I didnât know what I was doing in the last 14 yearsâŚ
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By Man of IMAX
It is 2006. I was watching Monster House on DVD for the first time, and the teaser trailer for Spider-Man 3 played, and I was really excited, because I loved Spider-Man, and I watched the first two. It is February 2007, I was watching Ghost Rider in theaters, the new trailer for Spider-Man 3 played, I got excited once again. The day came, it is May 4, 2007, Spider-Man 3 premiered. I loved it, and saw it in theaters a few more times. Ever since this movie came out, I loved it. I loved it more than the first two. Ten years later, the Editorâs Cut is released, but it didnât have much unseen footage, so this wasnât enough for me. Four years later, the truth about the movie is revealed. I discovered there is an original version of the movie that was intended to be released, the script was so dark that Avi Arad had to tone down the movie and reshoot mostly of it, and include the infamous Emo Peter montage in the theatrical cut, and change Venom from this awesome animatronic to this weird-looking version of him. So far we have two cuts and one that needs to be released, and this unseen cut needs to be shown in the light of day, like what weâre doing with the Ayer Cut of Suicide Squad. Also, this third cut of the movie, which is now called the Raimi Cut, has a runtime of 3 hours, and I would sit through three hours of a movie, like LotR, and BvS UE, and especially ZSJL. In October on a Friday, I was doing college stuff, and out of nowhere, Spider-Man 3 is playing in my head and I shook my head to make it stop and it did. At night, I was watching video essays on the movie, and everyone on the video said they loved the movie, and I realized âWhat have I done??? What did I do??? What was I doing in 14 years of my life???â. I saw the budget is so expensive they threw away all of the scenes in the movie to replace what was given to the public. Back then, I looked at reviews of the movie, and said the first two are better than the third one. So, here I am now, I finally woke up to see what happened. I made a redemption on this movie. I agree with everyone else, the first two ARE better than the theatrical cut of the third one. I donât know why they choose to cut down from 3 hours to 139 minutes. They shouldâve made this movie 2 and a half hours. And Iâm not exactly sure why they didnât release the Editorâs Cut the same time when the theatrical cut is released on DVD in the first place. And I would love to see the 3 hour Directorâs Cut of Spider-Man 3. Itâs not the cut we want, itâs the cut we need, and must be seen the light of day. #ReleaseTheRaimiCut
