Quote: Rob Kamphausen said: but as a whole, i've never understood the (mass!) appeal to the two films. especially when compared to, what i feel, is the vastly superior xmen franchise.
As Pro said, they're two different types of comic book films. Spider-man is supposed to be more pop-ish than the X-Men just due to the kind of character he is. The Spider-Man movies are just a lot of fun while the X-Men movies are more engrossing due to the characters and how they interact (I'm, of course, excluding the last movie).
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."