Originally Posted By DAR Spidey returns to theatres at midnight. Post your thoughts on the film after you see it. I'm going Sunday.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle ^^ Yup. I saw this movie 3 days ago and I'm still not sure what I think of it ... it was good, but in a sort of "eh" way. Not that I was a HUGE fan of the other 2, but I enjoyed them and I just thought this could have been a lot better. The thing I was looking forward to the most was Venom coming into it, and that didn't happen until nearly 2 hours in, so that was disappointing. Between love triangles (or squares?), discovering the "real" killer of Uncle Ben, and the three villains as well as Peter's troubled friendship with Harry, the movie just tried to squeeze in way too much. Some of the best parts were really reduced, while some parts went on for far too long. (Yes, I'm referring to Tobey dancing on the street). I guess this is why I generally prefer the comics to the movies - comics can fit in as many storylines as they like without a two-hour time frame.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 Great review, LibertyBelle! I haven't read the comics, so I am not much of an expert, but you said exactly what I was thinking while watching the movie! I did really like it, though, overall. Not being an insider, I didn't know who the old man was that Peter was talking to in Times Square, when about a third of the audience laughed I figured he must be someone special. I made a guess and I guessed right...they show his name in the credits. (Most of you Spidey fans probably already know about that spoiler, though.)
Originally Posted By jasmine7 I really enjoyed it. I'm not sure if this one is my favorite or if the second was (absolutely love Alfred Molina), but I had a blast. I loved seeing Bruce Campbell again, & J. Jonah's scenes made me crack up. Topher Grace was great as Eddie Brock/Venom (as slimey as he was, I actually felt kind of bad for him at times, but not as bad as I did for Flint Marko). Oh, and Stan Lee's appearance got a pretty big laugh in my audience. For those who don't know, he was the creator of Spiderman, and his big catch-phrase is "'Nuff said!". I really enjoyed seeing him again.
Originally Posted By DAR <<Oh, and Stan Lee's appearance got a pretty big laugh in my audience.>> Marvel Films Bylaw number one: Stan Lee is to make an appearance in any Marvel Film in which the character was created by Stan Lee.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 ^^ Yep, and I wholeheartedly agree with that bylaw, lol. Hope he has another cameo in the next Fantastic Four movie (loved him as Willie Lumpkins in the last one).
Originally Posted By DAR I saw a behind the scenes on FF4 and it showed Stan filming the cameo. Next year he'll pop up in Iron Man. I think there's an Avengers movie in the works too. And then any future sequels, to X-Men, Spider-Man, Hulk and whoever else.
Originally Posted By DAR And who knew Stan the Man was so groovy. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Stan_Lee_1973.jpg" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I mage:Stan_Lee_1973.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Maybe I saw a different movie - but the Spidy 3 I saw was kinda slow until the last 20-30 min then it was exciting, the rest was a slow moving love triangle.
Originally Posted By DlandJB Enjoyed the special effects but boy was the plot almost non existant -- it was like a film scripted by committee -- and probably edited by one too. Several just unnecessary scenes -- The dancing one, MJ's broadway number...Even too much Mr. Jameson -- although those were at least funny. Not a bad popcorn movie -- but they showed the trailers for both the next Harry Potter film and Pirates 3 before the movie and both of those looked like they are going to blow this one out of the water.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Saw this one with DlandJB. As Peter Parker (the evil one with the hair in his eyes) was dancing across the tables in the jazz club I finallly turned to her and whispered, "This film is going in no directions all at once." It's a triple threat: disjointed, overlong, and completely unfocussed. Good thing it is getting a record breaking opening weekend. I will be surprised if it does not fall off steeply due to negative word of mouth.
