In terms of narrative it took the risk to be silly with its alternative Spider-Men, but was able to balance that with an engaging and reasonably serious core narrative. What pleased me was how creative it was in several areas of production. Coming to it outside of the hype and awards, I was open to what to expect, and was pleasantly surprised. The hype gave me pause but at the same time made me wait so that it had time to settle into reality.
There was a lot of hype about this film, which surprised me because when I first glanced at the trailer I just dismissed what I saw as a direct-to-TV film.
