Originally posted by: ADigitalMan

Originally posted by: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones

Do you want to see that happen?

In a twisted way, I do. Partially because I think they shortchanged the storyline by dropping Gwen Stacy from Spider-Man 1 (James Cameron's draft had her original storyline intact) and partially because I think Kirsten phoned in her performance in Spider-Man 2. I thought she was pretty dang good in the first movie, but two years of partying or something had clearly taken their toll by the second film. She didn't look as good, she didn't act as good, and in the end, I felt myself wondering why Peter bothered with her.

And I'm not supposed to be feeling that way towards her character.

Well you can only fit so much in - and Spider-Man's love life has been fairly muddled with interests ranging from Betty Brandt (Brant?) to MJ to Gwen to the Black Cat/Felicia Hardy. Of course, they probably feel obligated to have Spider-Man with Mary-Jane in the movies because she's the one he ultimately married, and they probably don't want it to seem like these movies come with disposable, throw-away love interests like with the Batman films made circa 1989-1997 and even the previous Batman Begins.

That and killing off the girlfriend with the whole throw her off a bridge thing might be a tough sell in a summer blockbuster film meant to appeal to the widest audience possible. You can imagine how hard a sell the girlfriend-in-the-refrigerator-syndrome (AKA: The Gwen Stacy Syndrome) in the movies.

Although I'm not a big fan of Kirsten Dunst's MJ either. I'd have rather had Laura Prepon in the part, except she's taller than Tobey Maguire.