"Depth of field is a printing error in this film." I don't think the significance of that statement can be overlooked. As a pressman, the effect you are describing is the LAST thing you want, but in comics and newspapers you would find it a lot because of the speed and amount of prints being made. In short, no one really cared too much. It does feel nostalgic and once I realized what they were doing, it really was a profound moment since I have personally been involved in the printing industry for 20 plus years. Thanks for sharing it with everyone as the technological achievement it really is.

I also love how the Spider-People are animated at different frame-rates depending on which universe they're from.

Mikey: “There’s an incalculable amount of math happening” Me: “Wait that’s illegal”

Alright let's talk about this film one last time...

Stan Lee assures him "It always fits, eventually!" And then it does. The role fits because it needed to. When the chips are down and it really matters - you've got this.

I wish you could go on a 54 minutes dissection of this movie because it deserved it. But your health come first Mikey. Thank you.

YES TO ALL OF THIS

One of the few times I ever saw my dad express genuine emotion was when he recounted what it felt like when Gwen was killed off. He was 14 when it happened, and he said it messed him up so bad he didn't pick up comics again until the 80s.

I mean this nicely, but I fear 75% of why I watch these is for that intro.

Mikey… SPIDER-VERSE?! The most joyous youtuber on the most joyous nerd film of all time? I never pre-comment. I'm pre-commenting now. I. AM. STOKED!!!!!! After: Yeah, immediate rewatch...

I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who found the "falling upwards into the city" shot to be the greatest visual in movie history. GodDAMN, that still gives me shivers.

Kind of wild how you made “The Batman Question” back in 2017 and then one year later TO THE DAY this movie-carrying a very similar metatextual theme-had its first showing. The universe is cool sometimes.

The most beautiful editing of any you tuber mixed in with the most beautiful film ive ever seen Oh, and a metric shit tonne of emotional complexity and depth Honestly you make some of the best content on the entirety of this site Please keep it up, we love all of it

Fourteen minutes already?! Feels like I just started watching, and then - the end. What?

Yep, we're totally good with like 90min Filmjoy. Mmm... 😎 The singularity of awesome.

This is full-power Mikey. Gave me shivers again. You might be the best source for the celebration of film, character design, storytelling and it is all served with a healthy spoon-full of context and cultural relevance. Bravo. I truly hope you know how profound everything you have made is. Not just youtube. Everything.

These type of essays just keep getting better Mikey, keep up the good work, and more of this please.

Addendum: Characters are animated on different levels -- there are moments where Peter B. and the other Spiders are animated on *ones* to show how fluid and professional they are in swinging, while in *the same frame* Miles is animated on twos to give a choppier sense of movement because he is new to all of it (he eventually gets the animated on ones as he literally jumps into being Spider-Man).

I need MORE videos about Spider-Verse, no sarcasm at all.

2:53 it's as if Every Frame, is A Painting. God, I wish Tony Zhou would come back to movie reviews.

This is legit one of my favourite movies ever and will watch almost anything I can find talking about how amazing it is.

Watching this brought me to happy tears. I love reading and watching about this movie. Everytime I hear "What's up Danger" I see that scene perfectly in my mind without fail

Talks about Offset Printing at 4:18, Plays Offset's Clout. Brilliant. Masterwork.

I've been looking forward to this for a long time.

Mikey. Please give us more. I need a part 2. Like a 90 minute part 2. Plz. This, as usual, was incredible and worded beautifully. Keep doing what your doing. ❤️

The more I think about Spider-Verse the more I think it’s maybe me favorite animated film ever. It’s just so flawless and joyous and good.

oh yeah new movies with mikey!! 14:28 I've come to really hate that sound just before the credits. I could listen to mikey talk about this stuff for hours

Enough about how spider man is a visual masterpiece, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT YOUR EDITS!!! I am completely blown away every episode that you make, my brain goes into a quick panic when I remember that these videos were literally edited by you....because my brain is no big brain...you are BIG BRAIN!!! I love you and I love that you love your fans. I love the quote, "if it aint broke, break it" I love that when the intro comes on I feel like something magical is about to happen. I can tell that you relate to spider man so much as a visual creator making his own rules and finding new ways to show what he's made of. Thanks for giving me so much joy at 1 am :)))))

Me: I'm not even really sure I can get out of bed today. What's the point? KZfaq: MOVIES WITH MIKEY INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE BOIIII Me: Holy shit

I'm planning on writing an essay on spiderverse for my finals and I was looking for good videos on the tech behind it and then you come out of nowhere with a video on it! You the man Mikey!!

