It is very rare to find a movie that contains a snippet of everything. By everything, I mean humor, romance, and action. Not just one or two, but all three elements. When a movie has all three of these, you are easily warped [1] into...
The Last Film I Saw The last film I saw was Spider-Man, and I really enjoyed it. The movie was about a young man who gets bitten by a radioactive spider and turns into a web-spinning superhero, doing his best to save a city from...
Introduction Spiderman, one of the most popular and influential superheroes ever created, the one who came from a small-town company, the one who started off in a little-known comic called Amazing Fantasy has certainly come a long way since it was first created. The company...
The comics to the movies the Spiderman trilogy is one of the most loved super heroes of all-time. The Spiderman comics started in 1962, by Stan Lee and Marvel Comics. A 17 year old boy named, Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider and...
I’ve always dreamed about what it would be like if an electrical engineer had super powers. He would be able to shoot lightning and deflect bullets with a magnetic field. To my pleasure, in the recent movie The Amazing Spider-Man 2, a power systems engineer...
“A definition of a hero is someone who is concerned about other people`s well-being, and will go out of his or her way to help them-even if there is no chance of reward. That person who helps others simply because it should or must be...
Introduction Superheroes are everywhere: from comic books, television screens, and video games. One thing is certain: everyone loves them, but many don’t even know which production they came from. Some say they love Superman because he’s from Marvel, or some say they love Spider-Man because...
The famous phrase, “With great power comes great responsibility,” has resonated through the annals of literature, philosophy, and popular culture for generations. Initially introduced in Spider-Man comic books, this succinct yet profound statement has transcended its fictional origins to become a timeless moral axiom. Its...
There have been so many legendary heroes who’ve grabbed our attention with their amazing abilities, strong determination, and complicated personalities. Two of the most famous ones are Achilles, the Greek warrior from Homer’s Iliad, and Spider-Man, the superhero from Marvel Comics. Even though these two...
The monomyth, also known as the hero’s journey, is a narrative pattern that appears in many myths, legends, and stories across different cultures. It was first outlined by Joseph Campbell in his book “The Hero with a Thousand Faces,” where he identified a common structure...