Originally Posted By DAR Saw the film, I liked it didn't love it though. Will probably wait for the dvd before I watch it again. Here now are how I would rate films based on material found previously in comics: First DC Superman (1978) A Superman II (1980) A Superman III (1983 D Supergirl (1984)F Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1986)F Batman (1989)A- Batman Returns (1992)B Batman Forever (1995)B Batman and Robin (1997) D- Road to Perdition (2002)A The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)D Catwoman (2004)F Constantine (2005)C Batman Begins (2005)A+ A History of Violence (2005)C V for Vendetta (2006)A Superman Returns (2006)B+ Then Marvel: Blade (1998)C- X-Men (2000)B Blade II (2002)C+ Spider-Man (2002)A- Daredevil (2003)D+ X2: X-Men United (2003)A Hulk (2003) B The Punisher (2004)F Spider-Man 2 (2004)A Blade: Trinity (2004) D- Elektra (2005)D- Fantastic Four (2005)C+ X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)B Ghost Rider (2007)D Spider-Man 3 (2007)B Then some alternate comic book properties: Hellboy (2003)C+ Sin City (2005)A 300 (2007) A
Originally Posted By danyoung I wasn't a huge fan of the first two, but I did more or less enjoy them. I more or less enjoyed this one too, but it sure had a lot of dead time in the middle! I think my favorite gag was the secretary paging Jameson - classic slapstick! And while the effects were done pretty well, I still don't think the technology is quite there to totally replace a stunt person with a digital copy, which is exactly what a lot of the high-flying chase sequences were. You could easily tell when it was really a human and when it wasn't. The Sandman effects, on the other hand, were really spectacular.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF I liked it up until the Venom symbiote attacked Peter. Then it all started to go downhill from there. I'll echo everything else said: overlong, too much packed into one movie, etc. The jazz club scene was utterly stupid. Thing is, I KNEW this would happen based on what I learned over the past year or so. It suffered from some of the same things that plagued the Batman movies from "Batman Forever" on. The Gwen Stacy character was totally wasted; she should have been in the first or not at all. (For those not familiar with the comic book, Gwen was Peter's girlfriend for a while. She was pushed off a bridge by the Green Goblin. Peter tried to save her by catching her with his webbing, but she was dead before she would have hit the water. Her neck had been snapped, and Peter thought he was responsible for that. That is, of course, if that backstory hasn't been retconned.)
Originally Posted By nevadarebel I too thought that it was alright but I enjoyed the last 20-30 minutes as mentioned above. The special effects with Sandman were great but then again, I am not a Spiderman fan, I just took my boys who loved it. It was slow moving for me and I found myself looking at the watch several times. It didn't help that there was a family of kids right behind us were loud, talking and kept kicking our seats. On top of that, they brought a baby that started crying about an hour into and rather than taking the baby out so that the rest of the sold out theater could enjoy this, they chose to stay. I understand about taking kids because I had 4 with me but they sat still and were very careful about the seats in front of them. If you bring a baby (and I did when my kids were little), please take them out into the lobby until they calm down....
Originally Posted By leemac I must admit it was a total disaster for me compared to the wonders of the second movie. In no particular order: 1) Terrible script; full of schmultz and sugar which gave the actors nothing to work with at all. A case in point of when directors should stay directors and not interfere with the writing (Alvin Sargeant had done a pretty good job on the second on his own after all). 2) Too colour-by-numbers: Peter turns bad and starts wearing black and having his hair over his face. Very original. Eddie loses his job at his own hand and says he wants God to kill Peter Parker? Please. Everything was so black-and-white in this one which made you really appreciate the grey areas that Doc Octopus occupied for much of the second one. 3) Superfluous villains: Sandman was a waste of time. Added nothing except that awful backstory of a dying kid to make us feel compassion for him. He had the worse dialogue by far and poor Haden Church had absolutely nothing to work with except his rather square jaw muscles and a few eyebrow raises. The movie would have been totally sufficient with just the son of the Green Goblin and the excellent Venom. That whole story of the symbiote, Peter's descent into "evil" from just egotistical(which obviously only consisted of him dancing on tables - you naughty boy) and Eddie's desire for revenge (not really sufficient to draw a line between those points really) should have been the crux dovetailed perfectly with Harry's obsession with his dead father. 4) Unoriginal and often cringeworthy: The ending in particular. MJ is in trouble. Yawn. Oh and it needs to be a construction site too so we have sand. Right. Plus why did we need all of that awful TV commentary about Spidey saving our civilisation (when in fact it was just MJ, Spidey and the two villains at risk?). I haven't heard so many groans during a flick like this for years. The cheesy lines and those long longing shots were just too much it seemed. I honestly thought that little of it worked. I loved JB's comments about a movie made by committee as I can totally see that. I can imagine Sony, Marvel and Raimi tweaking it to death to make sure it hits all the right numbers. If you are going to go dark you need to go dark. It would work if you just flash a shadow over the character. I guess my disappointment was that it had so much promise and didn't really deliver on any level. I also found the physical violence of this one very jarring indeed. I don't remember feeling like that in the second one. The two scenes I did enjoy a great deal were Peter's fight with the symbiote in the church (and the "fallout") and the demise of Venom (which I didn't see coming at all). Thankfully the trailer for At World's End made me happy. Even Potter (for someone that doesn't like those movies at all) looked intriguing.
Originally Posted By Disneyma I liked the movie. DH is into the comics and knew story lines. DD6 is in love with Venom! Did anyone else think that Toby M. (while wearing the black suit) looked a little like Pete, from Fall Out Boy?
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle >>The Gwen Stacy character was totally wasted<< Agreed! I enjoyed her for the scenes that she was in, but when the movie finished I thought that there was so little of her, they might as well not have bothered.
Originally Posted By jdub ...and while beautiful, she was also so generic looking that each time she showed up, I did not recognize her as the SAME blonde from the previous scene! They should have done what they did with Sandman, & kept her in the same shirt the whole time!