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is, without a hint of hyperbole, in my opinion, the greatest superhero film ever made (and it is not close), and the most important technical achievement in mainstream animation since (at least!) the first Toy Story. It's also a movie about a boy discovering who he is and learning to love himself and navigate a complex world while trying to find his place in it and make it better. It made me cry 4 times on the first viewing alone. It's astonishing, and I love it so very much. Thank you for doing justice to all of those things Mikey, another stellar episode

I *LOVE* the way origin stories are handled. The introduction of our side characters with their comic books is amazing, but I can’t even talk about that because of Miles. The first of Miles’ comic books is “the two Spider-Men” or something like that, and it drops when Miles *thinks* this is his origin story, he thinks he’s supposed to be ready, and he’s freaked out because he’s not. But as we’re shown by the other 5 Spider-People, the origin story is the Uncle Ben moment and the leap of faith. *AND SO* when Miles finally gets to his leap of faith, and swings off to the final battle, his *true* comic book finally drops, because *now he has had his origin story and he IS SPIDER-MAN*

This is probably the most unanimously loved superhero film ever. Like I have heard people hate on The Dark Knight and the MCU but I have never heard anyone say that this movie is anything short of spectacular.

"What's Up Danger?" Is the MOST Spider-Man song in reality. It's just..it's perfect.

"I could make videos about this for the rest of the year and still not..." Don't tempt us, that sounds awesome. Sounds like this peice of animation has a lot to teach us

I'm 100% with you on the scene of Miles ascending while falling towards NYC. Truly a Breathtaking shot. Interestingly, my second favorite? The scene in Aquaman when they jump in the ocean with the flare and all the creatures are closing in on them. I got similar chills.

That movie was great, and one point of why Miles matter, at least for me, he is mixed, he is a mixed black hispanic spiderman! i got someone like me who is part of two culture and world on screen. GOD I LOVE THIS MOVIE

