More Marvellous Movies!

[chaosvizier]

Yes, Summer Blockbuster Season is kicking it off hard and heavy. Movies! More movies! More bad movies! More big movies! And, in today's news More Big Bad Movies!

Spider-Man 3

Comments

[germankitty]

*glares* You're reading my mind. Stop it!

Addendum: Okay, I'm not American, so I can't be expected to take the Stars 'n' Stripes as seriously as you guys. But it's not supposed to make me snicker uncontrollably, either, is it now? 'cos that's what happened in Spidey 3 ...

[chaosvizier]

Which part of your mind am I reading? ... AAAAHHH! Not that part. ;-)

There's nothing wrong with a shot of a flag, or any flag. But sometimes it can be tasteful and well-placed, and sometimes it can be gratuitous and unsubtle like a brick in the head. This was an example of the latter. Oh yes indeedy.

[germankitty]

Hey, that part of my mind is a dirty fun place! *evil grin*

And my point exactly!

[angledge]

This movie was bad, real bad! Kirsten Dunst was bad. Tobey Maguire was so bad it hurt. The dialogue? Bad. Plot, as described above? Bad. Topher Grace's highlighted hair? Bad.

J. Jonah Jameson? Good. Special effects? Tolerable.

Hmmm, that's five bads, one good, one OK. This movie gets a -3 1/2.

[chaosvizier]

And there you have it. Can't argue with math, pure and simple.

Although I'd give another +1/2 for the Bruce Campbell scene. Him as a snooty French waiter? Comedy gold.

[thechinesecurse]

I was having a business meeting at The Local (because that's where we _talk_) and the bar manager who invited me to her engagement party spent half an hour bouncing around making sure every single person in the place knew not to go see Spiderman 3 because it was a waste not just of the ticket money but of those precious minutes of our lives.

She cute when she bounce. Mmmmmm, girlbouncing. ;-)

[chaosvizier]

Mmmmm, bouncy! That is a good thing.

I wish we had more official meetings at The Local Equivalent... I'd feel so much better about a lot of things.

[fax_celestis]

Disclaimer: FOR THE LAST TIME, PETER. DITCH THE ACTRESS WANNABE AND TAKE THE HOT RUSSIAN GIRL NEXT DOOR. RAWR.

TOTALLY AGREED ZOMGZWTFSPQR.

Peter Parker's sex drive must have been bitten by a radioactive preying mantis or something, because DAMN. Wake up and smell the across-the-hall sexings.

[chaosvizier]

No kidding. Everyone knows it's all about the hot Eastern European women! That's where all the good action is! They can go have Russian spiderbabies together and she can marry him for citizenship and they'll live happily ever after! Now there's a good movie.

[fax_celestis]

Well, we also all know that any young Russian blonde is either a gymnast, a swimmer, or a speed-skater, all of which have their varying...uses in the sack.

[drradium]

Now I've been a major spider man fan for years. I'm a comic book snob and every Wednesday evening I leave my nice house in New Jersey and travel to Forbidden Planet on Broadway and E. 13th to buy more.

The movies actors were of course doing what they do. As you can see from 1 and 2 they can act. I guess the director wanted something different in this film.

I thought the movie was highly entertaining but all the comedy during "bad spidey" really irked me. I thought this movie was going to be very dark and have Peter parker be an asshole. Alas it didn't happen and it really irked me.

Another thing that bothered me immensely was Eddie Brock. In the books he wasn't a scrawny lil guy like he is. He's built and large in the comics.

Also, the voice of Venom was absolutely terrible. He's supposed to have a angry, hissy voice when transformed. WTF is with the sqeaky shit. I enjoyed the Teryldactyl sounds though.

I thought the movie was entertaining but not what i expected. poo

Great Adventure?

[chaosvizier]

See, the "dark" part would be cool, if they JUST made a movie that was about him and Venom and him slowly going bad. Again, ONE hero, ONE villain. That right there could have been the focus of an entire feature-length film. Venom is a complicated character, and Peter going bad and then getting better could have been worth a better look.

And yeah, Brock was supposed to be bigger. I can deal with that; people are always larger in comics anyway. ;-) But the voice could have been more... monstrous.

[moonchylde]

Also, gratuitous cheesy flag shot, OH COME ON THAT WAS NOT EVEN REMOTELY NECESSARY.

I nearly snorted my pepsi. This movie is going for best comedy of the year, right?

It wouldn't have been so bad, but it took itself so seriously.

That, and I don't care for Maguire (too emo) and Dunst (too not-mary-jane) in the leads. Hell yeah on ditching her for the Russian girl. :) I am 100% with you on J Jonah and Bruce Campbell. The tears were silly, but I did really love the Sandman effects. Whoever worked on that first scene, where he's pulling himself together? wow.

[chaosvizier]

The Sandman effects were pretty well done. I agree with you on that first scene, where he's forming for the first time. That was well done.