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connielane at 03:23pm on 04/05/2007 under movies
connielane at 03:23pm on 04/05/2007 under moviesSeriously, it's worth seeing.
However...
It is definitely the weakest movie of the three. There are a lot of things I loved about it and a lot of things I hated about it. The things to love make it well worth going to see in a theater - Peter's "Stayin' Alive" sequence, real relationship conflict between Peter and MJ, Gwen Stacey's impossible cuteness, Sandman learning to walk (even his backstory was pretty good), great action/fight scenes, Venom coolness, and anytime either J.K. Simmons or Topher Grace is on screen.
But the bad stuff makes it occasionally painful to watch. The most egregious fault is a sloppy script and downright lazy story. Too many of the scenes feel like filler (I mean, how many voice mail message scenes did we REALLY need between Peter and MJ?!), and some are just flat out random - What is meaningful about Harry stepping out of a steam bath? Who the hell hired these incompetent and negligent scientists who just assume that the movement in their HIGHLY DANGEROUS TRUFAX molecular thingie is "PROBABLY" just a bird, and it will move once the machine fires up? And butler guy? Don't even get me started.
Perhaps my biggest complaint is with the climax, which I won't spoil here, but GRRRRR. SPIDERMAN is supposed to be the hero of this franchise, not [EDITED FOR SPOILERS]!
I'd still recommend it to anyone who loves the other Spidey movies, though. It's still a fun world Raimi is playing in, but at times it feels like he (and Maguire and Dunst) are a bit tired of playing in it. The acting from Maguire, Dunst and Franco is cringeworthy at times - emo!Peter and "Eyebrow" Harry aside, you could make a drinking game out of how many times characters look at each other and cry in this movie - and they look like they could really have learned a thing or two from new cast members Howard and Grace.
This isn't a horrible movie. It has its great moments, but not two hours and twenty minutes worth. And the great stuff is mingled in with scenes where Mike Nelson and a couple of robots would have felt right at home in the front row. Sony has reportedly decided to make three more of these movies, but I can't see it getting better under Raimi's direction, no matter how much I love him. And I can't see Maguire and Dunst coming back without Raimi. And I can't see audiences coming back without Maguire and Dunst. I'm very curious how that will play out.
But go see Spiderman 3. If only for the Bruce Campbell cameo as a French maître d’ - best thing EVAR.
However...
It is definitely the weakest movie of the three. There are a lot of things I loved about it and a lot of things I hated about it. The things to love make it well worth going to see in a theater - Peter's "Stayin' Alive" sequence, real relationship conflict between Peter and MJ, Gwen Stacey's impossible cuteness, Sandman learning to walk (even his backstory was pretty good), great action/fight scenes, Venom coolness, and anytime either J.K. Simmons or Topher Grace is on screen.
But the bad stuff makes it occasionally painful to watch. The most egregious fault is a sloppy script and downright lazy story. Too many of the scenes feel like filler (I mean, how many voice mail message scenes did we REALLY need between Peter and MJ?!), and some are just flat out random - What is meaningful about Harry stepping out of a steam bath? Who the hell hired these incompetent and negligent scientists who just assume that the movement in their HIGHLY DANGEROUS TRUFAX molecular thingie is "PROBABLY" just a bird, and it will move once the machine fires up? And butler guy? Don't even get me started.
Perhaps my biggest complaint is with the climax, which I won't spoil here, but GRRRRR. SPIDERMAN is supposed to be the hero of this franchise, not [EDITED FOR SPOILERS]!
I'd still recommend it to anyone who loves the other Spidey movies, though. It's still a fun world Raimi is playing in, but at times it feels like he (and Maguire and Dunst) are a bit tired of playing in it. The acting from Maguire, Dunst and Franco is cringeworthy at times - emo!Peter and "Eyebrow" Harry aside, you could make a drinking game out of how many times characters look at each other and cry in this movie - and they look like they could really have learned a thing or two from new cast members Howard and Grace.
This isn't a horrible movie. It has its great moments, but not two hours and twenty minutes worth. And the great stuff is mingled in with scenes where Mike Nelson and a couple of robots would have felt right at home in the front row. Sony has reportedly decided to make three more of these movies, but I can't see it getting better under Raimi's direction, no matter how much I love him. And I can't see Maguire and Dunst coming back without Raimi. And I can't see audiences coming back without Maguire and Dunst. I'm very curious how that will play out.
But go see Spiderman 3. If only for the Bruce Campbell cameo as a French maître d’ - best thing EVAR.