Bell Boy! I Gotta Get Runnin' Now.
- I would love recognition right now. Have I done anything necessary to receive true accolade among the literary or cultural elite? Nothing quite dire, I assure you, but I've been able to forge on. I haven't been distracted, and I've pushed the extra mile, and I want recognition for it. Even sarcasm will do. Anything that says "Hey, Dave., it sucks that shit's been sucky shit, but fuck it, dude. Let's go bowling."
Why am I so afraid of certain things? Has the world always been seen through demonic-colored glasses? Why do I disapprove of the more indulgent things in life, but have not the gall to criticize or say I haven't, and still feel excluded? Every time I walk home from somebody's house, I hear "I am the Sea" in my head.
- Everybody wants to be naked and famous. Everybody wants a little more, and it costs a lot to get the cheaper stuff. Nobody knows where it's going to go, though.
- I hate spiders. I am afraid of them. My favorite superhero, and frequent subject of fantasy, is Spider-Man. If I could receive his powers without having to be bitten by a spider, I'd do it. Totally. Without doubt.
Even though "Spider-Man 3" felt like a rehash of the first two movies (a lot of concepts from "Spider-Man 2" were revisited) and the rest an attempt to resolve some storylines before Tobey McGuire and Kirsten Dunst bow out from the series, it was still a great movie. Like the first two, the action sequences leading up to the ending fight were much better than the ending fight itself, but is still very rewarding and suspenseful. The performances in this one were far superior to that of "Spider-Man 2," (I really felt Tobey and Kirsten were phoning it in on that one), and everything is completely believable. Surprisingly wonderful performances from Topher Grace, though regrettably, his part seemed much shorter than what the interval between the movie's release and him leaving "That 70's Show" could have demanded. It suffers from a lack of real development for Venom (animated incredibly and realistically), and over-development of the Sandman, which may have been the weakest choice for a villain, ever. The Shocker, Electro, the Vulture, anybody but the Sandman, please.
Similarly, James Franco gets his turn as the Hobgoblin, with a dramatic improvement over the original Goblin's design and fighting technique -- albeit, he is prone to getting clotheslined (FIVE TIMES! FIVE!) -- and also makes for an improved movie.
Overall, very good, and worth the price of admission for a matinee-timed show. Over $10, maybe. It is mighty long.
What Made the Movie:
- Tobey McGuire actually performing to the best of his capability here, as with Kirsten Dunst, and the disappointingly stunted Topher Grace.
- ONE AWESOME CAMEO BY BRUCE CAMPBELL!
- Ridiculous amounts of Meta-humor in between the more serious aspects, making for a more balanced film.
- Special Effects -- particularly in the formation of the Sandman.
- Lack of Emo-based soundtrack, despite the obvious nods to the emo world.
What Really Sucked About it:
- Sandman. Terrible performance, terrible character, overly repetitive.
- Lack of focus on Venom as the clearly superior villain.
- Sam Raimi needs to stop this forced patriotism bullshit that affected the ending of "Spider-Man," and cut it out with the crowd reaction crap. That was all well and good for the comic books of the 1960's, but not today. Even if it is a nod to the style and composition of the originals, all it does it muck up the belief that I'm watching a movie with good performances, by giving a bunch of extras some lines that are far from worth hearing. Spider-Man incites hope in the rest of us. We get it.
- In other news: Somebody owes me an apology.
- I love you with all my heart.
[Homer and Bart are about to watch a concert at the Springfield State Fair, featuring 70's rock giants, Bachman-Turner Overdrive.]
Bart: "Who are those pleasant old men?"
Homer: "That's B.T.O! They're Canada's answer to ELP! Their big hit was 'TCB'! [Bart looks at him confused.] "That's how we talked in the 70's. We didn't have a moment to spare."
Why am I so afraid of certain things? Has the world always been seen through demonic-colored glasses? Why do I disapprove of the more indulgent things in life, but have not the gall to criticize or say I haven't, and still feel excluded? Every time I walk home from somebody's house, I hear "I am the Sea" in my head.
- Everybody wants to be naked and famous. Everybody wants a little more, and it costs a lot to get the cheaper stuff. Nobody knows where it's going to go, though.
- I hate spiders. I am afraid of them. My favorite superhero, and frequent subject of fantasy, is Spider-Man. If I could receive his powers without having to be bitten by a spider, I'd do it. Totally. Without doubt.
Even though "Spider-Man 3" felt like a rehash of the first two movies (a lot of concepts from "Spider-Man 2" were revisited) and the rest an attempt to resolve some storylines before Tobey McGuire and Kirsten Dunst bow out from the series, it was still a great movie. Like the first two, the action sequences leading up to the ending fight were much better than the ending fight itself, but is still very rewarding and suspenseful. The performances in this one were far superior to that of "Spider-Man 2," (I really felt Tobey and Kirsten were phoning it in on that one), and everything is completely believable. Surprisingly wonderful performances from Topher Grace, though regrettably, his part seemed much shorter than what the interval between the movie's release and him leaving "That 70's Show" could have demanded. It suffers from a lack of real development for Venom (animated incredibly and realistically), and over-development of the Sandman, which may have been the weakest choice for a villain, ever. The Shocker, Electro, the Vulture, anybody but the Sandman, please.
Similarly, James Franco gets his turn as the Hobgoblin, with a dramatic improvement over the original Goblin's design and fighting technique -- albeit, he is prone to getting clotheslined (FIVE TIMES! FIVE!) -- and also makes for an improved movie.
Overall, very good, and worth the price of admission for a matinee-timed show. Over $10, maybe. It is mighty long.
What Made the Movie:
- Tobey McGuire actually performing to the best of his capability here, as with Kirsten Dunst, and the disappointingly stunted Topher Grace.
- ONE AWESOME CAMEO BY BRUCE CAMPBELL!
- Ridiculous amounts of Meta-humor in between the more serious aspects, making for a more balanced film.
- Special Effects -- particularly in the formation of the Sandman.
- Lack of Emo-based soundtrack, despite the obvious nods to the emo world.
What Really Sucked About it:
- Sandman. Terrible performance, terrible character, overly repetitive.
- Lack of focus on Venom as the clearly superior villain.
- Sam Raimi needs to stop this forced patriotism bullshit that affected the ending of "Spider-Man," and cut it out with the crowd reaction crap. That was all well and good for the comic books of the 1960's, but not today. Even if it is a nod to the style and composition of the originals, all it does it muck up the belief that I'm watching a movie with good performances, by giving a bunch of extras some lines that are far from worth hearing. Spider-Man incites hope in the rest of us. We get it.
- In other news: Somebody owes me an apology.
- I love you with all my heart.
[Homer and Bart are about to watch a concert at the Springfield State Fair, featuring 70's rock giants, Bachman-Turner Overdrive.]
Bart: "Who are those pleasant old men?"
Homer: "That's B.T.O! They're Canada's answer to ELP! Their big hit was 'TCB'! [Bart looks at him confused.] "That's how we talked in the 70's. We didn't have a moment to spare."