4 years EARLIERAt the start of the flashback, Professor Humbert Humbert, acting as narrator, speaks (off-screen) in a distinctively-cultured, Continental accent behind images of a Trans World Airlines plane flying over Manhattan and a Hartford/New Haven train pulling into a station in northern New England."Within Oscorp, Gwen was in her cubicle and searching hrough Oscorp's employee files to locate "Max Dillon" whom she had met earlier in an elevator - she suspected he was Times Square's menacing electrical-creature.But just what they say it for I never knew, It's just inviting trouble for the poor sucker who Says I love you.The movie's taglines hinted at the film's major themes: obsession, jealousy, and base human sin:HERS WAS THE DEADLIEST OF THE SEVEN SINS!The sin she committed in the name of love could not be judged by man.It became a major blockbuster at $65.5 million (on a budget of $13.3 million, making it the most expensive film made-to-date), and as of 2022, it was the # 6 film of all-time in terms of gross (domestic) revenue when adjusted by inflation.