Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

To paraphrase Mary Poppins, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is a practically perfect film in nearly every way. Its animation being done in different styles in such unique ways is astounding, its story and writing an absolute blast, the performances from Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Oscar Isaac, and Jason Schwartzman are incredible alongside everyone else, the music is phenomenal, the references and tributes to Spider-Man's history is fun, and the over the top frenetic direction is impossible to forget. Lord and Miller have another hit to their astounding filmography, though one aspect that hurts the movie is that many of the animators suffered poor working conditions due to the many demands and the small amount of time for the release date. I do hope that with the revelations of what the animators had to go through that we could get a movie as incredible as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse but without the unnecessary behind the scenes trouble and time crunch that this one went through. Over all: 100%

2023 top list so far:

1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

3. Air

4. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

5. Creed III

6. John Wick: Chapter 4

7. Scream VI

8. M3GAN

9. Cocaine Bear

10. Knock at the Cabin

11. The Super Mario Bros. Movie

12. Renfield

13. Fast X

14. The Little Mermaid 2023

15. Shazam! Fury of the Gods

16. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania