Can ‘Kraven the Hunter’ Rise Above Sony’s Troubled Comic Book Track Record?
Excitement surrounding Kraven the Hunter is somewhat non-existent among comic book fans. The long-delayed movie again appears to deviate from the source material and marks yet another instance of one of Spider-Man’s iconic villains taking center stage without the web-slinger himself. To his credit, filmmaker J.C. Chandor has been transparent about the odds stacked against the project, even imploring fans to give the film a chance.
A Standalone Story Wrapped in Uncertainty
Chandor did elaborate on this very publicly, starting by acknowledging the less-than-successful history of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe. “I’m not going to fool anyone to think that all of those movies were the success that everyone wanted them to be,” Chandor stated, acknowledging the challenges ahead. “And so I’ve been able to watch that process and be a part of it. All I can control is I go out and try and make the best movie, cast the best people, create the best action scenes, create the best drama, create the best story that I’m able to do.
We did learn some things for sure, in a way that plays into this, which is like, let’s not try to have this be telling 16 different stories at once, right?” he said, reflecting on lessons learned from past projects. “Let’s make a really good movie at its core, and where that goes will take care of itself.”
He addresses the film as a “standalone” story.
While some find the approach refreshing, others see it as a missed opportunity and worry if becoming a trend. Like
*Madame Web*, it’s another standalone story, which has Its advantages,” said Chandor, before adding, ” but I did want to do something that they did that, if anyone was going to see it, they’re going to know that it’s Kraven’s story.”
We’ve structured this movie as a classic origin story. If you know the Kraven storyline,” he’d add,
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“If you know the Kraven storyline and you take this stuff as seriously as we have,” Chandor emphasized, “when that last frame of our movie comes up, I think people will be excited that Kraven
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to be teed up to go and carry on this journey toward villainy because that is the heart of this character.
He doesn’t start the movie off in that place. I think that’s what makes the film really cool, actually, is that you get to see that journey.
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will almost certainly end with the title character donning his familiar vest those last minutes and becoming the character from the comics; you’ll just need to sit through 2 hours of him being
someone a gangster-hunting anti-hero to get to that point.
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