Reminder: This article involves spoilers for the trilogy.
Finished up the Spider-Man trilogy, and sorted out some fragmentary thoughts.
After watching Spider-Man 1, the first reaction is that I can give full marks to this male protagonist. His performance was too amazing, and his eyes were too dramatic. He gave Peter a kind of power, a kind of power that can't be seen in Garfield and Holland. Specifically, I don't know how to describe it so that I can accurately express my feelings. There are many features of the male protagonist's features in the movie. Standing there, looking at you, you can feel the surging heart under his seemingly calm face. He has very few lines, sometimes he doesn't need to say anything, he doesn't need to make any exaggerated expressions, he can express forbearance, persistence, delicacy, and entanglement. This kind of performance is too much to my heart.
Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner once said: "Human inner conflict is the real and only object worth writing about." I deeply agree with this. The real main line of the whole Spider-Man 1 is Peter's inner struggle. All the tests he endured from heaven not only allowed the audience to empathize with him, but also internalized as the source of his every choice. Therefore, the ending of the film that paved the way for the whole movie is so amazing-when Peter slowly said the words "I will always be your friend", his tone is so indifferent and calm, but I can Feel the weight of this choice. If the male protagonist and the female protagonist finally get married, this is the most unsuccessful ending setting. But the ending of Spider-Man 1 can be called extremely clever from the perspective of the integrity of the script's core or the arc of the hero's character. And the scene where Peter left MJ and headed to the front became my favorite shot in 1.
Spider-Man 1 is the fifth Spider-Man protagonist movie I watched (the first four are Garfield and Holland, two each), but it was the first one that made me really like Spider-Man and Peter Parker. movie of.
In the case of 2, I think the overall situation has not surpassed 1. However, when the words he's just a kid came out, I burst into tears. Part of the suffering presented in the movie comes from the test of heaven, while the rest comes from the hero's own choice. When he made a choice and rejected MJ at the end of film 1, I was shocked by the strength of his heart. I knew what a difficult road he chose, but I could only watch him silently and bless him. On the train, when the mask finally couldn't hide his identity, his grievances, scars, pain, and determination all erupted silently as he fell. He's just a kid—Finally, someone can understand him. Although only a tiny bit, it is enough to arouse their inner kindness and courage.
One thing worth mentioning in 3 is that it implements the theme of "choice" in the first two parts (the male protagonist chose to reject the venom, Eddie chose to embrace the venom, the second man chose to save his friends, etc.); Toby's superb performance (only relying on the eyes can make the character's image 180 degrees reversed, this kind of control over micro-expressions is amazing). In addition, there are more problems. The most serious thing is that the plot line is too messy, the branch line is too many and it is difficult to cover everything, so that the completion degree is not up to the standard. There are many more cumbersome parts in the whole movie, but there is no highlight moment that can match the essence of 1 and 2.
In general, my favorite in the trilogy is 1.1. The portrayal of Peter is too essential, the contrast between the superficial freedom and the inner rush. He is always an invisible look, living in his own world, you can only try to figure out his heart from his eyes and feel his struggles and predicaments. The ending is really a sublimation like the finishing touch. Facing the love that he most desires in his heart and exaggerating a whole movie, he chose to give up and embark on a road of suffering. All the preparations in front are for this moment, in order for him to make this difficult and great choice-self-sacrifice is always the hero's highest light moment. The train scene in 2 was also self-sacrifice, but the difference this time was that someone finally felt his pain. Therefore, it is also moving. The ending of 1 is more shocking, and the train of 2 is more empathetic.
For me, Spider-Man 1 is already very complete, the ending is a perfect blank, Peter's future is left to the audience's imagination. Of course, the 2 continuation is still good, and the 3 is not good.
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