinds of depths. It's literally no sense, but I don't think is the focus of the movie, because...
What really works is the theme of the film. Everybody can "wear the mask". And they proved it by showing it, not depending on melodramatic and cliched monologues, but with the story itself, that included different versions of totally different people "wearing the masks".
The emotional bits also work well and kind of justify the boring preparation for it, developing Miles Morales origin story and his family and problems really well. Simple, but well done. For last, the villains and its plans are just almost pointless and beyond under developed. There was probably no enough time to give them better and more coherent plans. A good movie, visually superior with a well done and coherent message that actually works in the story (sometimes these superhero movies contradict themselves and they are about the "problem with violence"... by using violence to solve the problem. No here. Spiderman is not white, black, female, old or young. It can be anybody. And they are good).
But... The story is ultra basic, therefore quite boring for about 45 impossibly predictable minutes. The jokes, while clever for a movie for kids, just didn't make me laugh. Not even one time. I'm not sure why. Also, the story lacks all kinds of depths. It's literally no sense, but I don't think is the focus of the movie, because...
What really works is the theme of the film. Everybody can "wear the mask". And they proved it by showing it, not depending on melodramatic and cliched monologues, but with the story itself, that included different versions of totally different people "wearing the masks".
The emotional bits also work well and kind of justify the boring preparation for it, developing Miles Morales origin story and his family and problems really well. Simple, but well done. For last, the villains and its plans are just almost pointless and beyond under developed. There was probably no enough time to give them better and more coherent plans. A good movie, visually superior with a well done and coherent message that actually works in the story (sometimes these superhero movies contradict themselves and they are about the "problem with violence"... by using violence to solve the problem. No here. Spiderman is not white, black, female, old or young. It can be anybody. And they are good).