I've been a huge Spider-Man fan ever since the Marvel Cards craze back in 1991. And I had to wait 11 years for a Spider-Man movie to hit the big screen. Well when every movie came out raved about how much I loved it well not all of it was true. Now that I am older and wise I will let you know how i truly feel about each one and my thoughts on the reboot.
Spider-Man (2002)
Okay the first Spider-Man movie when it came out I wouldn't shut up about it and how much I loved it. It's classic it's memorable, however there are a few things i had to deal with:
*Organic web shooters: it's a cool twist but not the classic Spider-Man
*Barely any wisecracks.....that's what we love about Spider-Man
*The awful Green Goblin outfit... I mean Willem Dafoe was awesome however he looked like a metallic asparagus. He shouldve been called the Emerald Elf.
* Peter says "NO" to MJ..... nice going Sam Raimi you made Spidey into a sissy.
*Most of all Ugly Mary Jane: Okay Mary Jane Watson is one of thee most beautiful fictional characters ever created and of all the actresses in Hollywood Raimi pics Kirsten Dunst why......cause her and Tobey have "CHEMSITRY" To hell with Chemistry you can't just act the part you must look it too. I admit I thought Kirsten looked cute in the movie but she just got uglier as the movies went on.
Spider-Man is a classic but just these little things in the movie didn't make it as fun as I wanted it to be.
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
As for Spider-Man 2.....YES!!!!! Perfect. That's how you make a Spider-Man movie. The fight scenes with Doctor Octopus were epic especially the train. Peter finally gets with MJ. They based it off two great stories from Amazing Spider-Man #50 (No More) & Annual 1
(loss of powers). I especially loved that they made Spider-Man less of a menace (only to J. Jonah Jameson) and more of a hero even Aunt May admired him. I never was a fan of Spider-Man fleeing the law. We got to meet Curt Connors and we all were hoping for the Lizard I still feel there could've been room for him too.
My only flaws is they didn't play into Doc Ock's sensitivity to light (except when he fleed the hospital). And MJ's ugliness started to increase.
okay just want to say this is Mary Jane.
This is so Not Mary Jane
That's the Marvel Zombie's version of Mary Jane if you ask me.However Spider-Man 2 was perfect and superb. And I waited patiently for 3 years when I hearf the rumors that my favorite Villain Venom would arrive.
(I painted this acrylic shortly after Spider-Man 2 trying to visualize what Venom would look like I used references from frogs and snakes to make like a slimey texture to his skin.)Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Well the moment of truth was here. In celebration to Venom's appearance on the big screen I made this gouache painting with egg yolk for my class.
...I dug up every possible reference there was of what Venom would look like to make it.Venom would finally make it to the big screen. I got to see the movie 4 days before everyone else did. And I even met the real Venom, actor Topher Grace the day after I saw and I actually gave him a print of my Painting. I thought the movie was awesome at the time and I had to deal with a bunch of jerks mocking me for it and not letting me enjoy the movie. Anyway if you really want to know what I think of this movie Well in the words of James Rolfe I have to say "This one Really tips the crap scale" or better yet this movie is a "$#!+load of F#@$!"
Okay where to begin.
1. The movie was almost 2:30 hours long and Spider-Man doesn't get the black costume til the 1st hour they wasted a lot of valuable Venom time.
2. Gwen Stacy had no business being in this movie.... she should've been in the 2nd movie because the second movie was the love story it just created another love story. All she did was make up for all the ugliness we had to deal with when seeing Kirsten Dunst.
3. The Sandman was an Awesome Villain and was great in every scene he was in but Why is he the top Villain when I saw the previews I thought he would've been a Villain for Spider-Man to fight til Venom arrived but no they had to make him a main villain, and just like Norman Osbourne and Otto Octavius they had to snap and have a freak accident to become bad guy well news flash Flint Marko always was bad.
4. Sandman killed Uncle Ben.... okay well you just threw the Power and Responsibility out the window right there.
5. The New Goblin.... Okay you couldnt jsut make him the Green Goblin or Hobgoblin instead you have the Tony Hawk Goblin.
6. Peter Parker dances on tables in the Coffee Bean.... newsflash Sam Raimi it's not the 60s anymore Beatniks rarely exist. All you did was waste screen time.
7. The Black Costume was just a painted version of the Red & Blue.... c'mon we love the black costume from the comics cause it kicked @$$!!!
....I understand that Spider-Woman II wasn't around for him to be inspired to have that look on him and I guess they wanted to separate Spider-Man's look from Venom. They should've at least made the black costume in the movie slowly evolve into the picture you see above.8. Spider-Man unmasks to talk to people.... I remember when the first movie came out Sam said he wanted us to see Spider-Man's eyes......why. We don't need to see his facial expressions. Spider-Man is not supposed to be that careless about his identity.
9. Spider-Man cries too much!!!
10. Mary Jane is still ugly and dresses like a dude.
Most of all..... SAM RAIMI BUTT RAPES VENOM!!!!!!
Venom is in the movie for only 7 minutes, his awesome face is barely seen cause Topher rather show his face, and to top it all off Venom is killed by a pumpkin bomb which turns him into dust. Sam Raimi avoided every possibly way to no put Venom in the movie cause he wanted Sandman, Vulture, and New Goblin. Well Sam you owe all the die hard Venom fans a huge apology. They couldn't even make Brock live to show a teaser with the alien for a possible full film.
There you have it.... is there anything I like about this movie well...... The Fight Between Spidey & Sandman in the sewer, the Sandman origin, Venom's origin and the one scene you see his tongue, The fights between Peter & Harry, and most of all the scene where Venom kills Harry. Do I hate the movie not to the fullest extent.... but it's just hard to enjoy it.
Spider-Man 4
Well the original cast was gonna return with the main villain going to be the Vulture. Yes they ain't kidding the villain who was thrown in as an extra in the 1st movie video game. And possibly the Black Cat with Anne Hathaway... I mean she's cute but
would look terrible with Platinum hair.THANK GOD the movie fell through.
Spider-Man Reboot
So this is what it is come down to... start all over again. Well I don't see any other option and I have to say I welcome this reboot in 3D. And well the series starts off with Gwen Stacy and possibly no MJ played by the absolutely adorable Emma Stone. I was shocked cause she would make the perfect Mary Jane but they say she's a natural blond. And the villain is possibly the Lizard alright a new one. If that's the case they should base it off the 1st three episodes of Spectacular Spider-Man. And if I hope to God, do the Venom Saga they should follow that show as well. All i have to say is don't have to make me wait another 7 years to see Venom and done right. And I hope they film more than one movie at once cause the cast wont age much and we'll get to seem them often.
