Sam Raimi came out of the gates swinging with Spiderman. The epic first installment in the box office smashing Spiderman trilogy. It had everything we ever wanted from a comic book movie....everything except sequels. We watched as Peter Parker got bitten by the radioactive spider, watched Mary Jane from afar, fought with Flash, lost his uncle Ben, realized he could have saved him and heard the with great power comes great responsibility speech. Though even all of these great elements were not enough to carry this series. I loved the first Spiderman movie, except for the fact that the Green Goblin looked like a Power Ranger villain reject and his character was not developed in any way. Oh and that Eddie Brock wasn't even a thought in Peter's head. Other than that it was amazing.
Then after all that Goblin dies. What the hell kind of screwed up plot is that? You introduce a major villain in the Marvel universe in your first movie, fail to build him in any way shape or form, and then have him killed off. Yes I know it happened in the comic but oh well, you could of at least let him live through the first movie and use him to bring in hob goblin in the second. Instead they went with doc oc, who is my favorite villain in any of the Spiderman movies so far. Alfred Molina had an exceptional performance as the doctor and deserves a second chance in the reboot to reprise his role. But any way, they kill goblin, okay whatever things happen life’s tough.
Then you move on to the second movie, we see Harry starting to lose his mind much like his father did and Peter delivering pizzas. As for how much time has passed since the first movie, I have no idea but yet we trek on. Pete gets fired for doing his heroic duties and then we realize Mary Jane is in a musical. Weirdest way to start a movie, but then we meet doc oc, and then we meet Dr. Curt Connors. This gave me hope, I thought we were going to see doc and lizard, but no we just get doc oc. That’s okay though it’s still awesome. Then the movie ends with doc oc dying. What the hell is Raimi trying to do? If he kills off all the villains what is left? Spiderman and Mary Jane raising their kids? I wouldn't pay to see that.
Then we move on to the 3rd and final movie, Sandman, hob goblin, and venom. When i hear Eddie Brock Jr. and that he is going to be in the movie I start getting wood, venom on the big screen no way it’s going to amazing. Then they even go as far as to introduce wolf man to the story. Oh my god amazing, but then i start to think about it I realize that this makes no sense. None of these things can be together. None of these characters exist at the same time in the comics, and not only that, the origins of the characters are downright ridiculous. Sandman killed Uncle Ben; um no he did not but thanks for playing. So this leaves me to believe that this movie makes no sense, at all. Then I realize that venom was only in the movie for 20 minutes, and I become angry. Then after that I realize that Mr. Raimi has gone and killed off yet another character, no wait two characters. We lose Hob Goblin, Harry Osborn and we lose Eddie Brock, way to go Raimi, you started strong with one of the best comic book movies to date, and ended with Howard the Duck.
Thanks to this we have X-Men movies with characters whose names don't match their powers and Daredevil, which was just awful in every way possible except for Collin Ferrell as Bull’s-eye. Then we got Elektra from Daredevil, if anybodies actually seen it and pained their way through this abortion of a movie I feel sorry for you. So Raimi started a snowball effect that killed Marvel comic book movies as we know it. Until Iron Man of course, I guess that makes Jon Favreau Jesus who died so that we could lose all of our sins. By died I mean he loses the Avengers because he put all his eggs in one basket with Ironman. And by sins I mean Spiderman 3, X-Men 2 and 3, Daredevil and Elektra.
So now we sit poised and ready for the Spiderman reboot, just the thing Marvel needs to usher in the new Disney era. A movie that has promise, a young Peter Parker who looks like he is in high school instead of college and the ultimate series. I love the ultimate series; it makes much more sense for the modern audience. With Christoph Waltz in talks to play lizard how can they mess this up? They won't, they can't afford to. This movie is what Marvel is banking on to open the door to the future. After the Avengers, after Captain America, after Thor. We can look at this movie as the doorway to a new world, a Marvel universe that isn't full of characters with the wrong names, 3 villains in 1 movie, and characters who don't deserve their own films, this movie is just what Marvel needs, just what we, as comic book fans and people who love to watch men in tights beat up monsters need. A new beginning.