You know what we are used to these days? Adaptations. As much as Marvel tells us they are trying to create a world as expansive as the comics on which they are based, it doesn’t change the fact that no matter how good the movies are, they are adapted for an art form that is very different from the original material. All superhero movies do it – Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy turned Batman’s villains into more modern and authentic threats; DC’s cinematic universe has been playing with the consequences of superheros’ actions in the real world; the MCU has taken many plotlines and combined them for maximum effect in the theater. While these movies are usually enjoyable, sometimes they don’t have quite the same magic as a comic book because they’re different media. However, Sony’s animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse not only uses a comic book story, it is inspired by the elements that make comic books fun to read. It’s more than an adaptation – it is a fully immersive comic book experience.
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