Quoth director Sam Raimi,
As far as Spider-Man, I’ve learned a lot of lessons about what people didn’t like and missteps that I’d made. But I learned those lessons on the previous two, I was just a little quieter about them. I made a lot of mistakes, and it’s part of the reason I so want to make this next story of Peter Parker.”The Spider-Man films, I’ve made mistakes, but I really do look at them as things that I’ve learned, and hope that when I apply what I’ve learned to this next one, I really make a film that people enjoy and is really true to the character in a fresh, original way. That’s my goal.
So, I take this to mean that Spider-Man 4 will run a smooth hour and forty minutes. There will be almost no action sequences, save for a couple of short, very visceral mano-a-mano showdowns. Scheming villains will get very little screentime. The bulk of the film will consist of Young People having Young People Problems to amusing musical cues whilst delightfully mugging for the camera.
How he can hope to carry this off without James Franco, I don’t know. But if he’s truly learned about what works and doesn’t in a Spider-Man film, I’m very much looking forward to this. You have my attention, Mr. Raimi!
