Board Thread:Movies/@comment-5041674-20140508040330/@comment-24713690-20140806002730

Realistic: "1. having or showing a sensible and practical idea of what can be achieved or expected. 2. representing things in a way that is accurate and true to life."

Honestly, I spent years studying film and TV, I know about realism at this point.

(Besides which, realism isn't necessarily better, it's just another aesthetic choice, among dozens of aesthetic choices that can be made. Saying it's better because it's realistic just says that you have an aesthetic preference).

And, with all due respect, no, it doesn't SEEM like I'm biased towards the Raimi film - I've openly admitted I'm more forgiving of it twice. And, no, I don't have to be equally forgiving of all films. The first Raimi Spider-Man film was one of the films that kicked off the current cycle of comic book movies, and it was the first live-action Spider-Man film. It was breaking new ground (digital comic book film / live action Spider-Man film). That can't be said of the ASM films - they've got a wealth of tradition behind them now - other people have made the mistakes for them, there should be a lot more expectation that they wont make aesthetic mistakes.