Captain Canuck
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This movie made me sad. I actually wanted to walk out about 2/3 of the way through. I guess what makes me the most sad is that it could have been and should have been a lot better.
Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone were incredible as Peter and Gwen. Again, their relationship carried the movie. Dane DeHaan was pretty good as Harry the hurting young guy and friend of Peter, and Jaime Foxx did a good job as Max Dillon, and as confused electro. But both villain arcs were rushed and dumb. Once Harry and Electro both got mad at Spider-Man, the movie went straight downhill. Harry successfully stormed a prison by himself? What the heck was with Dr Kafka? Why was he a mad scientist caricature? The story of Harry becoming the Green Goblin and the story of Gwen's death are too important to cram together into what was essentially an ad for the future of the franchise.
Also, that was the worst score I've ever heard in a movie. And I usually don't care about stuff like that.
Marc Webb does the personal, character-driven stuff really well. I really liked seeing Peter and Gwen as a couple and Peter and Aunt May butting heads and Peter and Harry catching up. That stuff was excellent. And even Electro as a nerd who gets screwed by Oscorp and then doesn't know what's happening to him at Time's Square while Spidey is trying to talk him down was really good. Spidey in the fire-fighter's hat was hilarious. And then Peter trying to figure out how to fix his web shooter was a great scene too. And then everything sucked after that.
This movie NEEDED to be about Harry and Oscorp. Wrap up the loose ends with the secrets of Peter's parents. Show Oscorp as an evil corporation (using Electro as the driver of that story). Show Harry's sickness affecting him physically and emotionally. Show him go to Peter and Spider-Man for help and his hatred of Spider-Man as a result. Develop that story and the depth of Oscorp's evil well (which they didn't in the actual movie). Then defeat Electro, but make Gwen gets hurt so Peter breaks up with her again. And then have Harry experiment on himself in a post-credits sequence leading to the next movie.
Then in the third movie the main story is about Harry's struggles. He's trying to cure himself, and at the same time is losing his mind and using Oscorp to create super villains to try and kill Spider-Man because he hates him from the first movie (so villains like Rhino and vulture show up for filler action). Introduce MJ as a blind date for Peter that doesn't go anywhere (he and Gwen are still broken up from the previous movie). Have Peter, MJ, Gwen, and Harry all become friends as Peter and Gwen awkwardly still love each other. MJ sort of jerks Harry around like she did in the comics, making his anger worse. Have Peter not think much of MJ because of how she treats his friend. Then have Harry eventually become the full fledged Green Goblin and have a fight between the Goblin and Spidey where Harry learns his identity, leading to a final confrontation where Gwen dies. End the movie with the scene from the comics where MJ stays with Peter to comfort him.
That, in my opinion, would have been THE PERFECT Spider-Man trilogy (although, I'd rather Norman kill Gwen, but whatever).
Sigh, why can't I have nice things?
EDIT: Oh yeah, and they left a bunch of stuff out from the trailer again!
Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone were incredible as Peter and Gwen. Again, their relationship carried the movie. Dane DeHaan was pretty good as Harry the hurting young guy and friend of Peter, and Jaime Foxx did a good job as Max Dillon, and as confused electro. But both villain arcs were rushed and dumb. Once Harry and Electro both got mad at Spider-Man, the movie went straight downhill. Harry successfully stormed a prison by himself? What the heck was with Dr Kafka? Why was he a mad scientist caricature? The story of Harry becoming the Green Goblin and the story of Gwen's death are too important to cram together into what was essentially an ad for the future of the franchise.
Also, that was the worst score I've ever heard in a movie. And I usually don't care about stuff like that.
Marc Webb does the personal, character-driven stuff really well. I really liked seeing Peter and Gwen as a couple and Peter and Aunt May butting heads and Peter and Harry catching up. That stuff was excellent. And even Electro as a nerd who gets screwed by Oscorp and then doesn't know what's happening to him at Time's Square while Spidey is trying to talk him down was really good. Spidey in the fire-fighter's hat was hilarious. And then Peter trying to figure out how to fix his web shooter was a great scene too. And then everything sucked after that.
This movie NEEDED to be about Harry and Oscorp. Wrap up the loose ends with the secrets of Peter's parents. Show Oscorp as an evil corporation (using Electro as the driver of that story). Show Harry's sickness affecting him physically and emotionally. Show him go to Peter and Spider-Man for help and his hatred of Spider-Man as a result. Develop that story and the depth of Oscorp's evil well (which they didn't in the actual movie). Then defeat Electro, but make Gwen gets hurt so Peter breaks up with her again. And then have Harry experiment on himself in a post-credits sequence leading to the next movie.
Then in the third movie the main story is about Harry's struggles. He's trying to cure himself, and at the same time is losing his mind and using Oscorp to create super villains to try and kill Spider-Man because he hates him from the first movie (so villains like Rhino and vulture show up for filler action). Introduce MJ as a blind date for Peter that doesn't go anywhere (he and Gwen are still broken up from the previous movie). Have Peter, MJ, Gwen, and Harry all become friends as Peter and Gwen awkwardly still love each other. MJ sort of jerks Harry around like she did in the comics, making his anger worse. Have Peter not think much of MJ because of how she treats his friend. Then have Harry eventually become the full fledged Green Goblin and have a fight between the Goblin and Spidey where Harry learns his identity, leading to a final confrontation where Gwen dies. End the movie with the scene from the comics where MJ stays with Peter to comfort him.
That, in my opinion, would have been THE PERFECT Spider-Man trilogy (although, I'd rather Norman kill Gwen, but whatever).
Sigh, why can't I have nice things?
EDIT: Oh yeah, and they left a bunch of stuff out from the trailer again!
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