Raimi did it best

Rating: 5/10 (23 October 2017)

Okay, I know I am an old Asian fart, but I don't care how many millennials feel about Raimi's versions. For me, Spiderman 1 and 2 are still the best and until now the scenes of those movies are very memorable. Not everything is CGI or costumes or realistic lines. For me,superhero movies should not take themselves seriously but at the same time not be a bag of jokes all the time. I really wanted to give the new versions of Spiderman some chance. I watched Amazing Spiderman and regretted it so I didn't watch the second of that supposedly trilogy. For this latest version, I was hoping against hope that the detractors were just mostly DC fans so I gave it try. Turned out to be that many Spiderman fans like felt that a lot of things were forced, especially the diversity issue (And I am Asian). I am not pro-DC or pro-Marvel. I have my favorite superheroes from each universe. This movie just shows me that Raimi really left a mark. The fact that they made the villain the father of someone close to Peter's heart felt like Spiderman 1 all over again. I get it that the new generation may want something different but for me, there is nothing wrong with sticking to one's race if the writer is white with his own point of view in the first place. As an Asian, I don't think a remake of ONCE UPON IN CHINA needs a black kung fu master, a white bald kung fu sidekick or a South American gay love interest to make it a good film that represents almost all nationalities. I am tired of the PC culture. I am not watching a political show. We cannot represent everyone in a movie. And I don't mind if the race is homogenous in a movie, especially when the era represents a certain period. Good thing that NYC is quite diverse so in this movie it is acceptable but, still, we know the hidden agenda why these different nationalities were present in this latest version of Spiderman. Just like blacks became equal citizens of 19th century French society in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST when they were actually slaves at that time. Art should not always try to be political even though some artists are political in their approach. However, there is also the art for art's sake point of view. That is why I am rewatching old films and TV series on YT nowadays because I feel that they have more to say about life in general than what I am seeing now which tends to be about the same issue about diversity and being PC. Good Grief!