The Official "I Loved Raimi's Spider-Man' Thread - Part 1 of 99 Luft - - - Part 12

[Spider-Aziz]

Man, that bus scene is such a cartoon, what did Pete do to be hated by everyone?

Norman is such a nice father, not the jerk you see in Untold Tales of Spider-Man from his pre-Goblin days, Willem Dafoe sells it well, I love how he can play both menacing and nice, without betraying the tone of the movie or his characterization.

I forgot where I saw the guide lady before, I think I saw her in a TV show in the 90s.

That stare MJ gives Harry as soon as he replies to her "I love them" and he replies "Yeah, me too" is hilarious. This little moment of "Ugly, I love it" reminds me of Cassie Lang in Ant-Man when her dad showed up in her birthday party, but it should have been the other way around.

Harry turns back to stare at Pete, and it's about MJ. Sense of De Ja Vu should be felt while watching Spider-Man 3.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I will make detailed multi posts commentary on all three of the movies here, please bare with me.

One of the caged super spiders looks like the one that is missing, I thought they were all supposed to look different.

There was a time when I used a picture of that spider biting Pete's hand as my desktop background.

General Slocum is scary, but I agree with him when it comes to human enhancement formula.

"Won't you have a bite?" "No thanks, had a bite."

I wonder how long it took them to take shoots between Pete going to sleep and him waking up to see a beefed up Toby physique.

"Back to formula?" That moment is scary.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

How did Pete's shirts fit back? He's buffed up, his shirts should be tight, unless he took them loose far ahead.

School lunch and fight gave every student who witnessed it reasons to know who is Spider-Man, yet the thought doesn't cross the minds of his two friends, MJ knew from a kiss, and Harry had to take off his mask to see it for himself.
Weirdos.

It's amusing how Pete pushed his middle and ring finger by instinct after examining the fork stuck to his wrist.

I admit, the tray stuck by the door is funny, I laughed with the rest of the students in the cafeteria.

Oh Man, gif time.

Peter punched Deathstroke. I'll keep that thought in mind.

Spider hair growing out of the for of his skin on the tips of his finger is kinda creepy looking and cool. Power testing scene is always cool.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

That fight makes me think of the boxing match in Amazing Spider-Man 008, that is always good for laughs, and it's better than the out of school fight with Flash breaking his arm by punching Pete's open hand in Ultimate.

Pete left his stuff in school.

Pete & MJ moment leading to the car is enjoyable.

Costume design montage is cool to look at, too bad they didn't give us one of Spider-Man's alternate costumes in that montage though, including the unused design by Alex Ross.

Web shot breaking glass reminds me of that moment from Amazing Spider-Man 120, it's that time when Spidey broke General Ross's searchlights with his webbing.

Exercising with his webs reminds me of that moment from Amazing Spider-Man 005.

I don't know why, but Cliff Robertson's moment as Uncle Ben in the car makes me think of the possibility of Mel Gibson as the character in that scene.

It's really sad to look at this movie now and think that at least three of the actors died in recent years.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Bruce Campbell announces "THE FLYING DUTCHMAN", and people wanted this guy to play Mysterio.
Oh this is good stuff.
If anyone doesn't get it, watch the 60s episode with that title for reference.

"The Human Spider" moment is amazing. Bruce Campbell is amazing.

Why are the audience booing? They are weird.
Come to think of this, it plays like one of those illegal arenas like in Best of the Best 2.

Nine kicks and a flip, and Bonesaw won't brag that he taught Spider-Man everything he knows about wrestling after the victory.

At least Pete took the cash.

I think I'm supposed to find Tobey's face funny when he cries, but he's just too adorable looking for that.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Cool swinging, cool action, I love the chase and the warehouse scenes.

He did capture the real of his uncle, he did.

I don't know why General Slocum has no interest in the glider, I get that he's not a fan of Norman Osborn, but he's missing out on something easier to ride in favor of a jetpack attached to a tight chamber.

Cool editing from explosion to graduation hats flying, I always loved that moment.
Less than half a movie and he graduates highschool which is how it should be.

That's a great warm moment between Pete and his aunt leading to him finally donning his Spidey suit to save people, and boy is this one of the best heroic montages ever made, and great citizen opinions.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Lucy Lawless is almost unrecognizable here. LOL.

