As you the 3 readers of this blog may or may not be aware, thehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif trailer for the new Spiderman movie is out.
From what I can tell, this movie is a complete reboot of the Spiderman movie franchise.
But why?
I watched and enjoyed all three of the Sam Raimi-directed Spiderman movies. They were quite enjoyable, and I loved watching the character portrayed by Tobey Maquire mature from irresponsible teenager to responsible adult, who learned important life lessons along the way.
I was disappointed when it was announced that Raimi would no longer be directing the SM movies.
But I was even further disappointed upon seeing this apparent reboot of the entire franchise.
Movie franchises have been rebooted before. Sometimes, as in the case of the Batman movies, it was successful. And necessary. Seriously. If you can find anyone who thinks that Batman and Robin wasn't the cinematic equivalent of used Porta-John, please let me know.
It was for this reason that Batman Begins and The Dark Knight exist. That second movie became one of the highest grossing films in history.
There have, of course, been other series reboots that failed miserably. Superman Returns comes to mind.
But the last Spiderman film was not a failure, as far as I'm concerned. So why the reboot?
The only reason I can think of is that Hollyweird has come to view the attention span of the average person as negligible. How else can you explain the vast acceptance of movie audiences who watched skyscrapers toppled in the latest Transformers movie with little discomfort, less than ten years after September 11th?
Food for thought.
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