With three movies under his belt, it is confirmed that the worlds' greatest superhero is going to have fourth and fifth movies being produced in the coming years. as far as we know Spiderman Four and Five will be filmed back to back and have Sam Raimi directing. Tobey Maguire is also set to return as Peter Parker/Spiderman.
The question, however, must be raised. shouldn't they reboot the franchise?
Now this wouldn't be for the same reason that Hulk,Punisher, and Batman got rebooted, because the Spider-man trilogies were good movies. Although, deeply criticized, Spiderman 3 was a true artistic masterpiece which blended the cheesy love drama of the first two films with a cynical humor along with darker undertones. It was the only movie with an obvious moral: "Whatever battles we may have raging inside us we always have a choice."
Sm 3 made changes to Venom's general appearance. I found the lithe sleek Venom to be an improvement to the bulkier one (though I'm also a fan of the original). The action sequences themselves were simply amazing; although definitely Venom could have used an extra twenty minutes at least.
At any rate you may be asking yourself that if I enjoyed the movies so much, why reboot the franchise? Although this trilogy has been enjoyable it wasn't what it could have been. Spiderman was not enough like the source material. Not in shallow terms of appearance (purists whine about mass size and logo designs of characters), but in terms fo personality. The phenominal cartoon series the Spectacular Spiderman is much more what I'm talking about.
here, Spiderman is a wisecracing smart ass: not whiney and overly sentimental. Eddie Brock though self-centered in Sm3, was not the borderline psychotic (almost mysogenistic) villain he is in Spectacular Spidey.
an even better treatment of Spiderman is Ultimate Spiderman. This simply amazing graphic novel series has those previously mentioned elements, but also has this majestic; epic feel about it. Perfect material for some movies.
This comic book series was being produced during the same time as the movies, so we can't blame Raimi and co. for not following them. But now they should certainly take a look at these comics now that they are talking about more movies.
just imagine these brilliant improvements presented on the silver screen. Osborn is not some nut in a power ranger suit, he an actually genetic mutation that resembles a goblin. The Symbiont isn't some asteroid full of ooze which just happens to crash in central park, it was a man made cure for cancer gone wrong. And MJ, instead fo being some ditz perpetually kidnapped and having to be rescued in a really outdated manner, she's a realistic person with a more lovable less annoying side and inherits a horrible curse of her own. This series has it all! It even has that witty humorous side of Spidey I mentioned earlier.
Sam Raimi has a very old fashioned touch to his movies, but its just a little too old fashioned. Batman was upgraded (astoundingly well) by Nolan. Its time Spiderman was modernized. The creators of Ultimate Spiderman have done just that. Their work deserves more recognition.
As for Tobey Maguire casting him as Peter was a huge mistake; i could see that when everyone else was calling him the finest actor of our time in the first movie. They need to cast an actual 15 year old; one who can grow into the role of Spiderman not get all chunky!
Of course this won't happen now. Bad reviews or not Sm3 pulled in astonishing box office numbers, and Raimi produced two earlier films that really touched the country's hearts. They're hoping he can deliver again. Soon when enough time has passed, someone will take a look at those comics and say "Wow, can't you see it? 'Ultimate Spiderman'. It'll be awesome!"
I just hope it won't take too long.
This is Savagenoble reminding you all to free your minds.
"Optimism is a revolution!"
Nick Fury, Ultimate Spiderman
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