"He looks like a spider, he looks like a bug
But we should all just give him one big hug
Look out WHOO, here comes the Spider-Man"
I love this song.

When you listen to J.K Simmons say " A vigilante, a public menace", and here were are 15 years later knowing he will be a supportive friend of another vigilante, it's funnier.

Gerry Conway reference, in a movie that adapts the most famous elements of his most famous story. Brilliant.

Eddie is mentioned. He's not Brock, he's not Brock. I'll keep telling myself that.

 

[Nardz937]

HAPPY 15TH ANNIVERSARY SPIDER-MAN 1!

May 3, 2002.

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[PeterBenParker]

Remember seeing it in the theater opening day and having to use a booster seat. Also remember being jump-scared quite badly by Norman's quick flashback when Harry's helping him off the floor. Think I even cried when Uncle Ben died. Good times.

Oh, and some guy was at my theater dressed in a Spider-Man suit and I got a picture with him. He came back for Spider-Man 2 along with some guy dressed as Doc Ock. Was really disappointed nobody was there for Spider-Man 3.

I'll be spending a few hours of my day watching the film on blu-ray and going through the special features. Long live Spider-Man.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

I watched SM1 the other night, and it's aged well. A few things I'd like to edit out or change, but overall I love it still. Now, onto SM2.

 

[Lantern Venom]

Lucy Lawless is almost unrecognizable here. LOL.

"He looks like a spider, he looks like a bug
But we should all just give him one big hug
Look out WHOO, here comes the Spider-Man"
I love this song.

When you listen to J.K Simmons say " A vigilante, a public menace", and here were are 15 years later knowing he will be a supportive friend of another vigilante, it's funnier.

Gerry Conway reference, in a movie that adapts the most famous elements of his most famous story. Brilliant.

Eddie is mentioned. He's not Brock, he's not Brock. I'll keep telling myself that.

I didn't recognize Lucy the first time, despite being a huge Xena fan.

And the "Eddie" reference...oy..it's gotten more painful over time. R.C. Everbeck's face looked like Brock and had he put in a few years of serious bulk-building, I can only imagine what he would have looked like by 2007.

Remember seeing it in the theater opening day and having to use a booster seat. Also remember being jump-scared quite badly by Norman's quick flashback when Harry's helping him off the floor. Think I even cried when Uncle Ben died. Good times.

Oh, and some guy was at my theater dressed in a Spider-Man suit and I got a picture with him. He came back for Spider-Man 2 along with some guy dressed as Doc Ock. Was really disappointed nobody was there for Spider-Man 3.

I'll be spending a few hours of my day watching the film on blu-ray and going through the special features. Long live Spider-Man.

I can only imagine how I would have reacted had I been able to see a film like this when I was kid. I was 29 at the time, and while I'm sure that helped me appreciate nuances more fully than I would have done at 10 or so, I'm sure you had the overall better experience.

HAPPY 15TH ANNIVERSARY SPIDER-MAN 1!

May 3, 2002.

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That night was so cathartic for me. I dreamed of a Spider-man movie all through the 1990s.

 

[Lantern Venom]

I watched SM1 the other night, and it's aged well. A few things I'd like to edit out or change, but overall I love it still. Now, onto SM2.

The effects from the film have held up much better than many super hero/fantasy films.

 

[Kane52630]

http://kane52630.tumblr.com/post/160257093669/spider-man-release-date-05032002-director

 

[A Necessary Evil]

 

[Spider-Aziz]

HAPPY 15TH ANNIVERSARY SPIDER-MAN 1!

May 3, 2002.

A very happy anniversary to the best Spider-Man movie.

I didn't recognize Lucy the first time, despite being a huge Xena fan.

And the "Eddie" reference...oy..it's gotten more painful over time. R.C. Everbeck's face looked like Brock and had he put in a few years of serious bulk-building, I can only imagine what he would have looked like by 2007.

I don't remember seeing his face in the movie at all, just his name drop, I didn't know there was an actor assigned to him.

I was a Xena fan myself at the time.

