However, unlike the rest of the movies on this list, this clocks in at a mere 24 minutes, being released as part of an anthology festival, the Toei Manga Matsuri in July 1978.
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Still, this was an official movie released under the auspices of Marvel's licensing arrangement with Japanese studio Toei.
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Yes, the infamous Japanese Spider-Man series – where the web-slinger isn't Peter Parker but instead motocross rider Takuya Yamashiro, who gains spider powers from an alien, pilots a giant robot called Leopardon, and introduces himself as the "Emissary of Hell!" – saw a cinematic spin-off. Throw in some of the worst costume designs of the trilogy, and it was a low point to go out on. Overall, Spider-Man 3 suffered from a messy plot, as Raimi tried to tie up the trilogy's Green Goblin arc, introduce a third villain in the form of Sandman, and try to resolve character arcs that had become overly convoluted. The character was also poorly executed, with Topher Grace in the role of Eddie Brock, who became bonded to the alien symbiote – but not before Tobey Maguire had to deliver an achingly awkward performance as a Peter Parker corrupted by its influence. The biggest problem was the producer-mandated inclusion of Venom, a fan-favourite villain, but one that jarred with Raimi's preferences. Spider-Man 3 (2007)ĭirector Sam Raimi's third and final Spider-Man movie was doomed from the start – mainly because it was never quite Raimi's film at all.
The world just wasn't ready for a live-action Spider-Man in 1977, and this is an encyclopaedia of reasons why. The film lays the groundwork for the problems the rest of the 1970s films would face, with an ill-fitting Spider-Man costume, painfully slow wall-crawling(kudos for using physical effects, though), hokey battles and questionable choices such as Spidey only having one web-shooter.
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Originally the pilot episode for the TV series, this starts off by sticking fairly close to the comics – Peter Parker (Nicholas Hammond) is a photographer for the Daily Bugle and gets his powers from a radioactive spider bite, but only suits up as Spider-Man to stop an evil, mind-controlling "New Age" guru from forcing innocents to commit suicide. Poor pacing, sub-soap opera performances, ropey effects and more boring fights once again damn this effort. The film even comes close to having an actual supervillain in the form of the scheming Mr White – albeit one closer to the unpowered Kingpin than any of Spider-Man's more colourful foes. The second of the 1970s movies fared slightly better in the excitement department, with a chase to recover stolen plutonium and stop it being used to make a bomb (awkwardly, the target is the World Trade Centre.). Deservedly consigned to the history books. Also, it might come across as kind of racist now. It's slow, it's dull, and it's clearly trying to cash in on the kung-fu craze of the 1970s – but with terrible fight scenes.
The Dragon's Challenge was the third and mercifully final entry, seeing Spider-Man using his spectacular powers to tackle. However, they did get cinema releases in Europe and other territories, so they (unfortunately) count.
Maybe " every one" was a bad idea, because that means including the first three Spider-Man films – which were actually episodes of the 1977 live-action TV series edited into movies. Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1981) And, while you're here, you may enjoy The WIRED guide to the best sci-fi movies of all time and our guide to the best films on Netflix. That's a lot of Spider-Man to watch here, we rank every official Spider-Man movie ever made – and we do mean every one. Not counting an unlicensed Turkish film (where our hero is the unkillable leader of a criminal organisation!), Spider-Man’s cinematic legacy dates back to 1977, with nine films starring the character to date.