
Empathetic Heroic Science Fiction
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I inherited years of Spiderman (and other Marvel) comics when I was 15 from a friend. I continued reading and collecting until I turned the enlarged collection over to my little brother when I joined the Navy. I was a Spidermaniac for many years and, of course, I found trivial faults in the movies (especially Peter's relationship with Mary Jane instead of Gwen Stacy).
One of the overriding themes permeating the early Spiderman comics was Peter Parker's constant questioning of his motives. His character was at times deeply depressed and full of self-doubt, and this defined much of his behavior. Spiderman 3 captures that almost self-loathing vs. heroic altruism for the first time (although we see a hint of it over the death of his uncle in Spiderman 1). This makes the Toby McGuire's character more human and touches emotional chords in all of us save the most vain, and introduces empathy to an otherwise simple (and predictable) good v. evil piece of science fiction. The graphics are superior to the first two prequels and entertaining, but Peter's soul-searching is something identifiably human.
My only real complaint is there are no more great shots of Kirsten Dunst in a wet t-shirt like "the kiss" scene in Spiderman 1.
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