Spiderman 3
Watching "Spiderman 3" is a bit like reading a comic book with some of the pages torn out. There's a disconnect where your mind can fill in the blanks but it would have been easier to have the complete comic. With 3 villians, the Mary Jane/Peter Parker romance, and the dark Spidey storylines, "Spiderman 3" has too much going on to be a great movie. At times, it was even downright dull and I found myself wishing I was on an airplane or watching this at home so at least I would have other distractions.
As it was, by the time each plot was introduced and the movie rotated into the developing story, the audience was already lost. Add in transitions that made no sense and instead of confusion, boredom set in. After all, we know that eventually the invincible enemy will be defeated. Normally in a movie we care about the how but in "Spiderman 3" it was hard to care. The fault lies with too much going on and too many cool FX villians to follow.
"Spiderman 3" could have been better with one less villian, and 30 minutes less in the movie. The romance between Peter & Mary Jane worked well, Aunt May was what she is supposed to be, and reporter Brock was a good as a rival reporter to Peter. Add in the friendship/love traingle with long suffering Harry and the movie could have been great.
Sadly, there are too many "look at this" visual FX and inconsistancies, and characters for the movie to really excel. A pet peeve of many comic book fans is the continual demasking of the super hero. In Stan Lee's "Who wants to be a Superhero?" reality show, the number one rule was to never reveal your identity. How the entire city of New York fails to know that Peter Parker is Spidey is beyond me. I've never seen a mask come off so much as in this movie. The black goo from space that bonds to people only seems to bond on some but the danger is that even one drop can turn you evil. Didn't happen and goo was flying. Note to filmmakers - some cameos are good such as giving Stan Lee a one-liner. Cameos of your children, especially with speaking parts-not a good idea.
A superhero movie is great when the audience cheers for the eventual downfall of the villian. Spidey's enemies sort of faded away in who cares atmosphere. Better survival went to Peter and Mary Jane who are able to face a new day together again.
It can always be worse. I've seen plenty worse. If you have to do the must do movies, then go see "Spiderman 3." Shreck 3 and Pirates 3 are right around the corner to hopefully heal the void that was missing from the start of the summer movie season.
As it was, by the time each plot was introduced and the movie rotated into the developing story, the audience was already lost. Add in transitions that made no sense and instead of confusion, boredom set in. After all, we know that eventually the invincible enemy will be defeated. Normally in a movie we care about the how but in "Spiderman 3" it was hard to care. The fault lies with too much going on and too many cool FX villians to follow.
"Spiderman 3" could have been better with one less villian, and 30 minutes less in the movie. The romance between Peter & Mary Jane worked well, Aunt May was what she is supposed to be, and reporter Brock was a good as a rival reporter to Peter. Add in the friendship/love traingle with long suffering Harry and the movie could have been great.
Sadly, there are too many "look at this" visual FX and inconsistancies, and characters for the movie to really excel. A pet peeve of many comic book fans is the continual demasking of the super hero. In Stan Lee's "Who wants to be a Superhero?" reality show, the number one rule was to never reveal your identity. How the entire city of New York fails to know that Peter Parker is Spidey is beyond me. I've never seen a mask come off so much as in this movie. The black goo from space that bonds to people only seems to bond on some but the danger is that even one drop can turn you evil. Didn't happen and goo was flying. Note to filmmakers - some cameos are good such as giving Stan Lee a one-liner. Cameos of your children, especially with speaking parts-not a good idea.
A superhero movie is great when the audience cheers for the eventual downfall of the villian. Spidey's enemies sort of faded away in who cares atmosphere. Better survival went to Peter and Mary Jane who are able to face a new day together again.
It can always be worse. I've seen plenty worse. If you have to do the must do movies, then go see "Spiderman 3." Shreck 3 and Pirates 3 are right around the corner to hopefully heal the void that was missing from the start of the summer movie season.
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