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Something that makes it impossible for me to love this movie

posted 8 years ago by LuxuryJesper
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On a lot of premies, this was a great movie:

- Tobey Maguire was a great Peter Parker

- He was a "realistic" Spider-Man

- Kirsten Dunst was a perfect fit for Mary Jane

- It had a lot of great scenes: where he got his official name, the death of his uncle (probably where he realized, he had to fight crime), the upside down kiss etc.

- The marketing was great

Buuuut, what ruined it all for me, was the lack of a good villain. Nowadays, the villain is just as (if not more) important than the hero. No fun in watching a whole movie about a superhero fighting crime, against a lot of low-lifes. We need a serious villain, who can challenge him. Not just psychically, but also mentally. In other words, The Green Goblin, ruined it for me. He was unwillingly comical, I never really understood his truly intentions, the action scenes between him and Spider-Man was terrible etc. His presence also made it difficult for me to determine the "mood" of this movie. In the beginning, it was a teen-flick. Then it switched to being fun and entertaining. Then it was kinda sad and emotional. Then serious. And then this stupid green flying piece of *beep* appeared, and it went all down the drain. The second movie was worse in my opinion. Here, they had a very very good possibility of turning Doc Ock into an excellent villain (I was really looking forward to the interactions between those two in the movie), but it - again, all fell to the ground.

The new Amazing Spider-Man movies on the other hand, are superior in every way when it comes to villains. The whole story about the Doctor turning into The Lizard was very realistic and somehow emotional, which meant that despite all the things "he" did, you still felt sorry for him. The Electro character/abilities was used extremely well, and I was reallly impressed with the action scenes (especially the Times Square-scene).

All the things I've mentioned about the original Spider-Man movie, was better than the same things which occurred in The Amazing. But, the lack of a good villain ruined it all for me. Which is why I, sadly, never will be able to like this movie. Don't know if anyone else feels the same.

All these voices in my head, and not a single one I understand.

[–] hurricane (1967) 6 years ago

At the same time, it was the first movie of a series and more of an origin story. You can get away with a slightly weaker villain. (I personally had no problem with the GG, mind.)

Spider-Man 2 was when you needed a stronger villain, and I think they managed that with Doctor Octopus. It was the best of three.

In my opinion it was the third movie where they cacked up the villains the most.

[–] Alex (1508) 6 years ago

This whole thread is a fucking trollbait, because Amazing Spiderman villains were shit smears on the toilet seat compared to original Spidey villains.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (15124) 6 years ago

What ruined it for me was Peter finally getting the girl and the end, and then pushing her away to "protect" her, which caused a lot of problems in the later films, ruined the romance, and you could see that crap being used in other movies from that time period.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

That was actually pretty true to the comics though. Pete always had problems with keeping a girl and being Spider-man. But if they were too true to the comics then they would have thrown her off the bridge and she would have died. So all things considered, it was the best ending they could have done for that story.