I re-watched Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 1 from 2002. The movie is a DECADE old and still holds up very well and has the fun movie experience we got in Avengers. Just a great popcorn flick, but Spider-Man has a lot more emotion than a typical blockbuster. Thats why it can't be categorized next to Transformers. Its a summer blockbuster, but a lot more emotion and character develop which is why Spider-Man is so successful.
So the one thing that stands out when comparing Sam Raimi Spider-Man 1 to the reboot. The character Peter Parker. That is the most important part, imo - is the character of Spider-man. Yeah, the look of the costume, the villain, the plot, all that is important, but not as important as the actual character.
Peter Parker is suppose to be a nerd. And Sam Raimi got the character CORRECT. Peter in the film was very shy and couldn't even speak to girl. When MJ said the comment about his eyes in the cafeteria , Peter couldn't even come up with any response, just smiled - which meant he was terrible with girls. The character of Peter Parker is famous because us nerds can relate to that character. He's one of us! He becomes a superhero. A guy just like you and I. Thats whats so great about the character. Raimi understood that. He made Peter shy , a bit of a loner because thats what nerds are in high school, kind of lonely except for a few friends (Harry). It was perfect.
Now fast foward to the reboot. Here is Peter Parker - with a SMOKING HOT GIRLFRIEND ! Emma Stone ! WTF ? I understand Peter had a gf in the comics, but things they've changed about the character for the big screen was the right changes. Things from the comic book sometimes cant transcend to the big screen. And the Gwen character needed to be added later in the film when Peter gets his confidence. The audience can't relate to this Peter at all. He is witty , charming...That is NOT Peter Parker. "Oh no, small knifes, my biggest weakness...BAMMM". Peter can do that LATER after he gains confidence. Come on, this is not a nerdy Peter Parker. You are killing the character why we love Spider-Man. Raimi's got it right about the character ! He was not witty, charming, sarcastic, and had the hottest woman in NYC (Emma Stone). Please! Guys, seriously, this reboot is a major mistake, a last minute attempt to make money to keep the franchise from Disney. You can't tell the audience "This guy is a nerd and you can relate to......but here is his smoking hot beautiful girlfriend he got in high school!". Not buying it, Sony. Just simply not buying it...
And we get to the web shooter. I understand in the cartoon & original comic , he was scientist and made the web shooters, but that worked for that material, doesnt transcend well to the big screen , imo. Raimi made the correct move by making it organic. It worked well. Didn't take a lot of scenes / dialogue to explain how it works like they have to do in the reboot to teach the audience that this one is different.
And finally the suit just looks awful in the reboot. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the suit in the first three. They want to change the suit to make sure it doesnt confuse the casual audience that this is a reboot and not a sequel to the awful SPider-man 3, but their design just isn't very good looking.
How are they going to tell the audience that this character we can relate to bc he's a nerd when he's with Emma Stone, the hottest woman in the US. Seriously?!? It's a terrible idea.Avengers NAILED the characters - and thank god the studio is being rewarded with billion dollars because they deserve it. They got the characters right and put them in a fun plot. I just have absolutely no faith in Spider-Man reboot at all. Raimi's first two Spider-Man were near perfect. If it aint broke, dont fix it. Spider-Man 3 was terrible, but look how great the character of Peter was in the first two. Raimi understood the character and got it right.
They honestly should have just did a Spider-Man 4 minus Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire. No one wants to sit through another origin story. We want a new adventure / villain for Peter. Smart by going with Lizard. I like that villain, but to reboot the origin, no thanks.
. And a lot of the flack came frm Flash which we all know why once we take into account the arc of Flash's alcoholic father. If you think Petey isn't meant to be witty then you're not thinking about the right Petey
