Margot Robbie had a splendid year when her Greta Gerwig-directed pink-filled odyssey film Barbie went on to be the highest-grossing film of 2023 as well as the 14th highest-grossing film of all time. With its satirical storyline starring the live-action version of the popular children’s toy Barbie, the movie is also leading the award season this year, already having its name in the final nominees of dozens of accolades.
During a recent viral poll on X, Barbie even beat the best Marvel movie aka Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse to get the Best Movie of 2023 title and fans cannot believe how on earth the Robbie-starrer flick is better than the animated Marvel epic.
Fans Cannot Believe Barbie Is Better Than The Best Marvel Movie
Recently the X account The Hollywood Handle revealed the result of its viral poll about the best movie of the year 2023. In the poll participated by a total of 3k voters, Margot Robbie‘s Barbie secured the top place, earning a total of 44.7% votes and beating movies like Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse and Oppenheimer in the race.
While the movie did earn a whopping $1.4 billion worldwide (via Box Office Mojo), many reckon that its satirical narrative on masculinity, patriarchy, and narrative is nothing compared to what the majority reckons is the best Marvel movie of all time, the animated Across The Spider-Verse.
As soon as The Hollywood Handle revealed its results, many fans were stunned and soon took to X to express their shock. And this is what many of them stated,
How exactly is Barbie better than Across the Spider-Verse 😭💀
— Premant (@premant42) January 6, 2024
Barbie is genuinely the most overrated film of all time
— ZNe¥ (@The1And____Only) January 6, 2024
Barbie isn't even better than the Super Mario Bros. Movie, let alone Oppenheimer or Across the Spiderverse 😂
— Tony Ilias (@youthfuleagle11) January 6, 2024
those 3k voters clearly haven't seen both movies and compared them side by side cause these results are just wrong on all accounts.
— Dadjagajag01916 (@paul_aHnton) January 7, 2024
Don’t get me wrong. Barbie was good in my opinion, but Spiderverse was legitimately the best movie ever made!
— nathan_hickman (@nathan_hickmanR) January 7, 2024
Despite the overwhelming success of the Robbie-starrer movie, fans cannot seem to understand how the movie based on societal themes can even match the cinematic experience of the Marvel masterpiece. Even though Barbie continues to secure and earn high accolades and praise, seeing the current ratings of both movies, it is not hard to guess that Across The Spider-Verse is indeed a better movie.
Reason Why Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Is The Best Marvel Movie
Even the majority of comic book fans unanimously agreed when Tom Holland stated that Across The Spider-Verse is the best Spider-Man movie ever made (via Variety). And even after Holland’s claim if anyone had any doubts, the critical reviews and audience ratings do affirm that the animated sequel of the Oscar-winning film is indeed the best Spider-Man and Marvel movie ever made.
Currently has an impressive 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 4.3 on Google Reviews, many reckon it might even be the greatest Superhero movie ever to be made. Even though the stakes were definitely high for the sequel, it beat and exceeded every expectation with its impressive musical score, engaging storyline, mind-blowing animation, and fulfilling characters.
Not only did it take on the mantle of Into The Spider-Verse but built it even further into a web of endless possibilities with remarkable finesse. While Collider deemed it to be no less than a miracle, the New York Post claimed it to be more jolting and creative than Marvel movies. From storytelling to voice acting, finding a flaw in the movie is harder than finding a needle in a haystack.
And as Vox states ‘It’s a beautiful story, any way you look at it’, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-verse, truly is the best Marvel movie ever made.
While Barbie can be rented on Amazon Prime, Across The Spider-Verse is available to stream on Netflix.
