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Spiderman 3 - Making a Masterpiece

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