Spiderman 3 Was Goofy Marvel Team-Up

Like many others, I saw Spiderman 3 on opening weekend.  The movie pulled in almost 150 million on its opening, which is the all-time biggest open for any movie ever.  At least until Pirates 3 opens later this summer.

As a Spiderman fan, I thought the movie fell way short compared to the last one.  Director Sam Raimi and his writers blew the potential of a great story by not sticking to the original comic book storyline of the black suit. 

In the original comics, the black suit bonded to Peter Parker, and once that happened, the suit would transform to any clothing style that Peter imagined.  This would have been a far better mechanism for explaining Peter’s “emo” transformation in the middle of the movie. 

Also, the suit from the comic books was far darker and had much more power over Peter.  In the middle of the night, while Peter was sleeping, the suit would take Peter webslinging through New York to prey on criminals.  These small facts about the black suit would not have taken up much time in the movie, and would have added much more depth to the alien suit than the movie portrayed.

In fact, one scene that should have been cut from the movie was left in, much to the embarrassment of all Spidey fans.  What the hell was that stupid piano playing and dance number in the Jazz club about?

Also, I think that moviegoers understand that it is supposed to be Toby McGuire in the Spiderman suit.  Yet somehow, Spidey only wears the mask twice in the whole picture.  He is the only superhero with a secret identity that refuses to wear his mask.

 

Finally, the finale of the movie where Spiderman teams up with Gobbie Junior was about the dumbest Marvel Team-Up since Spidey joined forces with the cast of Saturday Night Live.