I'm finally back
Spider-Man 3 is the best movie that Spider-Man made.
Since it's release in 2007, critics have spent countless hours analyzing every frame,
every scene, every line of dialogue in search of it's many subdued themes and messages.
Like Garfield, Spider-Man 3 is a film about layers.
On the surface, It's your typical thrill-a-minute Blockbuster with cutting edge special effects.
But upon further viewing, you start to understand this is merely a facade.
A false attempt to placate a broader audience.
In superhero movies, you can only tell two different stories, really.
The origin story or a story about heroes, learning to work together as a team.
Spider-Man 3 shatters expectations by not giving you the rise of Spider-Man but rather the fall.
Peter Parker becomes tangled, if you will, in a web of violence and deceit
and ultimately becomes the villain.
The movie starts with Pete. He sees his best friend James Franco
And he clotheslines him down an alley and kills him
Then we're introduced to Sandman
who we learned is a great father,
trying to save up enough money to pay for his daughter's surgery.
So, Spider-Man gets wind of this and kills him in a sewer.
Good riddance
Then the city throws a parade for Spider-man,
and he kisses some bimbo, right in front of his girlfriend
Then he meets this guy, who is actually his biggest fan
Up to this part, I kind of figured out:
"Maybe Spider-Man is just having a bad day"
We all know, he's a good guy at heart.
Spider-Man killed him
Spider-Man? I don't understand.
Spider-Man doesn't kill people.
But then, fucking stupid ass James Franco starts being alive again
So, Mary Jane dumps Spider-Man, for no good reason
And then, she says "she's seeing another guy"
Spider-Man, in a state of such distraught and fragility
Goes to the only guy he thought he could trust James Franco, who goes:
"I'm the other guy"
Fucking backstabbing piece of shit James Franco
How's the pie?
Now, this scene is essential.
Peter looks back into the cafe and that little bitch, winks at him
and then BOOM!
Like that, he's gone.
Now, the question is.
Where the hell did he go?
The truck takes like one second, to go in front of Peter and then he disappears.
This is where I realized that James Franco is actually hiding under the table.
Think about it!
Naturally, Spider-Man slams James Franco into a wall
and then chucks a fucking grenade at his head.
Then we cut to Spider-Man being fed a plate of cookies, and he says:
You got any with nuts?
I have some nuts. I could make some.
Go make me some.
Now, this is actually a very clever scene, when you think about.
In life, there was such a rich variety of cookies
Peanut butter, chocolate chip, mint cookies, oatmeal raisin.
But director Sam Raimi, has Spider-Man consciously choose Nut cookies to signify, that this man has gone nuts.
Do you guys get that?
You have the scene where Spider-Man is pointing at various women on the sidewalk
Now, look at the gesture he's making with his hand.
He is saying to these women, "you're safe now"
But in Spider-Man 4, I will shoot you with a pistol.
But, it's not until THIS moment where we,
the viewers, see that faint flicker of hope, within Peter, snuffed out.
He changes his hair from the normal way to this Evil hair.
This is when the Spider-Man, that I knew
who had lost Uncle Ben
who'd defeated Bonesaw
This is when he had become truly lost.
You'll get your rent when you fix this damn door!
Spider-Man 3 tells a dark story that confronts the audience with serious questions
and for this reason,
I think it became a very divisive film.
I talked a lot with Sam Raimi about the tone of that, of the character and how far to go with the darker side of Peter Parker
and for me, I just kept pushing.
I wanted to explore that, further and further
It's a movie from a different era where artists were encouraged to take bold risks,
uninhibited by close-minded executives
And I sincerely doubt we'll ever see Marvel, reach these heights again.
Like Alfred said:
"with big power comes big responsibility"