The Bryce Dallas Howard/Gwen Stacy Thread

[Alexia Dark]

I respect her performance. I do not respect the way her character was presented and the situations she was put in.

 

[TwilightPro101]

Blame that on Raimi and co. Then again it's the movies as opposed to the comics.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Nope.

The truth is that as I have probably said before I don't have a romantic bone in my body. This is not a joke, I am being deadly serious. Romance and relationships just sicken me and I have no desire to see them in movies. So much so that whenever I watch either of the Spidey movies I fast forward it when Pete and MJ are in the same room together simply so I don't have to watch the vomit inducing romantic rubbish

You're dead inside!

 

[englishtrebor]

Don't, um, kill anyone there.

 

[SlyGuyTtjn]

Nope.

The truth is that as I have probably said before I don't have a romantic bone in my body. This is not a joke, I am being deadly serious. Romance and relationships just sicken me and I have no desire to see them in movies. So much so that whenever I watch either of the Spidey movies I fast forward it when Pete and MJ are in the same room together simply so I don't have to watch the vomit inducing romantic rubbish

Well, I'm not like that, but when I re-watch pretty much any movie, I skip the dialogue. I watch the action/"good" parts. I mean I like that stuff in the film, but I'm bored with it the 5th time around.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Originally Posted by wolfsfang
Nope.

The truth is that as I have probably said before I don't have a romantic bone in my body. This is not a joke, I am being deadly serious. Romance and relationships just sicken me and I have no desire to see them in movies. So much so that whenever I watch either of the Spidey movies I fast forward it when Pete and MJ are in the same room together simply so I don't have to watch the vomit inducing romantic rubbish

well thats your opinion and I'm fine with that. but a Movie like Spider-man can't be all action and what not. there has to be a storyline that works and romance is actually a huge part of the film. And quite frankly, it's one of the things that have made these Spidey films so great. don't get me wtong, I LOVE the action scenes in the film and there can't be a Spidey film without those action Scenes but Story is what matters the most. If you have read the Comics then you will see that there is romance in there with Gwen and MJ (mostly back in the late 1960's and early 1970's with Gwen, MJ, and Peter). why do you think Gwrn Stacey dieing in Amazing Spider-man issue#121 was such a tragic and monumental thing in the Spidey mythos? Gwen was Peters girlfreind, he loved her dearly. So as you can see, Romance plays a huge part in the Comics and in the Films.

 

[Knightsaber Priss]

Am I being too bold to state that I wished Peter would end up with Gwen for awhile in this franchise? I just love Bryce Dallas Howard's performance and she fot the character so perfectly. Just for old time's sake I'd like to see Gwen and Peter date while MJ has a little vacation, perhaps go to Cali to try out for a Soap Opera Role.

 

[Mr Jide]

Am I being too bold to state that I wished Peter would end up with Gwen for awhile in this franchise? I just love Bryce Dallas Howard's performance and she fot the character so perfectly. Just for old time's sake I'd like to see Gwen and Peter date while MJ has a little vacation, perhaps go to Cali to try out for a Soap Opera Role.

I agree and want the same thing but I'd rather have MJ still around just to add tension and make things uncomfortable but I seriously want pete and gwen to be in a relationship together....must....have.....it.

In another post I stated that I had just finished reading spider-man blue for like the millionth time, there are so many opportunities to handle the likes of gwen and mj in a much better fashion, using smb as a rogh blue print.

 

[Knightsaber Priss]

I agree and want the same thing but I'd rather have MJ still around just to add tension and make things uncomfortable but I seriously want pete and gwen to be in a relationship together....must....have.....it.

In another post I stated that I had just finished reading spider-man blue for like the millionth time, there are so many opportunities to handle the likes of gwen and mj in a much better fashion, using smb as a rogh blue print.

Oh yes, by all means I wasn't implying they phase MJ totally out. Just that MJ and Peter could have decided to take a break from each other to straighten out their lives before continuing their relationship.

