My Spider-Man 3
The Theme: Temptation. This is the movie that the first one is building up to. In the first one, Peter struggles. The second one, Peter struggles even more and goes into the darkest place. The third one, he should FINALLY get what he wants! I say, the city loves Spider-Man. He's a celebrity. He has the girl he always wanted his whole life, Mary Jane Watson. Life is GREAT for Peter Parker, FINALLY!!! But then something happens to Peter - temptation. I think this is relatable to the audience. You know when you don't have a GF, you feel no one wants you. But when you get a girl, all of a sudden you have a *beep* ton of girls interested in you!! Ummm, then you get to deal with temptation. And some of you know, some of you *beep* give into that temptation even when you know damn well you shouldn't have! This is a great theme for this movie.
The Story
I like the idea of space ship collects some *beep* and crashes into NYC. The idea that there is some unidentified objects collected from the moon. The ship crashes due to symbiote trying to attach itself to the pilots and Spider-Man heroically saves the two astronaunts (JJJ's son). But in the process of saving them, symbiote attaches to Spider-Man. One of the moon rocks on the ship contains a crystal which I'll get to in a minute. Peter is sleeping and the black symbiote attaches itself to Peter in his sleep and he awakes hanging upside down in New York where he swings around the city with a new power that he has never felt before.
The crystal is removed from the space shuttle and taken to Oscorp. Three thugs break in and try to steal it. The alarm goes off and *beep* goes down. Out of the three thugs, only one manages to get the space crystal, Flint Marko. They chase him across town where he manages to escape. He makes it to the end of city where he is at the sand. Once the sand hits the crystal, it begins to shine and melt into Marko where he becomes the Sandman.
Peter and Dr. Connors are examing the symbiote and Connors figures it is a symbiote, attaching itself to a host. Connors informs Peter that he is late for his tutor session where he works as a campus tutor. He meets Gwen Stacy, a beautiful smart intelligent student that Peter really likes. Her personality is very compatable with Peter. She is much more like Peter than MJ. MJ is a loyal GF who does her best to make Peter happy. Peter begins to want to see Gwen more. His alter ego (black suit) is coming out and he is feeling hostile feelings toward Mary Jane. He is becoming greedy. However, Mary Jane's character arc is she STAYS with Peter through thick and thin. She loves him. And although , Peter is becoming more egotistical, more arrogant, more aggressive - she stands by him. Spider-Man is also brutally beating up criminals, even hanging them upside down in public display.
Harry Osbourne has become a full blown alcoholic. He does not become Green Goblin. He really cares for Peter as a friend and he is having a deep dark struggle. He doesn't just suddenly become Goblin just to get a fight scene like Raimi's version. Instead, he is struggling with the idea of Peter as Spider-Man, but knows Peter is a good person and can't bring himself to that level. So what does a rich lonely guy like Harry do at this point ? Drink by himself. He also won't go in the room with the hidden wall that leads to Goblin's lair. He put bricks to cover that up. He's just a dark lonely figure that can't decide how to go forward with his life. The 'temptation' to turn into the Goblin is surpressed.
Flint Marko backstory is revealed. I like the idea of having a pure evil villain in this movie. Its something different. The first two movies had Goblin and Doc Ock - both connected to Peter, both sympathetic characters. I like the idea of just going to a villain with no connection to Peter. Raimi , for whatever reason, felt there had to be a connection with Sandman & Peter, I disagree. I think Spider-Man must fight Sandman because that is what he does. The only connection between the two is temptation which is my theme for the third film. Now Sandman has this insane super power, the temptation to do whatever the *beep* he wants is something he will give into. For those who dislike Sandman as a villain and wonder why I want him for this film is because with black suit spider-man, he's already a prick, so he can go REALLY evil on Sandman and not kill him by accident. Like if black suit Spider-Man fought Vulture, then he would rip his head off. Sandman is more powerful and can take a beating. And second , I like Sam Raimi's approach to honor the classic villains that Stan Lee came up with. Stan Lee was a huge fan of Sandman and there is a classic feel to the character. Back to the story - Sandman is having a nasty custody battle with his ex-wife and is due in court. Well, he shows up and when things dont go his way, we have a classic Sandman vs. Spider-Man fight in a court room, which I think would be kind of fun to do. Goblin fough Spider-Man in a parade, on roof tops.... Doc Ock fought Spider-Man on a clock tower, a bank, and on a train. So as a story writer, I got to make things different and put then in different scenerios so the films dont get repetative and boring. Court room battle would be interesting, a little homage to Ghostbusters (which Im a huge fan of).
Peter is getting more interested in Gwen Stacy. He visits her at her local coffee shop where she works. That is when we meet Eddie Brock. Eddie is just like Peter was in the last movie. A guy down on his luck, works at a *beep* job, with a fantasy of being with his dream girl, his co-worker Gwen Stacy. Peter is a pimp. Tons of confidence and manages to swoop Gwen away, meanwhile Eddie Brock depressed with this. Another scene is Gwen discussing how Peter works as a photographer for the Bugle, and this gives the idea that Eddie takes up photography to impress Gwen. Eddie tries to walk Gwen home, but it cockblocked by Peter who shows up to discuss some science stuff. Eddie has the worst luck and goes through the same kind of stuff Peter did in the last movie. Eddie doesn't cry like a ***** or anything, he tries to play it off cool to Gwen, like no-big-deal. But Eddie really wants Gwen, the same way Peter wanted MJ. Eddie is a Peter's evil doppleganger.