 

[Spider-man95]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6-BN5RTtCQ

Still get chills from this. Happy Birthday Spider-Man (2002)

 

[Nardz937]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6-BN5RTtCQ

Still get chills from this. Happy Birthday Spider-Man (2002)

Hey there. A tip, just take the code part of the URL to embed it. Took me awhile to figure it out too

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[First Avenger]

I was 10 when Spider-Man came out. The father of modern CBMs.

 

[Symbiotic]

I still remember when the World Trade Center teaser trailer was brand new. At the time, that was the best trailer I'd ever seen for any film.

 

[NotNickFury]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6-BN5RTtCQ

Still get chills from this. Happy Birthday Spider-Man (2002)

To this day, "Farewell" is probably one of, if not my favorite piece of music, or at least ending musical selection, of a superhero film, right next to "Finale" from Batman. Oddly enough, both from Danny Elfman.

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There have been great heroic themes in superhero films, sure, and the main theme of The Avengers is great, for example, but nothing has come close to "Farewell" for me.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

*INTRO:

Time for Spider-Man 2, and some of you already know how much I pick this movie apart due to how stupid MJ is with her play, the power loss, Ock's tentacles are too smart and make the nice man an evil abductive murderer with no qualm about letting an old lady fall to her death, his sudden strength and toughness....
Just know that I will spare you my detailed complaints as I go through with my commentary on this movie, after the following comment:
This movie is the dumbest Spider-Man movie, and I'm counting all five of them, it's overrated for the reasons I mentioned above, but I still get a laugh out of how dumb it is.


*COMMENTARY PART #01:

The iconic theme by Danny Elfman plays on an artistic slideshow summary of the previous movie, glorious art by fascinating comic book artist Alex Ross, who drew the variant cover for Amazing Spider-Man 600 with Doc Ock's tentacles, and drew the events of the Night Gwen Stacy Died through the eyes of a camera man in Kurt Busiek's significant mini series; MARVELS.
PS:I think his paintings are gorgeous to look at, but I can't enjoy his work as a comic artist.

Tobey Maguire starts the story with narrating, it's a staple in this trilogy, something we don't see much of in comic book movies, a notable exception to that is MCU's Iron Man 3.
I actually feel sorry for Pete when it comes to his last chance with Joe's Pizza, it was an unfair task, but it leads to a very nice showing of Spider-Man in action very early in the movie, a delightful sight to behold.

It's nice to see the effects of Spider-Man on the life of Peter Parker,
I think they over did the mopey act a bit too much, but at least it's humorous and not a chore to watch.

Daily Bugle scenes are as delightful as any time they are seen in the trilogy, I have doubts we'll have anything as enjoyable as this in any future Spider-Man movie. Second DB scene is even more fun with the mention of Doctor Strange, Robbie hinting that he knows Peter is Spider-Man, and the ever legendary Jonah Jameson laugh.

That surgery room scene is always creepy.
Tentacles sound like Xenomorphs, and they look like Xenomorph tails.

One thing I ponder this time is that Peter to Ock is like Reed Richards is to Doctor Doom: "Dude, a miscalculation you made".

I was 10 when Spider-Man came out. The father of modern CBMs.

I thought you were another teenager, not 6 years younger than I am.
Enjoy the remaining half of your 20s.

 

[Spider-man95]

Hey there. A tip, just take the code part of the URL to embed it. Took me awhile to figure it out too

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Thanks, I've done it a million times before on this site but for some reason it wasn't working for me this time the video kept coming up as an error.

 

[First Avenger]

Aziz I'm way past teenage age,you don't see me whining like a schoolgirl on the Homecoming boards.

 

[The Caped Knight]

Happy Anniversary Spider-Man

https://www.moviefone.com/2017/05/02/spider-man-sam-raimi-tobey-maguire-facts/

 

[PeterBenParker]

I can only imagine how I would have reacted had I been able to see a film like this when I was kid. I was 29 at the time, and while I'm sure that helped me appreciate nuances more fully than I would have done at 10 or so, I'm sure you had the overall better experience.

I was beyond overjoyed, haha. It was surreal to go from watching re-runs of the 60s and 90s cartoons, reading the newspaper comics, and getting all the action figures to seeing it on the big screen. The theater was absolutely packed but luckily we were early and got good seats.