 

[TwilightPro101]

Am I being too bold to state that I wished Peter would end up with Gwen for awhile in this franchise? I just love Bryce Dallas Howard's performance and she fot the character so perfectly. Just for old time's sake I'd like to see Gwen and Peter date while MJ has a little vacation, perhaps go to Cali to try out for a Soap Opera Role.

No, I was actually hoping for it as well, but Peter had to go and ruin his chance with her.

 

[The Joker_1000]

Bryce Dallas Howard was really hot in this movie & she had great sex appeal, at least much more than Kirsten Dunst. I'd like for Arad to have Mary Jane killed off & Peter marries Gwen Stacy instead.

 

[The Joker_1000]

Kirsten looks good. Bryce looks great. t:

Couldn't have said it any better.

 

[spindrift68]

Bryce Dallas Howard was really hot in this movie & she had great sex appeal, at least much more than Kirsten Dunst. I'd like for Arad to have Mary Jane killed off & Peter marries Gwen Stacy instead.

yeah, she was really hot

 

[Master Snake]

I think they--Sony, that is--screwed themselves by getting Dunst under contract for more than one movie. It puts her in a position of power, it seems, and one that she doesn't deserve. Because I completely agree with you that Gwen should supplant MJ as the lead female character in these movies.

Now, the question is, would BDH agree to do another one of these movies? She gets pretty good roles already.

 

[TwilightPro101]

Now, I agree there.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

i thought kirsten actually finally nailed the part of MJ in spidey 3, its just a shame it took her that long

 

[omid17]

i thought kirsten actually finally nailed the part of MJ in spidey 3, its just a shame it took her that long

i think raimi just wanted to show us how mature mj has become, since the first spidey movie, when she was only a senior in high school

 

[TwilightPro101]

i think raimi just wanted to show us how mature mj has become, since the first spidey movie, when she was only a senior in high school

My main gripe with M.J. was the fact that everything little thing was a problem for her. Of course, Peter was even more brash in SPIDER-MAN 3 than the first two and did some stupid things overall. The two were just in trouble territory, period, but that came down to scripting.

 

[Master Snake]

Honestly, I think Dunst is a talented actress--I just don't find her to be very sympathetic, and she's clearly not as sexually appealing as a lot of other actresses. I think she does better with b!tchy roles. I liked her work in Mona Lisa Smile, even though the movie was crap.

See, all of that would be fine if her character was better written and there was something to like about her other than sex appeal. She could be an unconventional love interest...but then it wouldn't really be MJ from Spider-man.

 

[TwilightPro101]

I say bring on more Gwen for the sequel.

 

[omid17]

^
agreed she can act and shes really hot

 

[TwilightPro101]

Sums up my reasoning.

 

[Blader5489]

My main gripe with M.J. was the fact that everything little thing was a problem for her. Of course, Peter was even more brash in SPIDER-MAN 3 than the first two and did some stupid things overall. The two were just in trouble territory, period, but that came down to scripting.

That's not scripting, that's a relationship. Peter and MJ just got together at the very end of SM2. The point of SM3 is to show if that relationship has any substance to it, if it can endure. Bad things happened to the both of them in SM3 and yet they still manage to stay together by the end.

Every meaningful relationship has that first big fight; that's what SM3 is for Peter and MJ.

 

[TwilightPro101]

That's not scripting, that's a relationship. Peter and MJ just got together at the very end of SM2. The point of SM3 is to show if that relationship has any substance to it, if it can endure. Bad things happened to the both of them in SM3 and yet they still manage to stay together by the end.

Every meaningful relationship has that first big fight; that's what SM3 is for Peter and MJ.

Yeah, but it was scripted as such. The relationship had to be plotted like everything else in the movie. Been there, done that. I write and produce on my end and I've been through my share of relationships. So that's a flat out given.

Speaking of scripting, there should have been more Gwen then what we saw.

 

[TwilightPro101]