Spider-Man 3.1 DVD?
I, like many of you, went to see Spider-Man 3 in theaters. I had heard that it was getting average grades, which is a drop for Spidey. I thought the movie was going to be horrible, but it's not. A few things could be patched up and it could be a great movie. (I personally would give it a 7.5/10.) I offer some suggestions as to how the movie can be improved in DVD form (much like what Sony did with Spider-Man 2.1).
First, Replace the last scene with the usual Spider-man "money shot": I can appreciate the book end feel of the trilogy being all about MJ and Peter.. but the ending scene with Spidey is just as much part of the series as the amazing intros. Seeing Spider-Man tumbling from rooftop to rooftop and swinging around New York is always fun to watch and a great way to end the movie.
Secondly, add more footage: I know that may seem counter intuitive at 2 hours and 20 minutes.. but those villains need to be fleshed out a bit more. Devote 50% of the new footage to Sandmans story... (did he ever give his daughter the money?) and 30% to Venom. Give Venom some face time (and I don't mean Topher Grace). I would've loved to see Eddie's take on learning how to use his abilities (in contrast to Peter's in the first movie. The last 20% should probably be action scenes.. more swinging and catching badguys with black spidey and more fighting against Venom. If you must remove or reduce scenes to compensate.. reduce/remove Peter's dance number and take away unnecessary scenes like Peter purposely messing up his hair. Round it off at two and a half hours and I think it could be fine.
Thirdly, Take out some of the humor and replace with more story driven scenes: For example, add some knowing/awkward glances from the butler and reduce the dancing in the kitchen scene. Maybe show Flint Marko visiting his daughter a second time to drop off some money but doesn't have enough.. give him a reason to be angry at Spider-Man. Show Venom learning how to swing.. or maybe the Venom suit teaching him how.
I think with these 3 changes alone, the average would go from mid-60's to mid-80's. Other than that, I think this movie suffered from the trilogy curse of superhero movies. Look at X-men 3, Superman 3, Batman and Robin. It was just a case of trying to give too much to their fans.. I know that if it was up to Raimi.. it would've been just Sandman and the climax of Harry/Peter. They didn't know if there would be a 4th Spider-Man (which there will be) and included Venom because alot of fans wanted to see him.
No comments:
Post a Comment