Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse more than live up to my expectations. It exceeded it. I knew that this was going to be a great movie just based on the Trailer itself. But man o man, what a joyous and fun movie this turned out to be. Immediately you are hit visually by the stunning animation that pulls from a lot of sources to give you a well-rounded feast for the eyes. If you are a fan of CGI, traditional 2D animation or the source material this comes from: Comic Books, you are going to absolutely LOVE this movie. But this movie is so much more than that. I do have to point out a couple of sequences that take place that I have NEVER seen in any animated film: TIME LAPSES!!! Seriously, this is when I knew the film makers were thinking outside of the box to make this as legit as any traditional live action flick.

As for the story itself. Love it. Really happy to see Miles Morales finally getting his own movie to shine in. You just absolutely love the kid and what he is taking on when becoming Spider-Man for the first time. There is a lot of heart here that will have you choking up at times. But there are plenty of laughs as well. Some funny sh*t that had me belly laughing all through the movie. Out of all the people that lend their voices here, the only one that I absolutely recognize was Jake Johnson who was perfectly cast as the older and sloppier Peter Parker / Spider-Man. I want a sequel just to hear more from him. But yeah, I was shocked to see that Nick Cage was in this. I wasn't really paying attention to the voice, but in hindsight, yeah, it's unmistakable. Love, love, love the Stan Lee cameo. I wasn't really looking for or expecting to see a cameo for him. It was a nice touch. Be sure to stick with the Closing Credits. One of the best....and funniest you will ever see and yes, stay for the post credit scene(s) that will have you howling in delight. OMG, so funny. Highly recommend this as a Buy for sure.