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Wednesday, May 9, 2007

This Power. Feels Good..

The long awaited Spiderman 3 review at last! I will try to keep this spoiler free, but I might put something at the bottom with some tags, or I won't be able to give it a complete review.

So let me just come out and say right now, I did in fact enjoy this movie. It cost hundreds of millions to make, and the quality shows. The CG was on par with any AAA movie out there, and the set and costume design were impressive as well. For those of you who just want numbers, fine.

My Rating: 70

Now for the complaining. The movie felt a bit long. Not LOTR 3 long, but still it started to drag a bit at the end. Also with so many villains/allies in one movie, it started to get a bit crowded at times. I loved Raimi's rendition of Venom, but I wish more had been done with him. The acting was a bit more stiff than the first two, especially between Peter and MJ. While I enjoyed the movie, I did not like it as much as the original. There were parts where I felt something should have been added, or something was left in that wasn't needed. Also, my biggest criticism with the movie was how the black suit was handled. While I am not a comic fanboy who says that every single ounce of a movie has to follow the comic plot, I felt a little saddened by how Emo they made black suit Spidey. Seriously, he was borderline Goth. I was at the midnight airing, and the crows was screaming "Just go kill yourself!" at certain points. Don't even get me started on the hair.

But hey, the cameos were excellent. So what can you do?

Highlight and read this text only after watching the movie. You have been "warned".

SPOILER ALERT
My number 1 complaint with this movie from a continuity standpoint.
How in God's green Earth is it possible for one bomb to stop inches from Harry's face, and the only thing that happened to him was a slight burn/disfiguration to a part of it? Then, another bomb blows up feet away from Eddie Brock, covered in Symbiote, and it completely obliterates him??!?!?!? I mean, nothing, not even ash.
Also, why did Venom never refer to himself as "We", and during the entire movie they never even used the word "Venom".
Finally, what is up with Sandman and Spidey at the end. I was the real guy who murdered your Uncle, but I didn't mean to. My bad. Oh don't worry about it, I already killed one guy for it, so you are forgiven. Now go fly away to rob some bank for your daughter. Alright man, later.
.... What?
Also, whoever decided it would be okay to allow Kirsten Dunst to sing, should be fired.
END SPOILER

3 comments:

  1. thank you for having the courtesy to put the spoiler text in white. I'm going to check it out tommorow me thinks. I'm wondering if EMO Spidey listens to the Cure of the Smiths. We'll see.

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  2. dammit why can't i edit..

    "The Cure OR the Smiths" rather.

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  3. That would be a sweet band though, The Cure of the Smiths. Nice

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