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EDITOR’S REASONING
Despite adoring Raimi’s trilogy from the first time saw them, I recently came to consider editing the series to be more serious, and what some people forget, is that from the first scene of the first film, to the last scene of the third film, the series was goofy as hell.
And so, I have started from the beginning.
INTENT: Darken and Serious-ify the classic film.
TIME COMPARISON:
Theatrical Running Time: 2h 1m
Edit Running Time: 1h 46m
Cut Time: 14m
CUTLIST:
SCENE BY SCENE COLOUR CORRECTION
Green tones lowered throughout the film, and saturation lowered by a fraction. Saturation lowered and green tones heightened to indicate concern, danger, or the Goblin
The majority of ‘Look, Spider-Man’ lines removed, I just hate ‘em
No More Opening Narration
Removed the 90s-2000s nerd bullying Bus segment
When MJ looks at Peter, she is no longer waving at her friends, she now just looks at Peter
No more ‘ashamed of who you are’ or ‘it’s just’ lines. Straight from ‘Of course it was’ to ‘forget it’
‘His father’ll fire your father.’ and subsequent high five removed.
No ‘Those guys are jerks’ or ‘Spider sense’ lines
Shortened Harry’s ‘Did you know that this is…’ line so as for it to look like he’d been talking through the presentation as the spectacled Teacher says.
Peter doesn’t moan like a sex pest as he takes the photographs
Norman no longer smashes the mispronounced ‘Pro(ma)chlor(a)perazine’
No ‘Oh, it’s cold’
Removed Norman’s semi-effeminate breath
Shortened the score synced resuscitation, which I always laugh at
Removed the shot of Norman waking and transition straight from him grabbing Dr. Stromm to Peter waking
Removed Parker staring at MJ
Cut from MJ’s abuse to Peter chasing the bus
Removed the goofier half of Peter smiling at MJ, just a little too painful for my tastes
No CG Spidey Sense moment, Peter simply subconsciously dodges
Fight scene edited to be slightly less hokey
Peter no longer gets shamed for defending himself, instead he feels regret for his actions and runs off
No finger hairs
No Spaghetti man Peter
Web shooting scene kept intact – I kinda like it
Web shooting scene colour corrected to appear later in the day – hopefully successfully
Removed Wrestling match
Major colour correction from the death of Uncle Ben till the beginning of graduation
The burglar doesn’t shoot at Parker once he’s out of the car
As we see Peter decide to become Spider-Man we see a return to full saturation
Worst civilian interviews removed
Peter and Betty’s conversation ends at ‘Welcome to the Daily Bugle’, if you haven’t noticed, I hate cringe comedy
Refined and Recoloured Fight at the Unity Fair
Tone down how much of an ass Harry makes himself sound when speaking to MJ on the phone
Heavily shortened Norman looking at the masks
Removed Jameson asking Hoffman for the copyright to Green Goblin
MJ no longer kisses Peter, he instead pulls out before she can unmask him
‘I’ll be here when you get back’ and ‘Not coming back, chief’ removed, leaving more of a selfless understanding between Peter and the Officer
‘It’s you who’s out, Gobbie’ removed, now Spidey just says ‘Out of your mind’
‘Oh, great’ removed
‘No one says no to me’ and subsequent transition and shot of Norman removed
Removed Norman looking creepy / concerned when Peter is heard upstairs, along with Aunt May calling out for him
Removed CG blood hitting the floor along with the second shot of the Ketchuppy substance
Norman no longer suspects something in Peter’s room
Removed Aunt May insisting on saying grace, I don’t want to think about Religion in my Spider-Man movie
Cut the first half of Norman and the Goblin discussing what to do to Peter
No prayer scene, too silly, and, of course, bad guy is a heathen and good old woman is a saint
Major recolouring in this segment
Removed Peter looking side to side
Removed Peter saying how ‘Cool’ Spider-Man is
Removed Goblin transition
Removed the Itsy Bitsy Spider
Removed Spider-Man’s arrival, no ‘Gobbie, what have you done?’
Removed the close ups of the people on the bridge, they still help, but no ‘New York’ lines
Peter is no longer grenaded
Fewer slow-motion shots
Close up reaction from Goblin removed
Glider flies quicker, leaving little time to react
‘You’re the only family I have’ removed, as Franco clearly doesn’t say a word
‘It’s been so hard without him’ removed, obvious and unnecessary ADR
MJ’s confession shortened
Peter Narration doesn’t explain that he loves her
MJ doesn’t realise that he’s Spider-Man, seeing as she seems to forget in the next film