Genuinely insane

With every rewatch, and the older I get, I find myself enjoying the dialogue scenes like this, even more than a lot of the action sequences (which are still phenomenal and also get better with every rewatch)

Clears everything in Holland's trilogy, with respect. MCU has made it illegal to let a scene breathe like this.

The bit where he wakes May and she thinks he’s Ben for a moment and says “for a second there I thought I was years ago” is one of my favourite scenes in a superhero movie They don’t even draw attention to it, it’s a subtle yet incredibly real and tragic moment thats stuck with me

Not to mention the best-looking Marvel films we've ever got and will ever get

I still tell people the reason why the Raimi movies hold up so well is because they are romantic dramas within a comic book or super hero setting as the backdrop.

"Uncle Ben was killed that night for being the only one who did the right thing."

It would have been SO easy to write this scene & have Aunt May give Peter some encouraging words about not blaming himself. The fact that this news is too much even for HER makes the gut punch of her pulling away hit even harder for me.

I love the initial verbiage. Not "it was my fault" or "it was because of me", but "I'm *responsible*". This film's script is so cohesive and efficient at conveying the burden he carries in the most major and minor ways

Her pulling away gets me every time

Ah but you see m, we already “know” the origin and Ben isn’t “relevant” after it. So this is a “forced reference” that “detracts” focus from everything else happening in the movie apparently. Nobody grieving or burdened with guilt EVER talks about it🙃

This is straight-up the best scene in the whole genre.

Rosemary Harris is the heart and soul of Raimi’s trilogy. The scene in Spider-Man 2 where she talks about what Spider-Man means to everyone, what a hero means to everyone, brings me to tears every time. She deserved an Oscar for that performance.

“I held his hand when he died” then immediately goes to hold May’s hand shit I would’ve pulled away too that’s the hand of death😭💀

How can I watch this there’s no jokes?

I legit dunno how someone could watch the Raimi films and think they’re bad in the slightest. Even Spider-Man 3, despite being the weakest of the three, is still a fine enough film

The fact that she’s not mad or disappointed in him. She’s just shocked as a healing wound is opened. She loves Peter and doesn’t blame him, but she needed the time to process such a revelation

The restraint in Toby’s acting here, just letting the words lead the scene, is genuinely phenomenal. This kind of stuff is totally missing from modern blockbusters which would have gone for more obvious emotion on screen leading to less emotion in the viewer

You got me crying at work damn

I remember when I saw this in the theater, thinking "Wow, they're really gonna let Peter take the time to explain everything." Really lent some gravitas to the whole movie. Little did I know just how uncommon that kind of scene would be in later superhero movies.

This line, in the 3rd one, which people consider comically bad(they're wrong), is better than anything in almost every other cape movie ever made

Raimi's Spiderman movies especially Spiderman 2 are the definition of perfection. It is a milestone for not just Spiderman but any superhero movies.

But then you have the neighbor subplot from SM2 that’s just kind of goofy

Never understood her reaction she obviously LOVES Peter as a son. But the first thing I would imagine if this was me and my nephew is “youve been holding this in all this time? Letting this eat at you. It’s clearly not your fault man come here” and give him a. Hug.

Ummmm idk about this scene. The acting is cool but I’m not sure aunt May would respond like this

The connection between him wanting a car and the killer wanting car to show how he feels like he’s the one who killed Ben. Great writing

Is Tobey reading the script on the table in this scene

The aunt may speech in Spider-Man 2 could be the best CMB scene of all time unironically

real character drama, not that " why didnt you tell me you were a superhero "shit that everyone pretends still holds up

Someone needs to post the suit creating montage clip—- that’s spiderman Thank you Sam raimi

I love how May doesn't do anything dramatic. She pulls her hand away in a slow manner, and does the same in her exit. All of that is sinking in with her and she's doing the best to compose herself.

no but ben where are the laffs? no one made a funny

Me when I read that post you quoted choked on my Tea