Okay. Well. I saw Spiderman 3 yesterday. I waited until today to comment, and I'm glad I did. There is perhaps no greater (recent) example of the "really want it to be good because it SHOULD have been so good" syndrome which I have suffered mightily from in the past (see Star Wars: Episode I...or see it six times in the theatre, like I did).
But this movie is not so good. It really should have been. At first there were just a couple of scenes I didn't like:
1) The goofy musical interlude/montage THING leading into the über-ridiculous Moulin Rouge/The Mask style dance number. I mean, come on. Seriously. WHAT...THE...FUCK? That's about 10 minutes of my life I'll never get back.
2) The cheesy news anchor guy announcing the occurrence of the situation that leads to the final battle. In addition to this, the wretched, overblown, melodramatic dialogue that went with it: "This could be the end...of Spiderman." I shit you not.
Honestly, at first I thought those were the two blemishes on an otherwise okay movie. The rest was exciting, it was cool to see Venom and Sandman onscreen...action was good...but really, it's just too busy. It's not as cool as it SHOULD have been since it didn't get the sort of solid treatment that the stuff in the first two did. I like having multiple villains, but this fell sort of flat. Worth watching just to finish off the trilogy, I guess, but man, weakest movie of the three.
But, frankly, I'll probably buy it. I do have Episodes I, II, and III, which combine for just under 2 hours of worthwhile movie, on DVD. Ugh.
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Considering we were the only two in the theater cracking up at odd moments, I'm willing to bet not many people found it as cheesy as we did. I'll buy it, too, though - who am I kidding? I need the trilogy. Besides, I heart Topher Grace. Feel free to mock me for it.
very well. consider yourself mocked.
...and again.
Mike claims that all this cheesy stuff I'm hearing about is an homage to Saturday Night Fever. I dunno. Even if that does explain some of the silliness, it still registers a WTF. You and Matt both gave it a thumbs down, so I'm leaning in your direction.
Honestly though, I may go see it just for the Bruce Campbell cameo.
Fair enough. And I do like montage and the odd musical interlude. I also am not afraid to admit that I did, in fact, like Moulin Rouge as a film. And I am aware of the humor in an homage to SNF...but...seriously. Why? When you had a lot of story lines to hold on to and develop...why...
Well, anyway. Venom! Who doesn't like VENOM!?!?!?!
Frankly, the funniest part of the movie was Harry describing what it was like to kiss Mary Jane.
like... strawberries...
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