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Topher Grace defends 'Spider-Man 3' with some surprising reasoning

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Josh Wilding

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on Topher Grace defends 'Spider-Man 3' with some surprising reasoning

Despite being the most successful of them, Spider-Man 3 is widely considered the worst of Sam Raimi’s trilogy, with some seriously cringe worthy moments and far too many villains holding the threequel back from living up to its far superior predecessors. Raimi has said over the years that he’s not happy with how it turned out (it seems as if studio interference is why thing ultimately went wrong), but one person who is now leaping to the movie’s defence is star Topher Grace!

He played Eddie Brock/Venom in Spider-Man 3, and offered this justification as to why maybe the movie doesn’t deserve such a hard time:

“I know the movie did well for Sony, but I also know a lot of people weren’t happy with it. I think Sam is so talented. I remember one time I was on ninth unit. (Laughs.) Ninth unit? It’s like he’s running a small country. This summer, there was a movie like that where people are just slamming a big studio movie. I would love to see anyone who’s slamming one of those movies try to fit in Sam Raimi’s position. He was like the president of a small country — by the way, it had the gross national income of a small country, too. I have huge respect for him. I think, on a whole, he did such a fantastic job [on that trilogy].”

While the actor makes a very interesting point here, Spider-Man 3 making a lot of money really doesn’t excuse the fact that it wasn’t a good movie. In fact, it’s widely blamed for why there was a lack of interest in The Amazing Spider-Man back in 2012, so if anything, Spider-Man 3 hurt the franchise more than it helped it!

Even so, there’s no denying that Raimi did do a great job with the iconic wall-crawler despite things not ending on the strongest note. Grace on the other hand wasn’t particularly well cast as Eddie Brock, so you have to wonder how aware he is of the way fans feel towards his take on Venom.

What did you think of Spider-Man 3? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter

Comments

  1. misterpl Avatar
    misterpl

    Blaming Raimi for Spider-Man 3 is like blaming Joel Schumacher for his bat-flicks. Both directors were coerced into taking creative directions they didn’t want to.

    Raimi is an old-school Spidey fan. Sony should have let him run with John Malkovich as Vulture or just making Sandman the lead villain instead of forcing him to use Venom because that’s what fans craved.

    At the end of the day, fans can blame themselves, I suppose.

    1. TRINI REAPER Avatar
      TRINI REAPER

      So what you’re saying is that we “fans” are to blame for Spider-man 3? because it wasn’t the venom that we deserved watching?

      1. misterpl Avatar
        misterpl

        I’m saying be careful what you wish for.

        Bryan Singer was criticized for not having enough action and other characters in his first two X-Men films. The Last Stand delivered both in spades and – like Spider-Man 3 – became the highest grossing but most lauded film in the series.

        Superman Returns was a chick flick disguised as a superhero movie. Fans wanted fisticuffs. Man of Steel gave fans exactly that but became even more divisive than its predecessor.

        Sam Raimi went on record long before his third film saying he was most familiar with classic villains but fans – and the studio – insisted they wanted Venom. We got what probably should have been, at most, a really good Sandman flick with a Venom tease at the end, ready to be handed off to another filmmaker more familiar with the foe.

  2. PhoenixOuroboros Avatar
    PhoenixOuroboros

    F*ck the haters, SPider Man 3 is a fantastic movie. Topher Grace was not bad but not horrible as Venom either and the Dancing peter parker scene was hilariously funny.

    1. Sammy Boy Avatar
      Sammy Boy

      I will not thumb down that comment but I disagree. It’s was too much over the line silly for me. Even as a 7 years old kid (the year that it came out) I was disappointed. But there were some parts that we’re good, like the first 20 min. Anyway, you can have your opinion, I’m cool with that but don’t say f*ck the haters caus they have good reasons to hate that movie. To me, it’s not great nor is it a big pile of sh*t, it’s just meh.

  3. Eric Dobbins Avatar
    Eric Dobbins

    you know, i liked the movie. I think because of the sandman. he was my favorite villain from the old spiderman cartoons when i was growing up. i kind of wish they had made him more villain-esque instead of the way he turned out. but que sa ra sa ra or something like that lol

    1. John Johnson Avatar
      John Johnson

      Thomas Hayden Church was fantastic as Sandman, and the only redeeming quality of that film for me. I, like you, wished he was much more villainous.

  4. Ben Dutchover Avatar
    Ben Dutchover

    Hey don’t go blaming, or suggesting, that Spider-Man 3 might be the reason why many people were not that interested in the first Amazing Spider-Man! That’s a whole other movie, and has nothing to do with Sam’s Trilogy. Try, maybe people were not too interested in it, because it, was yet, another re-boot. You might consider that fans are not too big on re-booting franchises like they change socks, especially with only 5 years separating the 2 franchises. That’s just plain stupid! I would much rather have seen Rami’s 4th installment, and given him a chance to make right then a new start so soon.

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