Not long ago I wrote about how Across the Spider Verse stood out among other comics by defying the fatalistic approach adopted by most comics. Come and see this movie and you'll know exactly what I was complaining about.
I liked it. It had great characters, and great acting (one is the result of the other). I mean - I loved Ezra Miller whenever I saw him/them on screen. Sasha Calle is giving a great debut performance and Michael Keaton finally gets to be a real Batman. If only Tim Burton gave him a real chance to act back in the days. That means the writers of this movie know their job. Only problem is, it seems to me like they spent too much energy on writing the characters and didn't have enough left in their tanks when they reached the plot.
I'll admit, the entire idea of time loops has been milked by sci-fi to the bone. So, going there was doomed from the start if you ask me, even with all the nice Back to the Future jokes. But Back to the Future said - your destiny is yours to determine, while this one goes back to the lazy old fatalistic cliche. And then, they commit an even bigger sin in my personal book by allowing their heroes to reach a literal dead end. I said it before: in the world of comics if a superhero has to die - someone wrote it wrong and chose the easy way out.
This should've been a real great movie, but it fell short when it really counted. For me, that's a pity.
I liked it. It had great characters, and great acting (one is the result of the other). I mean - I loved Ezra Miller whenever I saw him/them on screen. Sasha Calle is giving a great debut performance and Michael Keaton finally gets to be a real Batman. If only Tim Burton gave him a real chance to act back in the days. That means the writers of this movie know their job. Only problem is, it seems to me like they spent too much energy on writing the characters and didn't have enough left in their tanks when they reached the plot.
I'll admit, the entire idea of time loops has been milked by sci-fi to the bone. So, going there was doomed from the start if you ask me, even with all the nice Back to the Future jokes. But Back to the Future said - your destiny is yours to determine, while this one goes back to the lazy old fatalistic cliche. And then, they commit an even bigger sin in my personal book by allowing their heroes to reach a literal dead end. I said it before: in the world of comics if a superhero has to die - someone wrote it wrong and chose the easy way out.
This should've been a real great movie, but it fell short when it really counted. For me, that's a pity.