And yet looking back at the film on its 15th anniversary,Spider-Manis both a guidepost and an outlier.
you could see that from the outset where Peter (Tobey Maguire) gets bitten by the spider.
Also, labs lose track of their genetic experiments all the time.
Today, we see that superhero films make a run at be serious or realistic.
Norman Osborne (Willem Dafoe) is kind of a tragic figure.
That formula turns him insane, but he keeps wrestling with the Goblins actions throughout the movie.
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In any other film, that would feel horribly disjointed, but Raimi manages to hold it all together.
What makesSpider-Maneven more unique is how much of Raimis personality pervades the entire movie.
As it stands,X-Men,Spider-Man, andBatman Beginsall shaped the superhero genre as we know it today.
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Spider-Manand other superhero movies will likely never return to what Raimi attempted.
