From Flower Vase to Film Emperor in Hollywood

Peter Parker, an honest and good-natured high school student, a bookworm, who loves physics and biology. He even reads the latest scientific papers and writes reports, and has almost no friends at school.

Perhaps, Harry is an exception.

Harry comes from a noble family; his father, Norman, owns a biotechnology company. However, Harry doesn't like to flaunt his wealth at school, which is why he became friends with Peter. He longs for his father's understanding, but clearly, his father doesn't care—

Norman, on the other hand, has much admiration for Peter.

Besides reading and research, Peter's only hobby is photography. When the school organizes a visit to the Columbia University Academy of Sciences, he doesn't forget to bring his camera to take photos for the school newspaper.

Of course, there's also Mary Jane; his lens always lingers on Mary Jane.

Robert Ebert couldn't help but admire the efficiency and richness of the narrative. Sam Raimi truly demonstrated commendable direction and storytelling.

In just a few strokes, Peter Parker's character and relationships are fully displayed—

Peter and Harry's friendship, the first meeting with Norman, his situation at school, his secret crush on Mary Jane, and so on, are presented like a scroll painting.

Without unnecessary explanations, the details of the shots and the composition of the scenes are enough to show the intricate relationships, quietly allowing the audience to enter the story.

Moreover, and more importantly, Peter Parker's image has already leaped off the page.

Being bullied on the school bus is just the beginning.

Seeing Mary Jane smile back and say hello, he also waves back foolishly, only to realize that Mary Jane is greeting the two girls walking behind him; she didn't notice him at all.

At this time, he remembers that Mary Jane doesn't know him.

In the Academy of Sciences, he actively shares his knowledge of spiders with Harry, who complains it's "boring"; but he doesn't expect that Harry would turn around and use this knowledge to chat up Mary Jane, attracting her attention.

He is stunned, but he is not angry—

After all, Harry had just asked him if he wanted to talk to Mary Jane, and he himself had refused.

In a few scenes and plots, Peter's image becomes three-dimensional, not only with edges and corners but also with layers, kind but not stupid, smart but not arrogant, gentle but not fragile. Clearly, that face is hidden behind black-rimmed glasses, completely invisible in the light, but it is particularly vivid and bright.

Ordinary, yet not ordinary.

The sense of immersion also emerges.

Not only superhero movies, but almost all Hollywood savior movies often feature handsome men and beautiful women. Of course, there is absolutely no problem with that; everyone likes to feast their eyes on the big screen. However, in such movies, the characters are often larger than life. The protagonists in the movies are all perfect, and those images seem to always be active in the world of the big screen. Real life has never and will never appear, and the actors are also shrouded in a layer of mystery—

Undeniably, people like it.

However, after half a century of development, people have slowly begun to tire of the same perfect images, slowly beginning to tire of unattainable mysterious characters. They want to see more approachable and ordinary images appear on the screen. They want to see their own stories being told.

Thus, three years ago, movies like "American Beauty" that told the story of the disillusionment of the perfect middle-class life entered the public eye. Times are changing.

Before our eyes, it is the same—

Effortlessly, the audience in the Chinese Theater screening room can empathize with the character. Peter is their classmate, neighbor, or even themselves.

However, he has no prejudice, no prejudice against directors or actors, and will not completely deny their subsequent works because of a bad work.

When Sony Columbia invited Robert to the premiere of "Spider-Man," he agreed without any hesitation:

After all, the entire industry is watching this year's summer season, and now the entire burden is on "Spider-Man's" shoulders. Robert is also closely watching.

What he is curious about is, can "Spider-Man" bear this heavy responsibility?

At least from the beginning, Robert expressed satisfaction. Don't underestimate these ten minutes; they can often lay the foundation for the audience's impression of a movie. A smooth and efficient, rich and three-dimensional narrative is not easy.

The director deserves credit.

In addition, the actor's interpretation and presentation of the character, and the actor's big-screen charisma, are also crucial.

What really surprised Robert a little was Anson.

Originally, Robert was more looking forward to Kirsten Dunst and James Franco's performances in commercial films, after all, they had already begun to emerge; but he didn't expect that the bookworm played by Anson would firmly grab the audience's attention.

This is a positive signal.

It was because of this that the scene happened—

Peter is taking pictures of Mary Jane, completely engrossed, and as a result, he doesn't notice a spider falling from the sky, landing on his index finger, biting him, and then his body's genetic structure quietly changes.

Screening room: rustling; rustling.

Noisy, but not too noisy, but you can clearly feel a stir.

Obviously, the audience has completely entered Peter's character, or even their own character, unable to suppress their excitement and excitement, entering the world of the screen—

Even if they haven't read the comics, the audience who came to the premiere has at least seen the trailer. They all know what happened next. This bite of the spider also means a change of fate, and Peter's life will be turned upside down.

So, one or two of them jumped up, their wildly beating hearts pounding against their chests, and even standing still, they could still feel the boiling and burning of blood, and it quietly spread in the screening room.

So, this is a 'feel-good novel'?

An ordinary high school student dreams of having superpowers overnight?

Sure enough, everyone has a dream of adventure.

The entire screening room's attention is completely focused on the world created by the big screen, including Robert himself, who is no exception, concerned about Peter Parker's fate.

On the one hand, Norman's biotechnology company is developing a drug to enhance physical strength, and they hope to cooperate with the military to obtain investment.

The seemingly glamorous company is actually facing various crises. This drug test cannot afford to fail, and Norman urgently needs this order from the military.

Desperate, Norman can't wait for the military to approve further human experiments, so he takes the lead himself, using himself as the subject of the experiment for testing.

On the other hand, Peter returns to his aunt and uncle's house. His uncle is worried about being unemployed, but Peter has no time to care. He returns to his room in a daze and falls asleep groggily, like he is growing up in adolescence.

Norman's experiment seems to have succeeded and seems to have failed, but he opens his eyes, kills the doctor in charge of the test with one hand, and then Peter wakes up—

As if Norman's experiment was just a nightmare.

Sam Raimi is still Sam Raimi, quietly hiding the dark humor of horror movies, and the entire screening room is frightened into a cold sweat by this nightmare.