How have the Spider-Man films stood the test of time? OPINION

[Venom75]

Originally Posted by Anno_Domini

I only get the vibe when the New Yorkers were throwing stuff at GG. The vibe from seeing the American flag used to be there, but it isn't after seeing the flag show up in other ways in the trilogy.

For me it only applies to the first film as well. But(for the first movie) with Spidey being in NY I kept expecting to see the Trade center in the film at some point. I'm sure if it hadn't been attacked and destroyed they'd obviously be in the film.

[Visualiza]

They all hold up well. A few things do tend to make the first film feel a bit dated; however, with the fights between GG & Spider-Man being the biggest example and the NY pride vibe as another.

The fights were primarily practical effects and wirework(as opposed to the break-neck CG in 2 & 3), but even outside of that I've always felt that they were poorly choreographed. Otherwise, the NY pride stuff is definitely a reaction to 9/11, and always makes me associate the film with that period for this reason. Almost feels like a piece of history.

Other than that, there isn't much that hasn't been said about 2; it's an exemplary film within the genre and everything from the drama, characters, and action hold up and in many cases exceed what we have today. Not without its issues, but still a great film.

As for 3...well...the action is stellar by any measure, I will likely always hold to that. Other than that I don't really think that time has served to expose anything about the movie that wasn't apparent when it was released. The first hour or so is good entertainment, while the latter half more or less plays like a parody of the franchise.

[milost]

I thought the final fight between Spider-Man and Goblin was pretty great and well done. One of the better comic book superhero fights overall. You could sort of feel the punches as Spider-Man was getting beat down.

"Misery, misery, misery"

At the time, I thought it was pretty brutal.

[ALP]

I was about 10 when the first Spider-Man film came out. Really loved it when I was a kid, and it's still fun. BUT... I never thought I'd say a film from the 21st century feels dated but Spidey 1 takes the cake.

Especially in comparison to ASM, it just feels so corny, the first half of the movie is even aesthetically too bright. Some of the CG is bad, etc. Now I still enjoy it, absolutely. But it's got a lot of flaws...

[henzINNIT]

The tone of Raimi's Spider-Man is pretty consistant in its corn so nothing really urks me. Ironically this wasn't the case with the reboot, where a few elements stood out like a sore thumb.

Originally Posted by milost

I thought the final fight between Spider-Man and Goblin was pretty great and well done. One of the better comic book superhero fights overall. You could sort of feel the punches as Spider-Man was getting beat down.

"Misery, misery, misery"

At the time, I thought it was pretty brutal.

Yeah I agree. Probably my favourite fight in the trilogy because of the brutality.

[Spidey_62]

Originally Posted by ALP

I was about 10 when the first Spider-Man film came out. Really loved it when I was a kid, and it's still fun. BUT... I never thought I'd say a film from the 21st century feels dated but Spidey 1 takes the cake.

Especially in comparison to ASM, it just feels so corny, the first half of the movie is even aesthetically too bright. Some of the CG is bad, etc. Now I still enjoy it, absolutely. But it's got a lot of flaws...

I think the first movie feels a lot older than it is, yeah. I find that to be part of its charm for me somehow, like it isn't a detractor. I think it successfully captures a classic silver age comic book sort of feel, just like how Captain America: TFA feels like an old school adventure flick.