Peter is a *beep* prick. And Mary Jane can't take it. She goes to see Harry to ask him for a favor , to speak to talk to Peter. The two havent talked in a long time and Mary Jane feels that his best friend can bring him back to good. Harry agrees because he cares about MJ, not so much Peter. Harry confronts Peter and Peter is a prick to him. Peter has changed and even makes a horrible remark about Harry's father and him being a drunk. Harry tries to attack Peter, but falls and Peter laughs. After the encounter, Harry tells Mary Jane that Peter is terrible. Harry tries to steal Mary Jane, but Mary Jane rejects the temptation, she will stand by Peter. Harry goes out on his own to view Peter's actions.
Sandman is creating havoc throughout the city and has threatened the police Captain Stacy who is after him. His main goal is to kidnap his daughter, so there is a police protection on her and Sandman is searching the city for her. Captain Stacy, Gwen's father, is Sandman's arc nemesis. Gwen is scared of Sandman hurting her father and talks about her feelings to Peter. Peter decides that he will defeat Sandman so Gwen will be back to her normal self and have more fun times with Peter. Spider-Man stakes out Gwen's house with her father to await Sandman. He sees something suspicious - but its just Eddie Brock showing up to ask if there is anything he can do, but she shoots him down. Spider-Man confronts Eddie, but Peter finds Eddie harmless. Sandman appears and knocks Brock out of the way. Spider-Man and Sandman battle on the neighborhood streets. The police show up and Eddie manages to photograph the fight. Spider-Man's symbiote hands seem to hurt Sandman because of both of their powers have came from the same source, so Spider-Man can manage to hurt Sandman. Peter manages to gain sand off of Marko. The two separate and Peter researches the sciene of Sandman with Dr. Connors.
Eddie goes to the Daily Bugle and gets rewarded for his pictures and for the first time, he has a bit of luck on his side. But Peter cockblocks him once again once he realizes there is a potential threat to his photographer job at the Bugle and produces better pictures and uses his senority to send Brock to try again.
Mary Jane, Aunt May, Harry - all fed up with Peter and he begins to realize that he is changing. He is giving into temptations and doing things he shouldnt be doing. Mary Jane is crying alone all the time. She finds Peter with Gwen and then Mary Jane leaves Peter. She is devastated. It is Mary Jane that causes Peter to realize how far he's gone. He then realizes its the symbiote with all the powers. He knows he has to get rid of the suit and defeat Sandman. Connors told him about the sound affects the symbiote after a lot of research. Spider-Man swings across the city to the Church to get rid of the suit. Eddie Brock from the ground sees Spider-Man and wants to snap a picture of him to redeem himself to the Bugle. He chases Spider-Man, but wont make it on time. The symbiote detached itself from Peter and Peter shoots a web on it to keep it hidden to take care of later. The bell ringing will keep it in check. Spider-Man leaves the Church's bell tower.
Sandman manages to kidnap Gwen and the race is on to find her. Sandman announces that he will trade Gwen with his daughter. After robbing a bank, Sandman is with Gwen at a warehouse where Spider-Man has a plan. Him and Connors figured a way to defeat the sand sample they had. So Peter has a trap for Sandman, Sandman is about to fall right into the trap laid out by Peter and everything is about to end and Red & Blue good guy Spider-Man will save the day, defeat Sandman and head back to tell Mary Jane how much of a jerk he has been. So Spider-Man waits and Sandman heading for the trap, but.........Green Goblin stops the whole plan and *beep* Spider-Man up. Goblin beats the *beep* out of Spider-Man and Goblin takes off his mask to reveal it is Harry Osbourne. Harry has fully given into the temptation and Green Goblin II is born. Peter has to fight off Harry to defeat the Sandman. He manages to do it in the nick of time, Peter takes out Harry, but after a heart filled apology, Peter lets Harry go even though this means the Goblin could come back one day, but Peter is hoping his heartfilled speech solved their problem. Sandman is defeated. Harry flies away unknowing what will happen next. Peter & Gwen have a final scene together. Peter tells Gwen that he loves Mary Jane and wants to be with her. Gwen understands but is sad. She really fell for Peter, not Spider-Man. She was made for Peter Parker, a smart science bookworm girl like Peter. But Peter has made a commitment to Mary Jane and his heart belongs to her even though she is not like Peter. Even though Gwen seems perfect, Peter has to respect Mary Jane and he has MJ's heart and must value that.
Eddie Brock finally reaches the Church and there is no sign of Spider-Man. He is too late and another failure. He prays for forgiveness that he has failed at his life and there is no hope for him. The bell tower rings and the symbiote oozes out of the spider web. Eddie Brock hears a strange noise. He walks under the bell tower to have the symbiote bond with a new host - Eddie Brock.
The End.
