3. Director
The Original Version... was directed by Sam Raimi, veteran of mostly horror movies, however he had also directed a superhero film before (1990's Darkman). Through his experience in these movies, he was already prepared to be able to direct the Spider-Man film, and brought to it many distinctive shots and cool camera techniques. But the Reboot... was helmed by Marc Webb, who had directed.... um.... music videos, and a romantic comedy, and an episode of The Office. Whoa. Not to say he didn't do a good job on the movie, but I really wonder what the process for choosing him as director was. Was there a board meeting at Sony where the executives were sitting around a table saying "Who should we get to replace Sam Raimi? That guy had loads of experience! How can we get someone just as good?" "I know!" shouted another man. "I saw a Maroon 5 music video that was the bomb! Let's get that guy!" The Winner... without a doubt, Sam Raimi.
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