Comments on: Spider-Man III Tops Charts http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/1394.htm/ We Know You Love Comics. We Do Too. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:20:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mark I. http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/1394.htm/#comment-17559 Mark I. Mon, 07 May 2007 18:21:55 +0000 http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/1394.htm#comment-17559 It felt very empty and by-the-numbers, but it was nice eye candy. Re-hashing Uncle Ben's death AGAIN was a very, very lame "conflict" that could have easily been improved by endangering any number of characters...the Stacys, Aunt May, Harry, Betty, even Brock...and having Peter deal with the guilt, anger, consequences, etc. "Emo Peter" was cringe-inducing to watch, what with the goofy strut and idiotic "dance" with Gwen which would have been much more realistic and dramatic with a simple kiss in front of Mary Jane. There was hardly anything dramatic about the black suit's effect on Peter and the Sandman never really seemed to be anything but a neat SFX exercise. If they had followed a more logical path from the first two movies, it might have seemed more natural, but adding Gwen and Captain Stacy to the movie continuity NOW just makes one question why they weren't in the first movie. Captain Stacy could have provided an antagonist for Spider-Man's vigilantism, a natural ally for JJJ, and Gwen could have been the damsel in distress to be replaced a movie or two later by MJ. Instead we get three minutes of screen time for James Cromwell and an illogical crisis of the heart for Mary Jane, whose great personal sacrifice at the end of part 2 was nullified by her petty high school jealousy in part 3. Aunt May was useless, only there to spout Precious Moments at Peter. Harry's angle was played well, but the magic butler who could recognize glider-fin stab wounds was lame, lame, lame. Not every movie butler is Alfred! Harry could have simply discovered the evidence in the glider's on-board computer system or something. And love him or hate him, there was definitely a better way to handle Venom...at least with the hint of respect for a popular character, whether he represents an obsolete "extreme" era of comics. The movie was a very spectacular mess. Now all anyone has to show for it is MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS! That'll teach them. It felt very empty and by-the-numbers, but it was nice eye candy. Re-hashing Uncle Ben’s death AGAIN was a very, very lame “conflict” that could have easily been improved by endangering any number of characters…the Stacys, Aunt May, Harry, Betty, even Brock…and having Peter deal with the guilt, anger, consequences, etc. “Emo Peter” was cringe-inducing to watch, what with the goofy strut and idiotic “dance” with Gwen which would have been much more realistic and dramatic with a simple kiss in front of Mary Jane. There was hardly anything dramatic about the black suit’s effect on Peter and the Sandman never really seemed to be anything but a neat SFX exercise. If they had followed a more logical path from the first two movies, it might have seemed more natural, but adding Gwen and Captain Stacy to the movie continuity NOW just makes one question why they weren’t in the first movie. Captain Stacy could have provided an antagonist for Spider-Man’s vigilantism, a natural ally for JJJ, and Gwen could have been the damsel in distress to be replaced a movie or two later by MJ. Instead we get three minutes of screen time for James Cromwell and an illogical crisis of the heart for Mary Jane, whose great personal sacrifice at the end of part 2 was nullified by her petty high school jealousy in part 3. Aunt May was useless, only there to spout Precious Moments at Peter. Harry’s angle was played well, but the magic butler who could recognize glider-fin stab wounds was lame, lame, lame. Not every movie butler is Alfred! Harry could have simply discovered the evidence in the glider’s on-board computer system or something. And love him or hate him, there was definitely a better way to handle Venom…at least with the hint of respect for a popular character, whether he represents an obsolete “extreme” era of comics.

The movie was a very spectacular mess. Now all anyone has to show for it is MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS!

That’ll teach them.

]]> By: james deckert http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/1394.htm/#comment-17541 james deckert Mon, 07 May 2007 17:06:34 +0000 http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/1394.htm#comment-17541 Not sure it was as good as #2, but still better than #1. So definitely worth seeing. Sandman was done very well. Not sure it was as good as #2, but still better than #1. So definitely worth seeing. Sandman was done very well.

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