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Sam Raimi says he “messed up plenty” with “awful” Spider-Man 3

December 31, 2014 by Gary Collinson

Before Marc Webb brought the Spider-Man franchise to its knees this year with The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the majority of vitriol from Spidey fans was reserved for the third movie in Sam Raimi’s original trilogy, 2007’s Spider-Man 3. Now Raimi himself has spoken about the disappointing threequel during a chat with the Nerdist podcast, admitting that he “messed up plenty” when it came to the film and describing it as “awful”…

“Each and every one of those Spider-Man movies were pretty damn challenging. I messed up plenty with the third Spider-Man, so people hated me for years — they still hate me for it. It’s a movie that just didn’t work very well. I tried to make it work, but I didn’t really believe in all the characters, so that couldn’t be hidden from people who loved Spider-Man. If the director doesn’t love something, it’s wrong of them to make it when so many other people love it. I think [raising the stakes after Spider-Man 2] was the thinking going into it, and I think that’s what doomed us. I should’ve just stuck with the characters and the relationships and progressed them to the next step and not tried to top the bar… I don’t think ‘bad’ is the right word. Awful!”

Is he right? Is Spider-Man 3 awful? And how does it stack up against The Amazing Spider-Man 2?

Via: THR, Pajiba

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&list=PL18yMRIfoszH_jfuJoo8HCG1-lGjvfH2F&v=eF_xnPWgEtI

Originally published December 31, 2014. Updated November 29, 2022.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Marvel, Sam Raimi, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 3

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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