The Amazing Stacy Gwen...
So I went to see the new Spiderman movie, and on my way home I remembered the “Big Bang Theory” quote, “You don’t want to get into it with Sheldon. He’s one lab accident away from becoming a super-villain.” I’m afraid this movie is a little too dependent upon that formula, not so much for the creation of the villains, but for their motives for wanting to hurt Spiderman. Those motives were just too forced, wedged in between fight scenes, and are only barely plausible if you assume the villains are already halfway to the funny farm before they gain their powers (which was the case with one of them). This movie should have been two in order to do the villains proper justice.
On the other hand, if you consider the super-villains as mere props for the Stacy-Peter story line, I can see the logic. Peter feels guilty about the potential danger to Stacy, and Stacy is determined to actualize her own potential as a heroine, not a super-heroine, but an extraordinary heroine who helps Spiderman when her only powers are intelligence and courage. She boldly informs Peter that she should be the one to choose if she will face danger or not. I could go on more about her, but I'd risk too many spoilers.
My favorite little touch was when it appears that Aunt May has already figured out that Peter is Spiderman. You have to watch for it, since it’s just a glimpse over her Sally Field’s face when Peter wasn’t looking, but I’m sure it was there.
There was an interesting parallel in the subplot of comparing super-villainy and more mundane corporate villainy. All things evil in Spiderman’s world seem to come out of Oscorp, but more important is the face-off between Harry Osborne and the corporate suits over control of the company. The ending of the movie is rather muddled about the ending of this subplot, but it was somehow delicious to watch a corporate suit get the shock of his life faced with the dangerous ramifications of his earlier decisions.
On the other hand, if you consider the super-villains as mere props for the Stacy-Peter story line, I can see the logic. Peter feels guilty about the potential danger to Stacy, and Stacy is determined to actualize her own potential as a heroine, not a super-heroine, but an extraordinary heroine who helps Spiderman when her only powers are intelligence and courage. She boldly informs Peter that she should be the one to choose if she will face danger or not. I could go on more about her, but I'd risk too many spoilers.
My favorite little touch was when it appears that Aunt May has already figured out that Peter is Spiderman. You have to watch for it, since it’s just a glimpse over her Sally Field’s face when Peter wasn’t looking, but I’m sure it was there.
There was an interesting parallel in the subplot of comparing super-villainy and more mundane corporate villainy. All things evil in Spiderman’s world seem to come out of Oscorp, but more important is the face-off between Harry Osborne and the corporate suits over control of the company. The ending of the movie is rather muddled about the ending of this subplot, but it was somehow delicious to watch a corporate suit get the shock of his life faced with the dangerous ramifications of his earlier decisions.