Ironman will scintillate you, you would always respect Nolan’s Batman, you would be awestruck by Superman’s near omnipotence, Hulk’s brute force will bring you sheer pleasure, Captain America would sing America’s blues, Shaktimaan would instruct you on the art of living, Wolverine would maul his way to get your attention (Other Superheroes weren’t considered because they haven’t left a lasting impression on me), so the question arises, in the scheme of things, what is the role of Spiderman? Where does he stand?
We loved the Tobias Maguire when we were kids. Oh! When I was kid, coward that I may have been, I sometimes secretly tried to inch my hands closer to a spider so that I could share God’s responsibility and protect the world. It had left a very deep impression on my mind. So why do the people hate the Amazing Spiderman 2 so much? Why do you mock Andrew Garfield when he cries? Out there, of course there are better, bigger and richer Superheroes with cool toys, why do people even concern themselves with making a Spiderman movie? Spiderman comes with emotional baggage, you skeptics say, why doesn’t he cut those webs (pun intended!) and become a cooler Superhero like the ones available in the market whose demands are skyrocketing and far from being satiated.
And answer is simple: He would stop being Spiderman. The answer why everyone hates this new Spidey is because he is exactly the same as the old one. We loved Tobias, we hate Andrew – why? Because they are the same, we have grown. Exposed to all these supercool movies, we feel Spiderman to be a bit lame. And why is so?
Because he is a kid’s superhero, just as Ironman is teen dream and Batman is stuff for grown-ups. And while watching Amazing Spiderman 2, I discovered today that while everyone around me was a grown-up, I was just a kid. I loved the damn movie.
No other Superhero has ever given me what I was most searching for: hope. Not Batman’s deep baritone, sometimes rattly voice, definitely not the glitzy Ironman. You feel you have to respect these guys, yet keep your distance. You aren’t rich nor are you genius, you do not have a sculpted body nor do you know how to fight mean.
But Spidey, the socially awkward, emotional guy who FEELS THE PAIN WHEN HE STRIKES THE FLOOR, falls in love, backtracks on the promise to a dying man, then again tries to fulfill it in his odd Parker ways, is eternally confused, is poor, is good at studies but doesn’t excel at college, who doesn’t have all the answers, constantly misses his parents, ducks his responsibility, then feels bad about it – is relatable. I am Spiderman.
So whatever anyone says, I am going to watch every Spiderman movie they make in future. Because only one Superhero (other than Harry Potter) has made me feel like I am welcome to be there in their shoes.
And that is the reason why a kid would face the Rhino, unconcerned about the outcome – because he is Spiderman!
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I personally hated The Amazing Spiderman because of the standards set by the first Sam Raimi movie. That was the only movie (along with may be the second one) that captured the true essence of Spidey. Andrew Garfield as Spiderman is great, but as Peter Parker he was not too good (though that is mostly to do with the writing). The basic charm of Spiderman is that if you take away the superhero side, he is just like a normal person, struggling to make ends meet, struggling to complete his chores, struggling with his job and studies, and so on. Somehow, both ASM 1 & 2 failed to capture that and concentrated too much on the action.
As far as the comic book fans go, they just hated the fact that Electro wasn’t captured too well in the movie. Green Goblin was treated shabbily. And Gwen Stacy was killed off too soon. Some comic book forums have also started a petition to bring back Emma Stone back as MJ (even though that is logically impossible).
Well then, it might be that the irrational part of me liked the Amazing Spiderman 2, though I still feel that it ain’t that bad!
Apologies if I offended you. Didn’t mean to do so. I was just expressing my individual opinion. Lot of people have liked the movie (it topped in weekend earnings on its release), so there’s a chance I missed out on something that others didn’t.
Well, I am not that easily offended…:-p Anyways from a avid Comic book reader like you, I might have been expecting this!