Thursday, October 27, 2011

Batman and The Green Goblin



There's a lot to admire in Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man film, but I think on major misstep was the look of the Green Goblin.  I've read comparisons to Power Ranger costumes and between the monochrome bodysuit and unmoving face, I can see where they are coming from.  The body armor type suit was fine, but if they had thrown on a tattered putple tunic over it, it would have looked cooler and closer to the comics.  for the mask, I would have tried to allow for more of Willem DaFoe's expressive performance show through.  It was hard enough with Spider-Man's face completely concealed, it gets tough for an audience to engage with the characters when both hero and villain are covered up.

2 comments:

  1. Agreed! Hating the hollywoodization of my comic book movies. There hasn´t been one that has gotten it right yet except Watchmen.

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  2. Wow, been a long time since anyone commented on this. Love you green goblin!

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