Yes. Yes yes yes.
Ok, look. Does Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse feel overstuffed and under-developed? I little bit, yeah. I really wanted to know more about the Spider-Woman on the motorbike. Does the movie tiptoe into weird copaganda territory. A tiny bit. Does Sony relentlessly flog their own projects, to increasingly cringy effect? Yes, though I did like the cameo from the Spider-Man video game.
So why such a high rating?
Because the whole pre-title sequence is the most beautiful…
This movie is outrageously horny. Every scene is stuffed with T&A, to the point that it becomes preposterous. But everything about this is preposterous. Building on and far surpassing the excesses of the first movie, Crank: High Voltage takes inspiration from sources like, of all things, Tetsuo: The Iron Man and Big Man Japan. It abandons all technical acumen, meaning the comedic timing is often off, the screen is washed out with metallic looking glare, and the constant sound and…
My take: The protagonist (maybe every woman, maybe the filmmaker herself) stays in her home, wrapped up in whatever strange comforts she can find there. Her imagination runs riot. Outside is a world of the crassest, most phallocentric sexuality. Instead of facing it directly, she allows her imagination to reshape it. When she does have to venture forth she guards herself with a mask, hiding her true self. However, by collecting symbols of her experience and sharing them with others…
