After stressing about Macro/Micro for a week straight this is the first weekend in a while where I felt like I could relax and watch an old favorite. And it also feels a bit fitting for my last (maybe?) blog post, given that this trilogy is a pillar of my childhood. I’m pretty sure I know most of the lines by heart at this point. It’s also an opportune moment to be annoying and talk about how much I hate marvel films (no, not just because everyone else likes them). I just genuinely hate them. Spider-Man 1-3 were great, 3 more so in a lovingly ironic way. I also loved Iron Man 1, but Iron Man 2 is when it all really started to go downhill. The films literally became a soulless money making scheme with a plot seemingly crafted in a laboratory to make it the most appealing to a wide audience which is exactly the thing that sucks the soul out of it. Don’t even get me started on the stupid jokes. When Maguire did it, it was funny kind of in a sort of Michael Cera awkward humor way, but now it seemed to forced and the actors suck so much it’s barely watchable. The original trilogy is great because it just feels like an indie film series about a guy who becomes a spider, but Marvel movies are like 90% crappy cgi fights against aliens that I really struggle to care about at all and maybe 10% actual story line if you’re lucky. Anywayyyy that was my rant sorry for being annoying but oh well. The Raimi Trilogy is a cultural relic that I could and would without hesitation write a 20 page paper on. Sure, the acting is horrendous, but that’s what makes it so charming and hilarious. And meme-wise, it’s a gift that just keeps on giving. If I’m having a bad day I just pull up the Raimimemes subreddit or search ‘Bully Maguire’ on YouTube and all my problems are solved.
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