have now talked to two (three, including myself) people who watched the Raimi movies without ever noticing that Curt Connors was missing an arm even though it’s very much visible, and he’s, like, shown closing a bottle with his teeth and using a hands-free headset to talk on the phone. Movies are so rarely Normal about physically disabled supporting characters that it doesn’t even blip the radar when done reasonably
There’s 2000s movie series by afamouslybody-horrory director, and there’s a 2010s movie series by a romcom director. Guess which one handled discussion of the antagonists’ physical and mental state with more nuance and compassion. Go on, guess.
okay but the way the crowd coming together to protect kamala, it was so much like raimi-era spider man where new yorkers would take on goblin or doc oc to protect peter and i can’t believe how much I sobbed, these are the tropes I have missed in marvel movies.
