Spider-man 3 or Sandman can fly?? WTF??
8/10
I saw Spider-man 3 last week and delayed posting about it so that it had time to sink in and so I had enough time for initial reactions to wear off. That being said, I did enjoy it and didn't find that it suffered from "Multiple Villain Syndrome" as much as I thought it would. Expect spoilers and some "quick hits" as to what was good and bad.
However, the movie did lack where it came to developing the villains in detail like the previous 2 movies did. In the first one there was a nice gradual buildup to the Goblin reveal and a similar scenario with Dr. Octopus in the second. Here though, because there are 3 villains, screen time is precious and each villain could have been fleshed out a bit more. The back stories that they did show did get the job done though and the audience can easily understand their motivations. The second Green Goblin, Harry didn't need much to get his story out there as it has been building for 2 movies. The nagging thing about the Sandman is that he didn't really need to team up with Venom as he had no real reason to want Spidey dead. It would have made more sense for his character to just run and hide.
Emo Spidey = annoying
Song and dance numbers = ditto
The special effects in the film were top notch and the Sandman scenes were particularly exciting (though why he can fly as a sandstorm is beyond me). The fight at the end where we have a good old fashioned comic-book team-up was really neat and I was pleased to see the redemption of Harry seen in the comics come through on the big screen.
The fight with Venom was great and it was especially rewarding to see Peter use his brain to defeat him instead of sheer brawn.
Basically, if you liked the first two, you'll probably like this one as well.
posted by JG @ 10:03 a.m.
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It's Daley, what spiderman suffered from was multiple death syndrome.
SPOILER ALERT!!!
Ok we have Harry who dies from a clothesline then at the hospital is brought back to life, later he dies from a pumkin bomb, then comes back to life, then he dies at the end again.
We have sandman who dies at the test facility ... comes back as sandman .. killed via wicked witch melting, then comes back, is killed by harry, then comes back.
Hell we even get to see flash backs of Ben Parker being killed in mulitple ways, visits from the dead from Harry's dad.
There was no flow to the movie it felt like monthly comic books like i was watching 4 or 5 tv episodes in a row, not a movie.
You didn't like Emo Spidey?? The only thing I didn't like about ES was the fact that he kept rubbing his chest, which seemed really tacked on. It was probably brought about by something along the lines of:
Exec: I can't figure why he's doing such mean things.
SR: Well, the symbiote is a very negative influence on Spiderman. It's bringing out the worst in him.
Exec: Oh, well can we make that a little more obvious?
SR: Huh? Look at his face, does it look like the normally happy-go-lucky Peter Parker? He looks shady!
Exec: Hey! What if he rubs his chest, showing that the black suit is controlling him?
SR: *sigh*
/those clods in congress did it again
Flint Marko? I thought the Sandman's real name was something else. I loved Peter's "angry jerk" period, especially the hair.
/deet
FYI:
Angry Jerk == Emo (at least kinda)
or look here
Also, that makes two people who liked emo spidey.
/scarlet spider rules!!!
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