Spider-Man 2(they should've kept the title "The Amazing Spider-Man") will NOT top Titanic at the box office. That movie made 600 mil domestic and 1.2 billion worldwide. No film will beat those records for another 10 years at least. I'm still trying to figure out how the first Spider-Man did so well. I liked it, don't get me wrong. But it was a decent superhero flick, nothing more. I don't even know if it was one of the top 5 best movies I saw last summer. And speaking of Titanic, it's a shame James Cameron didn't direct Spider-Man as originally planned. Then we would've had a superhero film that rivaled Superman or Unbreakable. I love Sam Raimi, but he can't direct action scenes to save his life.
Those of you who don't understand how Spidey made so much money must not remember your superhero movie history too well. Or filmmaking lessons. It's easy: 1. Appeal of superheroes. This always is a draw. Even the crappiest movie, if it's about a superhero of some sort, will at least draw attention. You've got: longtime comic fans, new comic fans, fans of cartoon based on comic, fans who just read it when they were a kid, people who only watch superheroes when on film. Throw in the fact that it wasn't dark, or moody, or ultra-bloody, (unlike, say, Batman Blade or Spawn) and you got so wide a range of audience it isn't even funny. 2. Love story. The sappy chick-flick ( ) stuff. It's all here. This is exactly why TITANIC did so well. And powered by actors like Tobey Maguire and Dunst, to boot. So you've got all the audience that either wouldn't be drawn by #1 or who would sit tolerate it because of this fact. AND it's a high school love story for goddsakes. Talk about instant cash. 3. Humor. The whole first half of the movie, about your 'average' teenager going through his growing pains, had all the high school kids in every showing I saw cracking up. Those parts were written well, able to appeal to some basic themes. 4. Kids And it was still a kids movie. Kids love to see movies multiple times. They love to go with other kids. Parents love movies they can safely take their kids to. More $$$. So, in conclusion: Comic/sci-fi fans? Check. Love story/chick flick/hearthrob fans? Check. Teeny-bopper fans? Check. Kids? Check. This movie had blockbuster written all over it. The second will do the same.
Man, I freaking love Spiderman. I'm like 6 years old watching that movie! I can't wait for the next one. This is easily my nerdiest passion! Peter is such a normal guy...a somewhat unwilling hero...that appeals to me in the same way John McLane appealed to me in Die Hard (but different than how Bruce Willis appeals to my wife -- just to clear that up!). I was very surprised at how much I liked the last Spiderman movie. I want to see Spidey with the alien black suit at some point in this series. p.s. I had a spiderman bike when i was 6 years old which i received at my spiderman birthday pool party, complete with spiderman floats, spiderman cake, spiderman plates and spiderman table covers. now that you know that about me...carry on.
since this thread started yesterday, i've been thinking about carnage. doesn't the guy look just like "the licker" minus the open brain from resident evil?
LMAO! Sorry, MM, but now that you've let the spider out of the bag, I've got to share that childhood photo of yours... And also at your high school prom. I guess the inner child in me skipped the first Spidey movie. I understand why it made huge bucks, but it's mainly the graphics that got to me so much. I'm the same way about music -- if I can tell a band uses a drum machine, I automatically deduct like 5 coolness points. Can't help myself.
damn, how did those pictures surface?? looks like i downed a few chili dogs before i took my "prom picture."