The things I've gathered about the movie from watching a ton of these videos, the things that stuck with me. The film is animated in two's, however not every character animates in the same amount of frames, sometimes even the same character changes the framerate. The more frames you have to an animation the more fluid the movement looks, so the animators took this into consideration when designing the movie. Confidence is displayed by the framerate/fluidity of a character and it's also used for comedic effects in certain scenes. The best example is when Miles and Peter B Parker are swinging in the woods. Since this is Miles's first time swinging he flails around at first trying to get the hang of it. Here Miles is animated in less frames than Peter as Peter has done this multiple times and is already a pro, but through the scene as Miles becomes more confident his framerate catches up to Peter's. The goal of the creators was to make sure that every single frame in the movie could be a comic book panel, and this holds up for the most part. However they did not mind sacrificing a couple of frames in order to invent more with the animation. The most noticeable thing that everyone knows about is how lighting works with the Ben Ray Dots and also how Onomatepoetikons (words that describe sound) like TWHIP and SKKRT popping up everywhere possible. Like when Peter throws a bagel at a scientist the word Bagel pops up as a sound. In addition to this though the animation is also based on traditional. Despite being a 3D animated movie, they went out of their way to make it feel 2D by intentionally copy animation shortcuts taken from older animation. Like if someone is waving their hand instead of just animating a hand from side to side they took the liberty to have multiple hands at once in different positions being stretched out with blurred lines covering it up. That's a long sentence, but doing it like that exaggerates the movement, but is hardly noticeable when just watching the film. It's hard to explain, but slow down a scene where there is sudden and rapid movement and see for yourself. A big challenge came with the other Spider Verse characters as they all have their own animation style. They had to make sure that the renders for these characters looked unique and distinguished with its animation, but not seem like it belonged in a different movie. In order to have animation styles to experiment with, they invented the character Peni Parker so they would have an excuse to use anime kind of animation. So contrary to popular belief, no Peni Parker was not an already established character in the comics before this movie, and she is the only one of the Spider cast to be completely new. She does have her own comic explaining her backstory that I think released before the movie did, but it was done more to promote the movie and Peni wasn't even a thought until the development of this movie begun. The ascension scene is what a lot of people consider their favorite scene of the movie as it so hype and shows the audience a character we've been rooting for finally become his potential. This scene alone could be talked about forever. As mentioned in this video, they took one of the morals of the movie "Take a leap of faith" with the second one being "Anyone can be a hero" and turned it into a literal leap of faith. This leap was also framed in a way to show Miles falling upwards, or ascending. The soundtrack for this movie has a ton of easter eggs in them and also had a ton of artist collaborate to make a fantastic album to represent Miles. If you go on Spotify to listen to it, then most of the songs have lyrics that direclty points towards Miles or refference Spider Man, meaning that all of the songs were specifically created for this film. My favorite song being "Start a riot" as it is about Spider Man or someone with the power of Spider Man gaining confidence. However, in the movie this song was just used once and not even to it's full potential. You can hear a muffled small part of it as it is the music that Ned listens to in the room before he discovers the Spider people. Back to "What's up danger" and the ascension scene, the song itself is not as heroic or orchestral. Instead, the movie uses a spiffed up version of the song. The Soundtrack you won't find on Spotify is all of the background music or themes that were created by the composer Daniel Pemberton. The story of the movie has a grounded reality which is Miles's universe and fantastical elements, which is the multiverse. So the rap and hip pop that the other famous artists created are only used in scenes focusing on Miles in his own element or his own grounded world. Whenever the Spider People show up then the music will switch to the musical score. In the ascension scene, Miles, a grounded character, master the fantastical elements so the hip pop song is then mixed with the fantastical score to represent Miles's control. The distorted trumpets you hear when the Prowler is on screen is actually real elephants blowing air out their trunk. This sound stands out and is used only when the Prowler is on screen. Except for this scene where it is integrated into the song to represent the influence Miles's uncle had on him. This sound can also be found in the actual radio version of the song that you find on Spotify, but it doesn't hold the same weight as it does in the movie. In additon to that the movie has it's own little heroic cue that it play's every time a hero does something, well heroic. This melody plays when Peter saves Miles, when Miles correctly swing with the webshooters for the first time and in other heroic moments. Of course this melody would make it into the ascension scene as it blends in with the song. Here it goes from the simple one instrumental melody to a full out orchestral one showing the gravitas of this moment. I seriously could go on, but these are in my opinion the best examples of the length and effort not only the directors and writers went through, but absolutely everyone involved with the film. It's not my favorite movie, but it is the one I like to talk about the most.

When making Interstellar, they just wanted to try this "realistic" rendering. Nolan always said, if the audience won't get it, they would make it "less real" aka. more cliched. Then they got the first renders and immediately knew that it would work. The lensing, the warping of the accretion disc, it all made sense, even if you didnt understand the physics behind it.

I so very greatly appreciate how Mikey uses music in this one. Offset - Clout for Offset Printing and Fat Joe - All The Way Up for Ascension were brilliant.

I pinch myself a little every time I watch Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse. It literally makes me thankful to be alive (among other things of course). You barely even touched on the music and character themes in this video, but they are just so good. I have two daughters (6 and 8) who also love this movie and they talk to me about how the What's Up Danger scene gives them chills and they don't even understand what they are or why it is happening. If I was a major creative force behind this movie I might never be able to work again. I don't know how it would be possible to ever follow this up.

This got published 3 days ago,.Today, all in one day I had a midterm, a paper due, and a presentation now that I'm finally finished I can finally enjoy Mikey talking about my favorite superhero movie. Life is good

While during one session with my therapist, just after getting hired at my new job, when talking about how I didn't think I was ready to do a job in my field (I am an Applied Behavioral Analysist Tech for an in home therapy company that works with children with autism) she asked me why. I told her that I was afraid to mess up, or that I wouldn't be good enough and she said because I feel that way is exactly why I am ready. When she said that it instantly made me think of the leap of faith scene and I even described it in the context of my fears. Even though Miles took the leap, the animators made sure to show us that the glass broke. He was still scared when he took that jump, otherwise it wouldn't have broken, but he still took the leap anyways. Same with how I felt, and anybody else afraid to do something because they think they aren't going to be good enough or they will mess up. It's a leap of faith, just take it. P.S. Thank you Mikey for making these videos, they are always amazing and you have even convinced me to watch a movie that I wouldn't have watched otherwise, not this one but others. I hope you stay healthy

Can we please get like, a part two of this please?

one of my favorite reviews for one of my favorite movies 🔥🔥🔥

Great vid. But come on, Great Power/Great Responsibility when the film itself gave you the gold nugget of Great Ability/Great Accountability???

