Spiderman

I know it came out about ten years ago, but I haven't seen anything since The Avengers. Seriously. And my last viewing was relatively recent. My friends keep pestering me about The Amazing Spiderman, but I'm just not interested. I think it's because The Avengers was so ridiculously awesome that the place in my heart for a silly superhero movie has already been taken. There is no room for poor Peter Parker - plus, Andrew Garfield's hair is ridiculous. There is no way that mop would fit in Spidey's outfit, but I suppose I'm reading too much into it. Heck, in the old Spidey films with Maguire, Peter's mouth didn't move. At all. So it would be really annoying when he'd yell "NOOO!" as Mary Jane was being thrown off a bridge or whatever - and his mouth didn't move.

So how was The Amazing Spiderman? (Real original title, by the way. So different from, you know, Spiderman.) Was it too soon? Was it so awesome who cares about the old ones? Or was it just a retread? Was there an upside down kiss or something equally cheesy but cute?

Now that I think about it, superheroes are totally weird. Besides the fact that they are all mutants or ninjas or something crazy like that. I'm referring to their names. Spiderman? I mean, yeah, he's got web goo coming out of his wrists (awkward...) and he can climb walls. But spiders are nasty. Not to sound like a complete loser, but I scream when spiders pop out of nowhere and try to pounce on me - which they always do. Sneaky little nasties. (I make up many, many words. If Seuss could do it, why not me?) And Iron Man. He isn't made out of iron. His suit isn't iron. Why not Aluminum Man or Steel Man? Either way, those are sucky names. Even I will admit it.

Thoughts, comments, recipes, etc are always welcome!