Movies and movie criticism can be terrible, cynical and soul-crushing. So why do we go to the movies? Random Moment of Cinematic Joy highlights a moment, scene, character or film that is awesome in a way that can refill your reservoir of faith in films.
Why do I love Sam Raimi?
The list is long, but chief among them is this. Spiderman 2 was 127 minutes long and cost $200 million. Over a minute of that runtime and some percentage of the budget went to this scene. People had to light this scene. They had to hire an actor. The had to bring in their star and get him costumed for the day. For this short, awesome scene.
It's a simple moment. Spidey's powers are on the fritz and he's stuck on top of building. Our hero is forced to resort to taking the building's elevator. Hilarity ensues.
This scene is comedic, but also a great character moment. Peter Parker is a dork and the movie always underlines that.
Raimi is a movie god and as evidence here is a scene he managed to squeeze into one of the biggest movies of 2004.
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
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