The Amazing Spider-Man
My Chemical Romance fans might ’ve noticed a very conversant minute inThe Amazing Spider - Man . Director Marc Webb began his filmmaking life history directing music videos for the the likes of of Green Day , Evanescence and Miley Cyrus before wee-wee his lineament motion-picture show debut with religious cult favorite,500 Days of Summer . However , Webb is perhaps best know for his stretch behind the television camera ofThe Amazing Spider - Man , address both ofAndrew Garfield ’s risky venture as the connection - slinger . doubtlessly ranking near the top of Webb ’s medicine video catalog is " Helena " by My Chemical Romance . lay in the thick of a surreal , gothic funeral , the band lead the ceremonial occasion in punk careen song and then carry a disastrous casket down the church dance step and into a waiting hearse .
WithThe Amazing Spider - Man , Webb look the unenviable task of following Sam Raimi’sSpider - Manmovies starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker . Despite a rough third film , Raimi’sSpider - Mantrilogy was tremendously successful , and while Webb’sAmazing Spider - Manmovies put up sight to enjoy ( Garfield ’s execution , terrific visuals , well - executed lot piece ) , they perhaps fail to last up to that lofty standard . If they had , Tom Holland in all probability would n’t be jazz around around the MCU mighty now . The firstAmazing Spider - Mansees a fledglingPeter Parkertake on the Lizard while ship on a teen romance with Gwen Stacy . In the picture ’s climax , Gwen ’s police captain father is killed in the operation of serve Spidey take down a scaly Curt Connors .
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It ’s the funeral of George Stacy that take up an directly from Webb ’s video for " Helena . " In the commentary forAmazing Spider - Man , Webb acknowledges that the picture ’s funeral ending and " Helena " were both filmed in the same location , and the theater director also jokingly admit to harboring a affection for umbrellas . However , the two fit really are strikingly standardised . The 2005My Chemical Romancevideo features a top - down shot of lamenter walking down the showery steps of the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in California , with a move ocean of black umbrellas dominating the shot .
The Amazing Spider - Manrecycles this scene almost verbatim . Once again , mourners walk down the steps of the same Immanuel Presbyterian Church , all obscured by opprobrious umbrellas and framed with that conversant top - down angle . Both shots are also saturate in the same dark , bluish hue to get across the huge sorrowfulness of the occasion .
The " Helena " andAmazing Spider - Manfuneral shots are outstandingly close , so much so that Webb surely would n’t have got away with the caper if he had n’t directed both projects . Fortunately , if there ’s one person a theater director can steal from , it ’s themselves . It ’s also difficult to deny the effectiveness of the range in both case . With " Helena , " the graceful , wearisome movement of the umbrellas continue the disembodied spirit of the refined saltation succession that remove topographic point inside the church building and the My Chemical Romance song itself , creating an epic feel . InThe Amazing Spider - Man ’s context , the picture get across the full impact of George Stacy ’s death , while that same epic calibre serves to emphasize the immense disconnection between the captain and Peter Parker in full term of their social standing .
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