But that's okay! Spider-Man 3, an actual big-budget Hollywood movie, was shooting here in my hometown of Cleveland - and I got to be a part of it (you know, enthusiastically, from the curb).
Sure, I didn't get to fight the “new and improved” Green Goblin (James Franco) or the Sandman. Heck, I didn't even get into a drunken bar brawl with Tobey Maguire down at The Warehouse District. But that's okay, too. The last thing I need is film footage of me slurring, "Hey, Seabiscuit... I'm gonna KICK YOUR ASS!" on Inside Edition.
Dare I say it? Is it too early to be talking about Oscar buzz in regards to Your Friendly Neighborhood Blogger-Man? Do they give Academy Awards for nonsensical nobodies lost in a crowd of Clevelanders standing off to the side as "The Manhattan Safe Co." armored car roars by and smashes into a Subaru hanging from a crane?
Nah, probably not. Stupid Hollywood politics!
Legendary film critic Roger Ebert once proclaimed that Spider-Man 2 was "the best superhero movie of all time!" Then why not make it a tradition and bring some of the production crew back from S-M 3 to Cleveland and film the backdrop for Spider-Man 4 in "the best location in the nation."
Wouldn't it be great to see Sir Ben Kingsley as The Vulture soaring above the skies of downtown Cleveland - or Dennis Kucinich as Electro hijacking the old Muny Light Company - in pre-production scenes filmed this time next year?
Regardless, Spider-Man 3 has put the city of Cleveland in the Hollywood sandbox - even if it's for a scant few seconds up on the silver screen in the Marvel movie universe.
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