Sam Raimi Defends Spider-Man 3's Cringe-Worthy Maguire Dance Scene
Spider-Man 3 director Sam Raimi has reacted to Tobey Maguire's infamous dance from the film becoming a viral meme, and defended it. Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy is widely considered to have kicked off the current Golden Age of superhero movies. While today it is hard to imagine a world in which cinemas aren't dominated by the latest MCU or DCEU projects, in the early 2000s, superhero movies were struggling to find their feet. However, Raimi's 2002 Spider-Man proved just how epic a superhero movie could be; casting top tier actors such as Maguire and Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin, and using groundbreaking CGI to make Spider-Man's web-slinging come to life. Raimi's Spider-Man later spawned two sequels, and the films became a blueprint for future superhero blockbusters.
However, Raimi's Spider-Man 3 remains the most critically panned of the trilogy, and effectively ended the franchise. The film suffered from several issues, including an over-saturation of villains due to the studio insisting that Raimi include Venom in the movie, despite his protests. For many, the moment that defines Spider-Man 3 as the trilogy's weak link is the moment when Maguire's Peter Parker becomes possessed by the Venom symbiote. Peter proceeds to walk through the streets of New York with a new «angsty» look, and performs a now iconic but cringe-worthy dance. At the time of Spider-Man 3's release, the scene was so glaringly different in tone to the entire rest of the series that it turned many off of the film. In the years since, it has found new fame as a successful internet meme.
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