Spider-Man is one of those characters that has inspired generations of artists in multiple fields, from writers to actors to directors and more.
Peter Parker (and several of his Spider-counterparts) has to deal with just being a kid while also keeping his superhero identity secret from his friends and family.
He’s a little tortured, tries to do the right thing, and serves as an aspirational figure for many of us.
From a 2023 vantage point, we’ve seen a whole lot of films about the web-slinger, both animated and live-action, but before 2002’s “Spider-Man,” directed by Sam Raimi, that wasn’t the case.There were several directors up for the job before Raimi got it, and one of them was Chris Columbus, who directed the first two “Harry Potter” films.
As a contender for the Spider-Man director’s chair, Columbus made a lot of sense.
The filmmaker has a way with directing kids, and…
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