10 Most Overlooked Moments of the Original Spider-Man Trilogy

2. "Cheese!" (Spider-Man)

Exactly an hour and forty-five seconds into the first movie, we finally see a complete Spider-Man from the comics. It's the scene in which Peter Parker finally realizes how to make money off being Spider-Man. It's the scene where he shows up to stop an armored car robbery and snaps photos of himself doing the good deed. It's so perfect because it not only emulates how Peter acts in the comics, but it entirely and completely nails his style of fighting. In battle, Spider-Man's an acrobat first. He web-slings and web-zips and throws punches, sure, but the perfect Spider-Man fighting style to catch on screen is an acrobatic one. It's visually more appealing and impressive and it's just flat-out fun to watch. And this scene manages to capture it, despite its short run-time, which is about fifteen seconds.
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Cameron Carpenter is an aspiring screenwriter, current film and journalism student, and self-diagnosed cinephile, which only sounds bad in certain circles. Devoted fan of comics, movies, theater, Jesus Christ, Sidney Lumet, and Peter O'Toole, he sometimes spends too much time on his Scribd and comicbookmovie.com, but doesn't think you're one to judge, devoted reader. You can follow him on Twitter to watch him talk to people you didn't know exist. Oh, and Daredevil is quite the big deal around here (my head).