Sam Raimi admits Spider-Man 3 was ‘horrible’

TFX is wrapping up the rebroadcast of the Spider-Man trilogy this evening.

Overall, everyone agrees that Spider-Man 3 (2007) is the worst of the three Spiderman made by Sam Raimi. Moreover, the filmmaker himself agrees.

“It’s a film that doesn’t work very well,” he admitted. in a podcast from the Nerdist site, early 2015. I tried, but I didn’t believe much in the characters, and fans of Spiderman realized it. If the director doesn’t like the movie, he’s wrong to try to make it when so many other people love it…”

We know that the overall storyline of his trilogy has evolved enormously over time, to meet the demands of the producers at Sony, so much so that the film he had in mind does not exactly correspond to the one that was released in theaters. . If he assumes certain points, in particular Peter Parker’s dance sceneenormously criticized since its release (“It was supposed to be funny, actually.”, he justified), he believes that the desire to go even further than Spider-Man 2 weighed down the film from the start. In particular the production’s desire to multiply the villains? “I should have just evolved the characters and their relationships gradually rather than trying to set the bar very high…”said Raimi, bluntly qualifying his blockbuster as “‘horrible”.

If we trust the site Rotten Tomatoes (which gives a percentage rating to films based on the average of their reviews), Spider-Man 3 with a score of 63% is not the worst of the five films Spiderman : the title is held by The Amazing Spider-Man 2: A Hero’s Destiny (53%) released in 2014 with Andrew Garfield. Although the sixth biggest success of that year worldwide, the film also achieved the worst grossing of the saga.

A not-so-great critical and public reception, therefore, which pushed the Sony studio to rethink its future strategy regarding films dedicated to the Weaver. By joining forces with Disney/Marvel so that the superhero integrates their Cinematic Universe, the saga was quickly relaunched with Tom Holland, and the three interpreters of Spider-Man were able to be reunited on screen in No Way Homein 2022. As for Sam Raimi, after returning to the superheroic universe with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessat the same time, he would see himself again at the controls of a new Spideyprovided you are reunited with your favorite actor…

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The story of Spider-Man 3 : Peter Parker has finally managed to reconcile his love for Mary-Jane and his superhero duties. But the horizon is darkening. The sudden change in his costume, which turns black, increases his powers tenfold and also transforms his personality to bring out the dark and vengeful aspect that Peter strives to control.

Under the influence of his costume, Peter becomes overconfident and begins to neglect those close to him. Forced to choose between the seductive power of this new costume and the compassion that characterized him before, Peter will face his demons when he confronts two of the worst villains in history, Sandman and Venom, whose Extraordinary power and a thirst for vengeance threaten Peter and all those he holds dear.

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