> Apperntly Sony has got it down to two directors for the spot on the up-coming Spider-Man movie
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> The choices don't leave me thrilled
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> David Fincher (Fight Club, The
> Game, Seven) or Chris Columbus
> (Mrs. Doubtfire, Home Alone,
> Bicentennial Man).
>
> Either dark and depressing, or silly. The thing is Spidey has done both in his carrier, what is need is a director that can ballance humor and realism.
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> Spider-Man's motivation is the guilt of letting a burglar go, a burgler who later killed his Uncle, yet one of Spidey's most enduring traits is his sense of humor, he is constanly heckling his villians with pun, one-lines, and witty banter during life and death fights.
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> Acording to rumors it seems Sony might me leaning towards Fincher, myslef I hated Seven, nasty and graphic for no real reason. I also dislike the Home Alone movies.

Well, Fincher is a good director. Despite how much I hated "Seven", it looked the way it should. Ditto for "Alien 3". "The Game" and "Fight Club" were both well done, even if they were both flawed (and FC particularly had quite a bit of humor in it). I think if he were to lighten up a bit he might be able to handle it. Colombus is all wrong.

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> I would have prefered to see Speilberg, Kevin Smith, or Bryan Singer do the directing. But I will hold off my judgment until I see the movie.

I'm a huge Smith fan but don't think he should direct a comic book movie. By his own admission he's not all that great visually, and I think he'd have some trouble with the action sequences. He'd be an excellent choice for a writer though. As for Singer, let's see how "X-Men" turns out first. I think Speilburg could do it just fine, but of course I'd rather see Cameron in this role. Oh well.

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> Spider-atleastitisn'tJoelShumacker-Boy

Thank god. If they let him do a "Batman: Year One" movie like I keep hearing about, I'm going to blow up the Warner Bros. studio.

Stephen