With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

2010

Biography / Documentary

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 77% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 77% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 1118 1.1K

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At 89 years old, Stan Lee's name appears on more than one BILLION comics in 75 countries in 25 languages. Arguably the most recognized name in comics, Stan Lee has co-created over 500 legendary pop culture characters including Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Iron Man, Thor and The Hulk. Stan continues to create new material and entertain fans of all ages with fantastic stories and characters in all areas of entertainment. With Great Power: the Stan Lee Story, explores the vivid life and imagination of Stan Lee, from the early days of his Depression-era upbringing through the Marvel Age of Comics and beyond! The film uncovers original transcripts, illustrations, photographs and stories of Lee's fascinating journey from his early years at Timely Comics and World War Two, the comic book industry's censorship battle of the 1950's led by Dr. Fredric Wertham, the dawn of Marvel Comics and the legendary characters Stan co-created, to his current company POW! Entertainment.


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Reviewed by gavin6942 7 / 10

Is There a Bigger Name in Comics?

A feature length documentary on the life and creations of Stan Lee, the co-creator of Spider-Man and many other classic comic characters.

Can you picture Stan Lee jumping on the desk, doing the voices of the characters? Apparently he did that. He also did some great things like pushed the idea of credits so artists and writers got their due, and challenged the silliness of the Comics Code.

He emphasized the human side of the term superhuman, making comics about relationships and personalities, with the battles only a minor issue.

This documentary also shows Stan's wife, and it got me to realize who she was... she used to be somebody! It taught me that Silver Surfer is loved by hippies, which still makes no sense to me (such a lame character).

What was this film missing? It needed more Nic Cage. If anyone in the world of film knows comics, it is Mister Cage.

Reviewed by juliankennedy23 7 / 10

Okay doc about great subject

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story: 7 out of 10: A documentary, released in 2010, tells the story of Stan the Man basically in his own words.

The Good: Very nice background on where Stan came from and how he got started with Timely Comics. It also contains generous and excellent behind the scene glimpses of his home life with his wife. Fans of Stan Lee certainly will know some the stories but I think there is enough new stuff that it may surprise even his fans.

The Bad: I would like to pause this review for an open letter to those that immediately say "but Jack Kirby" when Stan Lee is mentioned. Guess what they are both dead and no one cares about it anymore. It isn't hipster to plead the Kirby when Stan is mentioned any more than to exclaim your fandom for Tesla against the big bad Edison. The documentary both provides insight and glosses over the feud between the two men. But Stan Lee goes out of his way in this documentary to make sure Jack Kirby gets his due.

This is, however, an out an out hagiography. Stan has barely a bad word for anyone and no-one has a bad word for him. Needless to say, that can get one's Spidey senses tingling. That isn't all bad if you know that going in.

There is one scene where Stan Lee's wife talks about the death of their infant child and subsequent attempts at adoption. These scenes are powerful and Stan's grief and anger are evident forty years later. It is an impressive look behind the curtain and it makes one realize that we could have used more of this kind of insight.

The Ugly: First of all there is a reason most biographies are basically in chronological order. It both creates a narrative and prevents confusion when you jump back fifteen years to cover another facet that might be unfamiliar with the audience. With Great Power has a tendency to jump around like The Hulk.

Do you Remember that trend when every documentary had an overabundance of giant colorful graphics with the camera "swooping" around them? You think a 2010 documentary about a super-hero writer avoided this now annoying cliche? Nuff Said.

In Conclusion: A decent documentary with added value and poignancy after the passing of a great man. Excelsior!

Reviewed by planktonrules 7 / 10

Very watchable though a bit incomplete.

"With great power comes great responsibility." This quote from Spider-Man is where they derived the title of the show--quite fitting as the character was a co-creation of Stan Lee.

This film is a biography of Stan Lee--a creative genius and god to the comic book world. Using interviews and MAJORLY COOL graphics (that looked like comic books coming to life), you learn about the cult of Stan Lee--why people adore him as well as having this great raconteur just talk--which is MORE than enough reason to watch. This is a very enjoyable documentary and I am glad I watched it with my comic book geek daughter. However, I learned that although we both thought it was a great picture, the film omitted some VERY important stuff. Apparently, there has been a lawsuit initiated by Jack Kirby's estate against Lee and Disney demanding compensation since Kirby co-created many of the characters discussed in the documentary. While Lee does talk about Kirby's work to a degree, the film made it looked like they were best friends and you'd have no idea such a lawsuit occurred. A MAJOR omission to say the least! Still, despite this hole, the film is worth seeing.

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