Gwen Surprises Miles for a City Swing | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Nothing is a bigger fear for artists when people just look through your sketchbook without even asking first....

Gwen's upside down walk at @5:32 is a shot that will live in my head forever. That was so cool and a creative way to dramatize how someone with these powers would move through the world

Her ripping it out of the box also ripped my soul out of my body

01:24 you could see how Gwen has a crush on Miles judging on the awkwardness when she met him and how she cringed at her action towards her. The whole conversation seemed awkward until she saw his drawings of her, slowly you could see her confidence and her awkwardness fades when she wears her mask

@2:41 As Jeff is screaming “3 months”, Rio lasers in on the clothing item she KNOWS isn’t Mile’s cause she’s never seen it. Only a mom notices things like that. Love that detail!

I like how both Gwen and Miles are dissobeying someone at the same time

Miles music taste are absolutely Elite

I love to call this scene Miles and Gwen’s romantic swinging I love this scene so much. I especially love this part 4:04 Miles being all ‘wait what’ when your crush mentions another guy and saying that she crashes at his dimension that does tend to make you think a lot of things it’s so real 😅

4:41 Never noticed Gwen’s little “bah!” That’s so cute!!!

1:42 A collector’s worst nightmare

1:16 love this hug!

Its not talked about enough but respect to Miles for respecting Gwen’s boundaries and not getting closer (just yet) he pulled back knowing she wasn’t ready and basically said give it a try which gwen initiates the first move by shoulder touch absolutely incredible

1:09 you can see Gwen smile when she asked Miles you got a minute. She really likes him!

So many details in just the beginning of this scene alone. At the beginning when Miles opens his door, you can see boxing gloves. These represent the time when Miles was using the punching bag in Uncle Aaron's apartment in the first movie, showing how much Uncle Aaron still matters to him, in addition to the drawings in his sketchbook. Miles wears a jersey with 42 on it, like the spider that bit him from Earth 42. In Miles' drawing of Uncle Aaron, he's wearing a shirt that says "3Pac" as opposed to our universe's 2Pac. On the last page before Gwen closes the sketchbook, you can see the bus ticket from when Peter, Gwen, and Miles had to ride the bus home from the forest after being attacked by Doctor Octopus. Also, i couldn't spot it in this scene, but somehere in Miles' room there's a picture of Uncle Aaron and Miles' father, the same one that was in Uncle Aaron's apartment in the first film

His face at 2:29 is relatable. Its that face that says "I know Im in trouble, and i know imma get in more trouble.... but imma do it anyway because she a baddie!!!!!"

1:03 Love that little detail of his eyes blinking / squinting cuz they're adjusting to the light from Gwen's portal

6:39 That little grin Gwen does when Miles brings up Hobie is basically her saying, "He's likes me!"

the fact that she's one of the cool characters but is awkward around Miles and touches his stuff without permission because she assumes that's how friends act because she has no friends gives her so much more depth for her character

Cute detail I noticed! At 1:55 in the corner of the page Miles sketched himself (as spiderman) looking at Gwen with diamond/starry eyes with a little heart above it (heart is right below her elbow). I love how many little details there are lol

The first minute or so of this whole scene is kind of breathtaking. The build of the music and things starting to float. You feel as if maybe Miles is so into his music he's feeling ethereal and maybe imagining things around him moving, but it's Gwen appearing from a portal. Also the original song doesn't have as much impact as the song in this scene does to me. (Though it's still a good song by itself!)