Post by claudius on Jul 14, 2017 23:37:41 GMT
"Raimi turned Spider-man into a Crybaby. Thats insulting to the character."
Is the problem Spidey crying PERIOD or how Raimi executes it? I dunno, because in my personal view, I tend to see Spidey do a lot of that whenever someone close to him gets killed or badly injured. Now, most of these have Peter in a mask or face-palming (or both), so we don't see any crying, but it's rather clear what's he doing.
-After leaving the burglar for the police.
-When Silvermane dies.
-When Captain Stacy dies.
-Holding Gwen's corpse ("I saved you...") and later after telling MJ to get lost.
-When Gwen's clone leaves.
-Visiting the badly injured Black Cat at her hospital bed.
-When Harry dies (temporarily).
-When 'Aunt May' dies.
"Raimi used Kirsten Dunst as a bra-less scream queen. Thats a waste of a good actress and stereotyping women as weak damsels who need saving them from evil. Whats to like about that?"
I could agree to that one. Getting kidnapped once is fine (a nod to AMS#121), but all three films? And not in some Lois Lane/Emma Peel-esque 'find the danger' activity, but by doing nothing? I still bristle over MJ's cowardly 'Break Peter's heart or DIE' action. Granted, there was a Gerry Conway story where MJ witnesses a psuedo-Vulture do a crime but kept quiet out of fear of the villain killing her, but I don't think she would ever hurt someone under threat of death (and BTW, MJ did report to the authorities in that story). She didn't quite redeem herself.
"Raimi lacked good villains. They all wind up killing themselves."
Feh, both the Osborns' death were nods to the comics, so care not.
Is the problem Spidey crying PERIOD or how Raimi executes it? I dunno, because in my personal view, I tend to see Spidey do a lot of that whenever someone close to him gets killed or badly injured. Now, most of these have Peter in a mask or face-palming (or both), so we don't see any crying, but it's rather clear what's he doing.
-After leaving the burglar for the police.
-When Silvermane dies.
-When Captain Stacy dies.
-Holding Gwen's corpse ("I saved you...") and later after telling MJ to get lost.
-When Gwen's clone leaves.
-Visiting the badly injured Black Cat at her hospital bed.
-When Harry dies (temporarily).
-When 'Aunt May' dies.
"Raimi used Kirsten Dunst as a bra-less scream queen. Thats a waste of a good actress and stereotyping women as weak damsels who need saving them from evil. Whats to like about that?"
I could agree to that one. Getting kidnapped once is fine (a nod to AMS#121), but all three films? And not in some Lois Lane/Emma Peel-esque 'find the danger' activity, but by doing nothing? I still bristle over MJ's cowardly 'Break Peter's heart or DIE' action. Granted, there was a Gerry Conway story where MJ witnesses a psuedo-Vulture do a crime but kept quiet out of fear of the villain killing her, but I don't think she would ever hurt someone under threat of death (and BTW, MJ did report to the authorities in that story). She didn't quite redeem herself.
"Raimi lacked good villains. They all wind up killing themselves."
Feh, both the Osborns' death were nods to the comics, so care not.