Sam Raimi: "Spider-Man 3 was awful!"

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While chatting with Chris Hardwick, Jonah Ray and Matt Mira during the latest Nerdist podcast (click here to listen), director Sam Raimi ("Army Of Darkness") reflected on some of his past mistakes. Most notable, 2007's Spider-Man 3, which tried to stuff Venom (Thomas Haden Church), Sandman (Topher Grace) and James Franco's Green Goblin all into one movie in an ill-fated attempt to top much beloved Spider-Man 2. An hour into the podcast Raimi admits that the Spider-Man 3 was "awful" and that he had "made the wrong story, the wrong way." You can read some of it below, thanks to pajiba.com for transcribing a portion of it.

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It’s a movie that just didn’t work very well. I tried to make it work, but I didn’t really believe in all the characters, so that couldn’t be hidden from people who loved Spider-Man. If the director doesn’t love something, it’s wrong of them to make it when so many other people love it. I think [raising the stakes after Spider-Man 2] was the thinking going into it, and I think that’s what doomed us. I should’ve just stuck with the characters and the relationships and progressed them to the next step and not tried to top the bar …

Raimi: [But] directors don’t like to talk about their bad films.

Hardwick: I don’t think that ‘bad’ is the right word.

Raimi: Awful!

Also of note, when Matt Mira tries to compliment Sam Raimi on his 2013 film Oz the Great and Powerful, Raimi then mumbles something negative. Mira then asks, "You don't think so?" To which, Raimi replies dismissively, "I did the best I could."

That's a bit of surprise as it is the most financially successful of his since he directed the Spider-Man trilogy. Though, Raimi doesn't seem to take compliments well throughout the podcast, but I think it has more to do with him being humble. You have to respect that.

Source: ComicBookMovie

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tried to stuff Venom (Thomas Haden Church), Sandman (Topher Grace) 

Why add the pictures in the quote box?

@yonny616 I just copy and paste everything into the quote tags. It's much more simpler.

Why not take a screenshot?

Spider-Man 3 was still better than all the current BS in the MCU and Man of Steel.

@Angelus No. God no. No screenshot. This is as lazy as I could handle quoting.

@RamboOnRedBull He's from the south.

RamboOnRedBull wrote:

Mecha wrote:

@yonny616 I just copy and paste everything into the quote tags. It's much more *simple*.

Sorry, but my keyboard haz been effected by Rambola.

Mecha wrote:

RamboOnRedBull wrote:

Mecha wrote:

@yonny616 I just copy and paste everything into the quote tags. It's much more *simple*.

Sorry, but my keyboard haz been *affected with* Rambola.

You could at least use original jokes instead of stealing Yonny's.