I wonder if a YT video has ever impacted me as hardly as this one. Mikey, your videos connect with me nearly as much as the movies you talk about do. You’re one of the people that make me want to be a better person. Thank you Mikey

The leap of faith scene is so visually stunning I nearly cried

The offset printing technique is generally referred to by artists as 'chromatic aberration'.

i wish i could just wipe my memory so i could rewatch this movie over and over and create an infinite source of dopamine

“ If it ain’t broke... *BREAK IT* “ -Mikey

I absolutely love how Mikey’s passion shines through so strongly on this one. A joy to watch.

This movie continues to amaze me the more I learn about it. Seeing it in theaters felt like being a part of history.

Movies with Mikey is easily the most consistently best content I get in my youtube feed. It makes me want to go watch the movie again. EVERY. DAMN. TIME.

On point on everything about why this movie mattered. This is quintessentially the most spiderman film to ever exist; not because it contained so many spider-people (and animals), but because it holds the themes of spiderman (responsibility, rising to the challenge, believing in yourself, getting back up again, family, fixing your past mistakes, and many more) in such high regard that it represents at least two or three in every scene. These themes are why people gravitate to Spider-Man so much. And then add in how modern the story is through Miles Morales's eyes; how a mixed-race coming-of-age with so much responsibility thrust upon him has to balance doing what is right, what he wants, and what others want for him. That's beautiful. It's like putting lens upon lens on top of each other until you well and truly see the real picture. Say what you may about Bendis or Arad, but they understand Spider-Man to the fullest. I'm glad they could make this film.

Hell yes!! I have been waiting for an essay from you on this film!! Thank you so much for doing this!

So there was that one scene where Miles whispering to him "they're counting on me", and there was that guy (simply) replying "probably not you specifically" and that made me think there was more to than people realize...

Thanks. Crying at work now. Another amazing video.

Spider-Man into the Spider-verse is truly a technical Marvel. Especially when it came out in a time were so many animated studios were going for a photo realistic look over a more stylized look. You can feel the effect and inspiration Spider-verse has on projects now.

Into the Spider Verse is this generation’s Akira; film animation will never be the same again. Thank you for stressing the true art behind this film; it was truly breathtaking at times without distracting from story, brilliance.

This film is visionary. It blew away all my misgivings about superhero movies. I've watched it so many times, and it just keeps surprising me. There is so much to absorb. I love that you delved into the ones and twos issue, because I've never seen it used with such purpose. One point about the color misalignment etc., is there's also a prismatic photo technique happening that is more rgb than cmyk. Just an immensely enjoyable analysis here, beautiful graphics that serve the purpose of the subject. Thanks.

I love this movie so much that I’ve been watching it over and over since I saw it in theaters. I don’t go a month without watching it. It has t gotten old yet. It’s beautiful.

Mikey, I truly, genuinely, with as much compassion I can muster through text, LOVE you and your videos. You have so much amazing insight and your train of thought creates its own rails whenever you talk about movies. It’s always something new, something fresh, something that I’ve never heard. Thank you for being you

This movie gave me so much joy for so many reasons, it had everything I'd want in a film and more.

Damn dude! That was straight up frick'n amazing Mikey! You do justice where normally it does not prevail, and for that, we all thank you!

Underrated KZfaq Channel correctly breathes the myriad levels of this Underrated Film and nails all the tacks on the scoreboard.

My eyes started to water, because it was information overload. There were so many elements fighting for my attention, but in a good way. It is a very impressive accomplishment that was actually given wide release, as opposed to ‘Waking Life’, Richard Linklater’s first animated feature. When I saw his next animated feature ‘A Scanner Darkly’, I fell in love with the animation of the scanner suit. This is like that x9000.

As always loved your points of view and the way you deliver the message, editing and explanations. Thank you!

