WEBVTT 00:00:02.740 --> 00:00:04.020 I'm finally back 00:00:04.020 --> 00:00:06.860 Spider-Man 3 is the best movie that Spider-Man made. 00:00:06.860 --> 00:00:12.020 Since it's release in 2007, critics have spent countless hours analyzing every frame, 00:00:12.020 --> 00:00:17.080 every scene, every line of dialogue in search of it's many subdued themes and messages. 00:00:17.080 --> 00:00:20.000 Like Garfield, Spider-Man 3 is a film about layers. 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:24.480 On the surface, It's your typical thrill-a-minute Blockbuster with cutting edge special effects. 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:29.010 But upon further viewing, you start to understand this is merely a facade. 00:00:29.080 --> 00:00:32.780 A false attempt to placate a broader audience. 00:00:34.620 --> 00:00:38.200 In superhero movies, you can only tell two different stories, really. 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:42.200 The origin story or a story about heroes, learning to work together as a team. 00:00:42.460 --> 00:00:47.800 Spider-Man 3 shatters expectations by not giving you the rise of Spider-Man but rather the fall. 00:00:47.800 --> 00:00:52.100 Peter Parker becomes tangled, if you will, in a web of violence and deceit 00:00:52.100 --> 00:00:54.200 and ultimately becomes the villain. 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:57.420 The movie starts with Pete. He sees his best friend James Franco 00:00:57.420 --> 00:01:00.500 And he clotheslines him down an alley and kills him 00:01:09.420 --> 00:01:11.223 Then we're introduced to Sandman 00:01:11.223 --> 00:01:12.780 who we learned is a great father, 00:01:12.780 --> 00:01:16.160 trying to save up enough money to pay for his daughter's surgery. 00:01:16.160 --> 00:01:20.160 So, Spider-Man gets wind of this and kills him in a sewer. 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:22.160 Good riddance 00:01:22.160 --> 00:01:24.346 Then the city throws a parade for Spider-man, 00:01:24.346 --> 00:01:27.088 and he kisses some bimbo, right in front of his girlfriend 00:01:27.088 --> 00:01:30.300 Then he meets this guy, who is actually his biggest fan 00:01:31.460 --> 00:01:33.080 Up to this part, I kind of figured out: 00:01:33.080 --> 00:01:34.780 "Maybe Spider-Man is just having a bad day" 00:01:34.790 --> 00:01:37.100 We all know, he's a good guy at heart. 00:01:37.100 --> 00:01:38.440 Spider-Man killed him 00:01:39.980 --> 00:01:43.800 Spider-Man? I don't understand. 00:01:44.384 --> 00:01:46.400 Spider-Man doesn't kill people. 00:01:47.310 --> 00:01:51.820 But then, fucking stupid ass James Franco starts being alive again 00:01:51.820 --> 00:01:54.680 So, Mary Jane dumps Spider-Man, for no good reason 00:01:55.201 --> 00:01:57.340 And then, she says "she's seeing another guy" 00:01:57.340 --> 00:02:00.680 Spider-Man, in a state of such distraught and fragility 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:04.340 Goes to the only guy he thought he could trust James Franco, who goes: 00:02:04.380 --> 00:02:05.440 "I'm the other guy" 00:02:05.660 --> 00:02:08.530 Fucking backstabbing piece of shit James Franco 00:02:08.530 --> 00:02:09.580 How's the pie? 00:02:12.060 --> 00:02:13.300 Now, this scene is essential. 00:02:13.300 --> 00:02:17.279 Peter looks back into the cafe and that little bitch, winks at him 00:02:17.279 --> 00:02:18.440 and then BOOM! 00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:22.860 Like that, he's gone. 00:02:22.860 --> 00:02:24.480 Now, the question is. 00:02:24.480 --> 00:02:25.477 Where the hell did he go? 00:02:25.477 --> 00:02:29.438 The truck takes like one second, to go in front of Peter and then he disappears. 00:02:29.438 --> 00:02:34.140 This is where I realized that James Franco is actually hiding under the table. 00:02:34.160 --> 00:02:34.940 Think about it! 00:02:36.410 --> 00:02:38.960 Naturally, Spider-Man slams James Franco into a wall 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:41.360 and then chucks a fucking grenade at his head. 00:02:43.100 --> 00:02:47.200 Then we cut to Spider-Man being fed a plate of cookies, and he says: 00:02:47.324 --> 00:02:48.600 You got any with nuts? 00:02:49.140 --> 00:02:51.145 I have some nuts. I could make some. 00:02:51.145 --> 00:02:52.040 Go make me some. 00:02:54.020 --> 00:02:56.940 Now, this is actually a very clever scene, when you think about. 00:02:56.940 --> 00:02:59.760 In life, there was such a rich variety of cookies 00:02:59.760 --> 00:03:02.629 Peanut butter, chocolate chip, mint cookies, oatmeal raisin. 00:03:02.629 --> 00:03:09.680 But director Sam Raimi, has Spider-Man consciously choose Nut cookies to signify, that this man has gone nuts. 00:03:09.900 --> 00:03:10.617 Do you guys get that? 00:03:10.617 --> 00:03:14.440 You have the scene where Spider-Man is pointing at various women on the sidewalk 00:03:14.440 --> 00:03:16.600 Now, look at the gesture he's making with his hand. 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:18.880 He is saying to these women, "you're safe now" 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:22.000 But in Spider-Man 4, I will shoot you with a pistol. 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:24.658 But, it's not until THIS moment where we, 00:03:24.658 --> 00:03:28.120 the viewers, see that faint flicker of hope, within Peter, snuffed out. 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:33.520 He changes his hair from the normal way to this Evil hair. 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:35.820 This is when the Spider-Man, that I knew 00:03:35.980 --> 00:03:37.400 who had lost Uncle Ben 00:03:37.620 --> 00:03:38.980 who'd defeated Bonesaw 00:03:38.980 --> 00:03:41.580 This is when he had become truly lost. 00:03:41.720 --> 00:03:44.440 You'll get your rent when you fix this damn door! 00:03:45.540 --> 00:03:50.060 Spider-Man 3 tells a dark story that confronts the audience with serious questions 00:03:50.060 --> 00:03:51.120 and for this reason, 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:53.720 I think it became a very divisive film. 00:03:53.860 --> 00:04:02.620 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 00:04:02.700 --> 00:04:04.743 and for me, I just kept pushing. 00:04:04.743 --> 00:04:06.840 I wanted to explore that, further and further 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:10.970 It's a movie from a different era where artists were encouraged to take bold risks, 00:04:10.970 --> 00:04:13.420 uninhibited by close-minded executives 00:04:13.420 --> 00:04:17.000 And I sincerely doubt we'll ever see Marvel, reach these heights again. 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:18.380 Like Alfred said: 00:04:18.380 --> 00:04:21.220 "with big power comes big responsibility"