Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list. Follow us on other platforms: https://linktr.ee/therankedpodcast Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List: 1. Beau Is Afraid 2. Infinity Pool 3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 4. John Wick: Chapter 4 5. Tetris 6. Air 7. Creed III 8. Fast X 9. Shazam! Fury of the Gods 10. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 11. M3GAN 12. missing 13. The Machine 14. Scream VI 15. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 16. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 17. Renfield 18. Evil Dead Rise 19. The Pope’s Exorcist 20. Magic Mike’s Last Dance 21. Knock at the Cabin 22. Plane 23. Cocaine Bear 24. Knights of the Zodiac Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse welcomes us back to the whole multiverse thing where Marvel lives now and forever where nothing matters because there are an infinite amount of yous and everyone else so nothing is special and nobody stays dead and everything is more confusing than ever. Miles Morales, this series’ primary Spider-Individual at one point even says, “Hey I’m Spider-Man” and another Spider-Being shrugs it off as if it means nothing, and that’s where we are now, stuck in this weird post-modern nihilistic hell-verse. It was cute in the first movie because it only had a little taste of this, and was otherwise anchored to our universe while being a fresh and fun origin coming of age finding his confidence story for Miles with a straight-forward plot that made the other oddball Spider-Variants fun because we had a good time learning their vaguely similar backstories and then it was all about getting them back to their respective universes, but this sequel is nothing BUT alternate Spider-Life Forms going all “Time Variance Authority” like Loki where it’s all about preventing the Spider-Verse from having any anomalies or something, and yet there are plenty of Spider-Persons we meet that are an anomaly. Gwen Stacy as Spider-Woman for example, shouldn’t she be Patricia Parker or something? Shouldn’t the spider that bit her have bit her Peter? I don’t have a problem with her, but apparently the head Spider-Boss Miguel O’Hara should. His whole thing is vaguely about stopping stuff that was never meant to be, but how can things never have been meant to be if they already happened? Does this guy not understand cause and effect or free will? Does he have supreme God-like knowledge of everything that will be or should ever have been? But no, somehow anomalies cause damage or something and will destroy existence as we know it unless everyone’s father figure dies. I just don’t understand the point of all of this. The animation may be incredible and I certainly admire the hell out of it, but I need me some story to give a crap. Needless to say, I much prefer the original on this one. Support the show by using these affiliate links: GET A BUG-A-SALT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Cya379 GET ALL THE BOND MOVIES HERE: https://amzn.to/2Vo1JWP If you enjoy our work, here's our crypto tip jar: BTC: bc1qz6s04aw2qdkl946uttpqgtqv06utfd287vmu90 Dogecoin: DKzAwyN3neSeWfSwTBPcDp1NJafypqWooe Our individual channels: Charles: https://www.youtube.com/@Flavorful_Chunt https://www.youtube.com/@FilmHacker McCurdy: https://www.youtube.com/@ryanmccurdy9423 Nanz: https://www.youtube.com/@hiro5449 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rankedpodcast/message