Coming after 2018’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” which is one of the most inventive animated movies ever made, the new “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” is nothing close to a conventional sequel.
The eye-popping, mind bending follow-up deconstructs and reinvents the superhero genre in act a joyous act of rebellion that could only be done inside this medium.
Live-action comic book fare simply can’t compete with groundbreaking animation at this simultaneously inspiring and disruptive level. For a movie that’s perfectly fine with tearing down and rebuilding what came before, “Across the Spider-Verse” carves out its own path in the world of film with unapologetic, reckless teenage abandon.
So it’s a perfect fit for the Brooklyn born and bred version of Spidey, Miles Morales, on alternate Earth-1610 — a kid who isn’t afraid to break the rules and go his own way. Miles, along with Gwen Stacy’s Spider-Woman, are the heart…
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