After watching Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (ATSV) for the fifth time in theaters today, I finally realized why I adore this movie. In fact, this simple realization made me understand why I wasn’t so big on the Tom Holland or Andrew Garfield films: New York City and the spirit the city brings to the hero. Batman has Gotham City, Superman has Metropolis, and Spider-Man has New York—the Big Apple. Talk to any New Yorker, and you will get a consensus: Spider-Man is one of our most sig...
