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- Josh Steinberg
Again, I just don’t understand this knee-jerk, it’s a terrible idea that shouldn’t even be up for consideration reaction when we have absolutely no context to understand this decision in. If making 23 successive critical and commercial successes in a row doesn’t buy the benefit of the doubt, what’s the point?
I get that people don’t like ASM2. I actually think that was the best Spidey movie prior to MCU Spidey, but I’m in the minority of folks that didn’t care for the Raimi versions. But putting that aside, we know for a fact that Feige didn’t like it, as evidenced by the leaked email from the Sony hack. We know that Feige warned Sony at the time that ASM2 as the studio made it would eliminate the possibility of that version of the character merging with the MCU. It would seem incredibly unlikely given all of that that Feige is suddenly about to make ASM3.
But I also don’t get the idea that ASM2 was accidentally the way it was. It seems clear that the filmmakers had a specific tone they were aiming for, and they captured it. It seems equally clear that the audience didn’t love it, but it didn’t come together that way by accident. There were deliberate storytelling and performance choices made, and Foxx delivered the performance that was asked of him, just as any good employee does the job as his supervisor lays it out. Foxx is an Academy Award winning performer with a history of varied and acclaimed roles. I have no doubt that he’s capable of delivering a performance appropriate to the film being made.
I get that people don’t like ASM2. I actually think that was the best Spidey movie prior to MCU Spidey, but I’m in the minority of folks that didn’t care for the Raimi versions. But putting that aside, we know for a fact that Feige didn’t like it, as evidenced by the leaked email from the Sony hack. We know that Feige warned Sony at the time that ASM2 as the studio made it would eliminate the possibility of that version of the character merging with the MCU. It would seem incredibly unlikely given all of that that Feige is suddenly about to make ASM3.
But I also don’t get the idea that ASM2 was accidentally the way it was. It seems clear that the filmmakers had a specific tone they were aiming for, and they captured it. It seems equally clear that the audience didn’t love it, but it didn’t come together that way by accident. There were deliberate storytelling and performance choices made, and Foxx delivered the performance that was asked of him, just as any good employee does the job as his supervisor lays it out. Foxx is an Academy Award winning performer with a history of varied and acclaimed roles. I have no doubt that he’s capable of delivering a performance appropriate to the film being made.
