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Best and Worst in Film 2014

THE “PLEASE GO AWAY” AWARD

The Spider-Man Franchise

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I’m done with this character. As someone who hated the Sam Raimi trilogy, the rebooted first Amazing Spider-Man was a breath of fresh. What became of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 though is a prime example of all the things that can go wrong when making a big budgeted Hollywood film. Desperate to cash in on the Avengers success, the sweat of desperation from Sony executives to turn Spider-Man into its own shared universe was pathetic. Even though the box office performed fine, there’s no question it lost a ton of goodwill. I feel bad picking on Sony right now, but that movie deserved to underperform.

I also feel bad for Spider-Man fans. I know how you feel. Batman fans had to suffer through the Joel Schumacher years, and all the aftermath that entailed. I guess the difference is many Spider-Man fans felt their Batman & Robin was Spider-Man 3, but it turns out that was still yet to come. I wish Spider-Man fans well, but speaking for me personally, I’d be perfectly happy never to see this character again.

Honorable Mentions:

  • Half assed attempts at young adult novel adaptations (The Giver, and probably others I can’t think of right now)
  • Movies based on Hercules (The Legend of Hercules, Hercules)
  • Robert Downey Jr. playing Tony Stark in every single damn movie he does (Chef, The Judge)

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Daniel Cohen
Daniel Cohen
Daniel Cohen likes movies and bagels, and that’s pretty much it. Aside from writing Box Office predictions, Daniel hosts the monthly Batman by the Numbers Podcast on the Breakcast feed. Speaking of Batman, If Daniel was sprayed by Scarecrow's fear toxin, it would be watching Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on a non-stop loop.
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