They don't have much time together before things go awry, but the scientific and personal sparks between them transcend the screen, tinging their eventual mutual animosity with a deep sadness. Otto Octavius - a man trying to change the world, a loving husband, and a brilliant mentor to Peter. Before making him a supervillain, the film shows him as Dr.

Like Ian McKellen's Magneto before him, Molina's Doc Ock is more than just a force to be reckoned with: he's also a fully-formed, sympathetic character.

Spider-Man 3 struggles to find its footing pretty much for the duration of the film, making for what's generally considered an unsatisfying conclusion. Spider-Man kicked things off more than adequately, establishing the characters and tone of the trilogy well, but it does struggle to find its footing at times. Of all three films, though, Spider-Man 2 definitely has the most going for it. That's not to say the films aren't comic book movies, though, because they absolutely are: The superpowered brawls and dashes of melodrama are still there. As such, his films downplay some of the more fantastical elements of the comics - clones, killer robots, and even Peter's scientific mind to an extent - in favor of very human stories. Sam Raimi wholly embraced this concept for his Spider-Man trilogy, starring a then-relatively unknown actor named Tobey Maguire as the titular webslinger. Other superheroes have since caught onto the trend (including on the DC side of the fence), but the wallcrawler was among the first - and best - to do it.

Other Marvel heroes may be super-soldiers or billionaires or gods, but Peter? Aside from being a gifted scientist, he's a pretty normal guy, thrust into extraordinary situations. As the late, great Stan Lee intended, from when he first created the character back in the early 1960s, the films emphasize not only Spidey's superhero life, but his civilian identity as Peter Parker. As the flagship character of Marvel Comics, it's no wonder there are so many Spider-Man movies (even if the constant reboots can get kind of annoying).

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