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Topic | I've been watching the Raimi Spider-Man movie (the one with Tobey Maguire) |
SpeedDemon20 08/01/19 6:13:57 AM #6: | I don't really consider the Raimi Spider-Man trilogy or Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy "superhero" movies. I'd consider them more of a drama. Maybe they used to be, but Iron Man definitely redefined what a superhero movie is (the humor tends to be more explicit nowadays; I think it became more explicit because it needed to be dumbed down for the masses, but that's another topic). In storytelling, it's very important that characters have proper backstories, motives, and goals. When I was going into this movie, I couldn't recall what the plot was about (other than the obvious points of what happens), but Green Goblin does have motives and goals. When Oscorp was facing the possibility of losing funding, Norman wanted to show Later on, when the board told Osborn they were expecting When he talks to As for Batman Begins (one of my favorites! If not, my most favorite!), Ra's Al Ghul and Bruce are essentially the same broken character, and each took similar but slightly different paths. Ra's tried to show Bruce his path, but of course Bruce was sternly against killing. Their paths crossing was inevitable since they both had different ideas on how to "save" Gotham. Maybe it didn't seem that way to Bruce, because Bruce (and maybe the audience if they don't know what Ra's Al Ghul is all about) probably thought he solved I think Spider-Man was always pretty popular. The technology probably wasn't there to make a good movie yet (i.e.: aesthetically pleasing). The story could always be there, but it might've looked awful with earlier technology. I never watched the Superman movies. I'll get around to them someday, but I don't really like him as a character. It's hard to find the humanity in him that would make him relatable. I did hear about one Superman storyline that did interest me (and will probably never become a movie): when Superman tried to solve world hunger. The story basically concluded that he could --- http://orig14.deviantart.net/59f8/f/2009/047/4/9/rylai_crestfall_by_eyue.jpg Crystal Maiden... gal could break your heart in a thousand pieces. -Rucks ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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