10 Ways To Ensure The Amazing Spider-Man 3 Is An Absolute Triumph
5. Be Consistent With The Tone
The Amazing Spider-Man 2s tone shifts so frequently, its often difficult to figure out exactly what Marc Webb was going for in his final cut. There are elements of campy comedy, superhero action, spy thriller and teen romance. Theres probably a really great Spider-Man film that can be made using only one or two of these elements, but in concert, the end product is a bit of a muddied mess. For example, the films very dramatic opening sequence, featuring the death of Peters parents in an airplane crash, is then followed up with a comical battle between Spider-Man and Aleksei Sytsevich. Later, during a very brutal battle sequence between Spider-Man and Electro, the Itsy Bitsy Spider is played on pylons (and Spidey reacts by saying how much he hates the song). And everything involving the over-the-top camp of Dr. Kafka - who tortures Electro while speaking with a ridiculous German accent - feels like it took place in an entirely different motion picture. Webb needs to pick a tone in The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and stick with it. If Webb wants Spider-Man as part of a jaunty comedic romp, do it. If he wants it to be a soapy romance, thats fine too. If he wants big, end of the world battle sequences direct from a Zack Snyder movie, go for it. But dont try and mix and match all of these things haphazardly with little set-up for each shift.
Mark is a professional writer living in Brooklyn and is the founder of the Chasing Amazing Blog, which documents his quest to collect every issue of Amazing Spider-Man, and the Superior Spider-Talk podcast. He also pens the "Gimmick or Good?" column at Comics Should Be Good blog.
