Different people can take different things out of the same movie.
Did anyone, for instance, see the first Spider-Man movie in the same light as Gaye?
And that is: all our past experiences colour all future experiences.
Such is the misguided force of sibling rivalry.
Now, as an adult married to a comics lover (clarification: an enjoyer of comics.
The first time I saw the step-by-step transformation of Peter Parker into Spider-Man was in the 2002 film.
He also notices new growth.
Its spiky and barbed and not short and curly, but the parallels, I think, are unmistakeable.
Hes excited, confused, still reeling with thoughts of Mary Jane on his mind.
Feel free to add the spider back in now.
Theres no great mystery to why Id get these impressions from these scenes.
I had brothers, simple as.
It didnt make me enjoy the film any more or any less.
Its just an observation from my side of the cinema and sofa.
This conjecture could also very well explain the dissatisfaction with the Mary Jane love interest storyline.
But how could it be anything else?
It isnt until we start experiencing stuff and forming our own opinions that we start to piss people off.
For me, that partly results in Peter Parkers sexual development and discovery of self pleasure.
For others, its just a bit of web string.
I suppose we shall see.
