Post Titled: Spider-Man 3

Here is a link to a full and pretty good-quality version of SPIDER-MAN 3 online.

I have watched the first 2/3 of the film a hald a dozen times, practically have it memorized, and once again (as with the first Spider-Man: i.e. "With Great Power comes Great Responsibility") I find myself being quite sympathetic to the types of life-lessons or *gasp* dare I say "morals" the film promotes, for example:

"A man has to be understanding and put his wife before himself, can you do that?"

Being a self-absorbed egotistical hipster gets you a whole lotta nowhere with no one. Not only that, but it is sad to see that happen to someone who was once a real, whole and interesting human being to begin with thereafter reduced to a shallow husk concerned only with the "cool."

It is a far better thing to die that to become a mere scenester. ... (Ok, this wasn't actually in the film, jusssst kiddding.)

Revenge is poisionous and pointless. Reminds me of the death penalty... Peter thinks that he has killed the Sandman (played by THomas Hayden-Church (sp?)) who murdered his uncle, he attempt to relay this in a positive way to his aunt, who bascially (dissapointedly) says that killing someone to prove that killing is wrong is tragic, hypocritical, and basically wrong.

A bond or relationship between two people can, in fact, be tested, broken, and then rebuilt; thereafter strenghthened and more meaningful because it has had to prove itself, perservere, survive and re-establish its importance. This cycle seems somehow more meaningful and solid than a relationship that has been nothing but smooth-sailing all along, never having been challenged or fought-for.

There are also a number of drug and greed metaphors. After being exposed to the black insecty-goo from outerspace, Peter Parker (and Spider-Man) are intoxicated by the new power of the now black suit. This power and the agression that comes with it turns Peter into a sort of junkie, alienating him from friends and family and taints the good that he does in the world into twisted and unnecessairily cruel and/or merciless acts. The power-lust brought on by the living black goo parallels the average heroin, crack or amphetamine downfall story quite well. Similiar to the character of Harry Oswald (played by James Franco in the film) who undergoes the same treatment of performance-enhancing biomorphicism as his father (played by Willem DaFoe) did in the first film.