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Spider-Man 3
I don't write movie review any more, but if I did, I would probably certainly maybe consider saying some of these things about this movie, which I saw the other night...
1) It seems like a lot of critics are really down on this movie, and looking at the IMDB ratings, I guess viewers are, too. I don't really understand all of that. One guy even suggested that this movie wasn't on par with the first two. Personally, I thought the first one was cheesy as hell (and still think that), but the second one was spectacular (probably because it was partially written by Michael Chabon). This movie was better than the first. Of course, maybe I can be more objective because I don't know a thing about comics and I don't really like the typical summer movies that everyone likes.
2) That said, it was a little bit Too Much. Too Much story. Too many bad guys. Too man plot devices. Too many fight scenes. Too many well known actors (did we really need that guy from that talking pig movie?).
3) The ending crossed over in the Return of the King territory. There were a lot of sentimental moments, some tears, and some more tears. I kept expecting Ari from Entourage to pop up and say "Hug it out, Bitch."
4) After a movie and a half of Harry being on the vengeance path, we suddenly have a minor (very minor) character popping up out of the woodwork to tell him he was all wrong. That was kind of stupid. It wasn't quite a deus ex machina, but it was certainly lazy writing.
5) For some reason they felt the need to change the story and say the cops screwed up and never really got the guy who killed Peter's uncle. This made no sense. I realize they wanted extra motivation to make Spider-man go half nuts, but still. Again, this was lazy writing.
6) I can't believe someone would bring in Bryce Dallas Howard for a movie and then rob her of her most interesting feature--the red hair. It's not like making her blonde suddenly made her into a supermodel type--another stretch plot device. We all can see her all kinds of naked in Manderlay when she's having her Mandingo fantasies, and she is certainly not built like a model.
7) Sam Raimi went back to his Evil Dead days and brought in Bruce Campbell for some comic relief. That was kind of cool.
8) Speaking of comic relief, there is a lot of it. Maybe too much. I think what ultimately makes these movies less interesting than Bryan Singer's X-Men films or Chris Nolan & Tim Burton's Batman films is that they aren't as dark or serious. That said, there is enough character development and story to not make it complete cheese, like 90% of comic book movies. It is comparable to Ang Lee's Hulk film...maybe a bit better.
9) The last movie had like a 10 minute section where music is playing and Tobey is acting goofy and it all reminds me of that annoying part of the Butch/Sundance movie that features bicycle riding and a Burt Bacharach song. This movie has an even longer musical section, which I actually thought was okay at first...until a big dance sequence broke out. That was ridiculous. I get the feeling that these movies are going to keep getting campier until Raimi has turned Spider-man into Army of Darkness.
10) Back to comic relief, there was a cool scene towards the end where old friends reunite and it could have actually been one of the cheesy, sentimental moments that worked--had it not quickly turned into a "Buddy Cop" type moment. The next few minutes of action were filled with bad one liners going back and forth like Danny Glover and Mel Gibson...I hated that.
1) It seems like a lot of critics are really down on this movie, and looking at the IMDB ratings, I guess viewers are, too. I don't really understand all of that. One guy even suggested that this movie wasn't on par with the first two. Personally, I thought the first one was cheesy as hell (and still think that), but the second one was spectacular (probably because it was partially written by Michael Chabon). This movie was better than the first. Of course, maybe I can be more objective because I don't know a thing about comics and I don't really like the typical summer movies that everyone likes.
2) That said, it was a little bit Too Much. Too Much story. Too many bad guys. Too man plot devices. Too many fight scenes. Too many well known actors (did we really need that guy from that talking pig movie?).
3) The ending crossed over in the Return of the King territory. There were a lot of sentimental moments, some tears, and some more tears. I kept expecting Ari from Entourage to pop up and say "Hug it out, Bitch."
4) After a movie and a half of Harry being on the vengeance path, we suddenly have a minor (very minor) character popping up out of the woodwork to tell him he was all wrong. That was kind of stupid. It wasn't quite a deus ex machina, but it was certainly lazy writing.
5) For some reason they felt the need to change the story and say the cops screwed up and never really got the guy who killed Peter's uncle. This made no sense. I realize they wanted extra motivation to make Spider-man go half nuts, but still. Again, this was lazy writing.
6) I can't believe someone would bring in Bryce Dallas Howard for a movie and then rob her of her most interesting feature--the red hair. It's not like making her blonde suddenly made her into a supermodel type--another stretch plot device. We all can see her all kinds of naked in Manderlay when she's having her Mandingo fantasies, and she is certainly not built like a model.
7) Sam Raimi went back to his Evil Dead days and brought in Bruce Campbell for some comic relief. That was kind of cool.
8) Speaking of comic relief, there is a lot of it. Maybe too much. I think what ultimately makes these movies less interesting than Bryan Singer's X-Men films or Chris Nolan & Tim Burton's Batman films is that they aren't as dark or serious. That said, there is enough character development and story to not make it complete cheese, like 90% of comic book movies. It is comparable to Ang Lee's Hulk film...maybe a bit better.
9) The last movie had like a 10 minute section where music is playing and Tobey is acting goofy and it all reminds me of that annoying part of the Butch/Sundance movie that features bicycle riding and a Burt Bacharach song. This movie has an even longer musical section, which I actually thought was okay at first...until a big dance sequence broke out. That was ridiculous. I get the feeling that these movies are going to keep getting campier until Raimi has turned Spider-man into Army of Darkness.
10) Back to comic relief, there was a cool scene towards the end where old friends reunite and it could have actually been one of the cheesy, sentimental moments that worked--had it not quickly turned into a "Buddy Cop" type moment. The next few minutes of action were filled with bad one liners going back and forth like Danny Glover and Mel Gibson...I hated that.
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