Garfield was not the problem. In the last movie, bad editing and a loose storyline killed the franchise.
Go figure.
ASM 1 was not bad. ASM 2 was really bad. Garfield was not a good Peter Parker. I understand Marvel Movies and Sony are working on a collaboration to introduce Spidey into the Marvel Movie Universe possibly as soon as Captain America 3: Civil War
ASM 1 was not bad. ASM 2 was really bad. Garfield was not a good Peter Parker. I understand Marvel Movies and Sony are working on a collaboration to introduce Spidey into the Marvel Movie Universe possibly as soon as Captain America 3: Civil War
To me, the Spiderman series, and most superhero franchises, are played out. Given the narrow confines inherent to the genre there’s just no place for them to go that you haven’t essentially already seen many times before. There has to be a super villian. Somehow the super villian threatens the world, country, town, etc. etc. Super hero is the only hope to save the day. By the halfway mark in the movie the villian has somehow gotten the upper hand and things look bleak. Somehow, though, superhero overcomes the obstacles and in the last 20 minutes of the film hero arrives in the nick of time to win the 15 minute final boss battle scene. Hooray. Every move is some variation of that and I’ve just gotten bored with them. Granted they still do big box office and will continue to be made as long as they do. More power to the studios in that respect - long live capitalism and the people it employs. And if you like them I’m certainly not criticising you - nobody has to account to anyone for the movies they enjoy. Long live freedom. But for me personally the superhero movie just got to be a bore.
Give it back to Marvel. I heard Marvel would make two changes:
#1 - No more repeating Spidey’s origin story (everyone in the world already knows it anyway)
#2 - No more teenage romance movies
Sounds good to me. We’ve had five Spider-man movies recently. It’s about time he grew up and had some adult problems already.
A pair of reboots for Christmas?
Garfield is not the problem with the franchise, and I’m really not up for a third spidey in seven years. No more reboots! Just pretend ASM2 didn’t happen. Personally, I just want spiderman to be able to be used in the marvel cinematic universe, Garfield is good enough for that. Hopefully this ongoing debacle will push Sony to be desperate enough to work something out with Disney/Marvel.