is giving up the love of your life a greater sacrifice than dying?
One of the philosophical ideas this movie presents, is that giving up the love of your life is a far greater sacrifice than giving up one's life.
Think about it, in this movie, even after losing his powers, Peter still risks his life by rushing into that burning building to save the little girl. Despite that though, he doesn't entirely succeed being the hero as there was actually one person left trapped in the building that he could've saved, if he was Spider-Man. So at this point, the movie is still punishing him for his refusal to give up Mary Jane. Then, when he tries getting his powers back by leaping off a building, hoping to recreate his first experience with his newfound powers, he still fails. Once again, Peter puts his mortality on the line far harder than any one of us probably would for the greater good, yet he still fails.
It isn't till when he lies to Mary Jane that he doesn't love her, that he finally gets his powers back and becomes a hero. That... is... deep. I honestly can't think of a greater sacrifice a hero has ever had to make in a movie. It's one thing to give up one's life, as being dead means an eternal end to all suffering and pain (and joy/happiness too, of course), but to continue living with a gaping hole in one's heart is among the most painful of experiences.
With that, I wanna ask you folks, would you consider giving up the love of your life to be a greater sacrifice than losing one's life? Do you think you could've done what Peter did in this film? I'm not sure I would've, to be frank.
Discuss...