fuckyeahraimispiderman:
In spite of everything you’ve done for them,
eventually they will hate you
Y’know, I (and everyone else) tend to open statements/gifsets about the old Spider-Man trilogy with ‘yeah I know they were campy/cheesy/ridiculous/take your pick, but I did like…[etc]’
Well, not this time! Screw that!
I love this thread in the movies. I think to some extent it’s a departure from the comics, but: I love it. Scenes like the train scene and the bridge scene, where you see regular New Yorkers risking their lives to stand up to supervillains – that was a huge deal to me. Quieter scenes, like Peter Parker’s co-workers being nice to him, or his neighbour bringing him food – equally huge deals. A lesser bunch of movies would’ve probably had the Goblin (the one who says that quote up there to Spider-Man) proved ultimately right – you know how people dig the Lone Underdog Nerd Hero Against The World trope – but the fims never do that, they keep on and on and on with the ‘hey these people are really brave and kind and they love their resident hero’ stuff. As they should!
I’ve said this before, but dammit, there’s so much genuine good in these movies. Not just from the ‘superhero’ characters, but from everyone – the completely powerless train passengers, for example, don’t actually stand a chance against Doc Ock but they try to protect Spider-Man anyway because it’s the right thing to do. Basically, as much as these films taught me that with great power comes great responsibility, they also taught me that with no power comes great responsibility. I never forgot that.