I keep coming back to this flick, and come away each time with a deeper appreciation for the love and unmitigated skill & craftsmanship on display. It's unbelievable to me, but this movie feels like the freshest thing I've seen on screen in a long time!

I am so so glad I found filmjoy's channel in time for this video. OMG loved the talk about animation and style and just the overall details of everything :)

"Anyone can put on the Mask." I'll try to remember that the next time I feel I can't do something.

Hey brother! Loving the vids as always. Keep it up!

I remember seeing people an tumblr saying the animation looked bad when the trailers first came out and I cant help but laugh when I think about that.

Already loving it. It's a good day when there's a new Movies With Mikey video!

This video is incredible, and I loved every second of it twice already. More to come, for sure. Thank you so much for this!! This is one of my favourite movies and I will just chew through anything to get to more info and cool facts and neat takeaways about it.

More of these! Your MwM Deep dives are legit the best things on youtube.

Personally, I think that the most important part of the leap of faith was that Miles DIDN'T believe in himself when he did it. He had to tear the glass off of the building because he wasn't ready to let go, but he did it anyway. He became Spider-Man because he was able to do the right thing, to take a leap of faith, when it counted- even when he was scared.

HIGH QUALITY CONTENT, you are always a joy to watch, man. Keep going, you rock

My tiny human is obsessed with this movie so I have had the good fortune to watch it at least 600 times now. And it's a marvel (ha) every rewatch.

I've been waiting so long for this... Just genuinely thank you!

The most rewatchable channel on KZfaq. Every single video hits it out of the park. Plus, the best intro in modern media, is there anything you can’t do?

I was so excited to see this in my subscription feed. These videos are some of my favorite and this movie is easily in my top 3 movies! 💜

I love your passion for the stuff you make videos. I've been meaning to rewatch this movie and you put me over the edge.

I teared up with joy watching a video about a movie that made me bawl tears of joy in the theater. Damn you Mikey for having your finger on the pulse of my feels. Damn you.

This is the Mikey video I've been waiting for the past six months.

I'll never get tired of singing the praises of this film, I'm so glad it exists.

Been waiting for this one! Thank you so much!

They not only took that football through the endzone and out to the parking lot, they ran a couple blocks down the street, entered the next stadium over, and ran all the way around the bases like they'd just hit a home run. (This is quite possible in Seattle, where the stadium for the Seahawks (American football) is literally separated from the home of the Mariners (baseball) by a single longish block occupied by an event center/convention hall thingy.)

I'm so glad that you've been able to expound on the technical achievements of this film. I've never really been able to adequately explain it, as I'm not fully knowledgeable about the mechanics of CG animation, and what I do know ends up super jargon-y.

You're amazing, and this video was bang on. (And I am watching the credits, it's great writing time.) These are trying times and you're helping me a lot. I hope you're safe and well

Oooooh man I've been waiting for this one!

What I love is that this is a film for everyone. Miles and Gwen are necessary now. But for older Spidey fans like me, this film also gave us the perfect take on Peter Parker. Nothing, not the comics (at least not since the late 2000s), not the cartoons since spec, not the MCU, not Sony’s live action attempts, have understood who Peter Parker is as well as this film.

Perfectly entertaining, mind-moving, and professionalism, as always at Mike's!

Whenever one of your vids dives in deep without the intro I fear that you forgot to add it.... But then the screen goes black the funky music starts and the diamonds rain down, GLORY BE TO OLYMPUS.

i have consumed so much content about this movie and this might be one of the best things i have ever seen thank you

i have been waiting for you to make a video on this film since the day it was released thank you this film is truly a work of art.

So, I'm mostly just posting this here because it's the most recent Movies with Mikey video. But, I wanted to let you know that you have at least one more fan. Your videos are incredible and help me view films in a more critical light. They propose important questions about our purpose on this Earth and how we view, interpret, and internalize art, and I feel blessed every time I watch one of your videos because I KNOW I am going to learn something more about my beliefs, and how what art I enjoy either challenges me or makes known to myself what is important to me. Keep doing you, Mikey. What you do is amazing, and you've got a fan until, like, ever.

I love each one of these videos, but this one was awesome

Just another beautifully put together episode, so succinct and smart. I love ya, Mikey, you're a smart cookie.

I can’t stop enjoying this movie more every time I think about it and you made EVEN BETTER!