Spider-Man 3 Revisited: 5 Awesome Moments You Always Overlook

4. Peter Vs. Harry

There are a handful of standout moments across the Raimi Spider-Man trilogy that you can point to as definitively Sam Raimi moments: the climactic showdown in a haunted house of the first film, the straight-up horror sequence of Doc Ock's arm ripping a bunch of doctors to shreds in the second film, and then there's the Peter Parker vs. Harry Osborne sequence in the third film.

After spending most of the film with amnesia (the less said about that, the better), Harry remembers that Peter is Spider-Man and that he hates Spider-Man. Simultaneously, this is Peter at the height of his emo glory mere moments before the infamous dancing scene (oh don't you worry, we'll get there). The resulting fight sequence between the two of them, out of costume, is completely bonkers in the best way imaginable.

Raimi and cinematographer Bill Pope go all in, as if they're suddenly filming a new Evil Dead movie. There's uncomfortably close close-ups of blades nearing eyeballs, visceral violence, and some ridiculously impressive stuntwork. It also has the benefit of being soundtracked by a completely out-of-left-field eratic jazz score from composer Christopher Young, which only serves to heighten the madness of the entire sequence.

It ends on a surprising and affecting beat as well, with Peter using a bomb to blow up half of Harry's face. This is clearly meant to shock and it succeeds immensely.