I think it can be considered MCU.
Clearly though one of the other Multiverse versions in the MCU.
If I'd known going into it that it was only half the story, I still would have been irked but I wouldn't have felt as extorted as I did this afternoon. I also think they would have been wise to include the release date in the title card announcing Beyond the Spider-Verse, so audiences would know they wouldn't have to wait another five years for the next one.
It was mentioned numerous time the last year here and when this movie was first announced as being 2 parts of one story.
Just simply being a member of this board specifically the movie area here and this specific thread makes it surprising to me that anyone in here didn’t know before seeing the movie. Oh well.
And I choose not to believe that the Venom and Morbius films are connected to the MCU.
After watching the movie today it think it made clear that these Spider-verse movies are part of the overall MCU but as an alternate universe addition.
Saying Venom isn’t connected was also debunked for lack of a better term during the Canon explanation in this movie. All the Spider people are connected by canon events including all of them having a Venom.
The biggest canon event seems to be a captain always dying in the life of a Spider person.
Anyway, this is a great movie.
Had all the necessary Spider-Man level humor.
Lots of surprise things popping up throughout.
My favorite surprise being…The very short appearance by Animated Spider-man ‘67
This was also a bit of a dark movie.
Lots of sense of dread.