

X-Men have a narrative structure to depict the lives of mutants (heroes) and humans (villains) and shows the backlash of which the mutants strike against their opponents. Because of this certificate Spiderman can be represented as a scholar’s movie, although its historical reputation has given Spiderman a huge advantage with the target audience, as they are now able to target older generations of Marvel1 fans who are dedicated to the institution and will watch the movie due to this fact.The Marvel institution represents ongoing binary oppositions between heroes and villains, they have used this repertoire of elements through out, along with other films such as X-Men. This certificate immediately sets the standard of the audience that it can be shown to this film obviously targets itself to a male audience due to the masculine nature that the film consists of. Spiderman the movie is rated 12+, this instantly shows that the movie involves sexual content, bad language and violence.


Octopus a character who is represented as a professor of science, he is shown to have created a revolutionary invention, and exposed in a ‘Hitler’ like fashion. Mary Jane, is represented as the damsel in distress, she is a helpless figure portrayed as a weak, vulnerable female in a patriarchal society that is used as a token woman to be saved by Spiderman. Each character in Spiderman reflects a different view of life from an individual prospective.Spiderman, represented as a consistent, confident and bold figure who is shown to have set aims and targets, these characteristics go hand in hand with his duties to save people and the audience aspire to be like Spiderman however Peter Parker owns a parallel life, and lives insecurely as a student who divides his own life between people he considers to be important, thus unable to complete tasks and results in his life becoming unorganized. Spiderman portrays real life situations that the audience can relate to, while also including unrealistic properties of the protagonist that the audience aspire to this covers a broad audience of potential viewers.

Peter Parker the protagonist of the film illustrates the drawbacks of the duties that he must achieve to ensure innocent people remain in sound health.Īlthough the writer (Stan Lee) of Spiderman uses a linear narrative he also introduces a “love triangle” between the three characters and represents realistic scenarios in the narrative. Spiderman 2 is a Hollywood film directed by Sam Raimi, depicting the lives of Peter Parker with his alter ego Spiderman (Tobey Maguire), Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst) and Peter Parker’s professor Dr.
