[OT] Spider-Man...who's interested? (possible spoilers)

[Replica]

Just saw it. What a great, fun movie. There were even a few cheesy comic book lines.

 

[AFGNCAAP]

Regarding GG's costume.....

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IIRC, the rationale behind the armor was that (a) the glider was the key focus, while the suit was a flight suit, & (b) the appearance of the helmet as the Goblin's face is more or less for psychological warfare. I think they were trying to go for something a bit more plausible (esp. for a 2-hr movie) rather than have Osborn just invent the GG costume.

 

[Sodalis]

makes sense, but completely unacceptable....

the GG is a physical manifestation of inner hatred. to have him cheapened by a power Ranger ostume is just bad planning on their part...

they will have to cancel opening day and redo the entire movie....

 

[Desdichado]

I'm glad they did GG's costume they way they did. Face it, folks, nobody wants a movie that looks like a comic book: they are two different media of expression and what works for one simply does not for the other.

If Lord of the Rings hadn't opened six monthes ago, this would have been the best movie I'd seen in at least a year and a half. And the end so totally screamed: "Come see the sequel!!"

And despite the fan's outcries, Old Toby (not the hobbit "leaf" grower) was perfect as Peter Parker -- which is really what he has to play, not Spidey himself.

One interesting touch: when the old webhead was swinging, he made a lot of poses that absolutely screamed of the Todd MacFarlane influence. Of course, Todd was always my favorite Spidey artist...

 

[Dr Midnight]

Just three things Joshua said that I have to jump at-

I'm glad they did GG's costume they way they did. Face it, folks, nobody wants a movie that looks like a comic book: they are two different media of expression and what works for one simply does not for the other.

I'll make the obvious point- then why does the SPIDER-MAN costume, which looks like a comic book, work so well? Ugh, body armor...

And despite the fan's outcries, Old Toby (not the hobbit "leaf" grower) was perfect as Peter Parker -- which is really what he has to play, not Spidey himself.

I kinda agree with all that, and I suppose it lines up with what Spidey was supposed to be about, but I never got the feeling that he was Spider-man. He played the part, and played it well, but I never felt like he was the guy under the mask. I looked forward to seeing the stuntman and not having to think about Tobey.

One interesting touch: when the old webhead was swinging, he made a lot of poses that absolutely screamed of the Todd MacFarlane influence. Of course, Todd was always my favorite Spidey artist...

I cannot think of a suitably humorous and sarcastic way to express my disbelief. At the risk of sounding like Dr. Midnight, king opinionated comic art snob: McFarlane is a hack.

A hack who could buy and sell me several times, sure, but his art is overrendered, overrated crap.

My thoughts on the movie- I'm oddly cold right now. I wanted to go in and suck it all in and come out screaming the proclamations, but I felt too often like I was slushing through congealed grease to get to the good stuff. Maguire, Dunst, blah. Power Ranger armor bad. DaFoe, the J.J. guy, PERFECT. Spidey-style effects- fighting, s-sense, swinging, webs, fantastic. The humor and feel of the film, great. Goblin vs. Spidey, classic.

I dunno. I'm still ingesting, but the overall feeling isn't half what I was looking for.

 

[PenguinKing]

I cannot think of a suitably humorous and sarcastic way to express my disbelief. At the risk of sounding like Dr. Midnight, king opinionated comic art snob: McFarlane is a hack.

A hack who could buy and sell me several times, sure, but his art is overrendered, overrated crap.

He said absolutely nothing about McFarlane's talent or lack thereof as an artist - he merely said McFarlane was his favorite Spider Man artist. Is there anything you can feasibly argue with in that statement? Are you trying to tell him that McFarlane is not, in fact, his favorite Spider Man artist?

- Sir Bob.

 

[Dr Midnight]

He said absolutely nothing about McFarlane's talent or lack thereof as an artist - he merely said McFarlane was his favorite Spider Man artist. Is there anything you can feasibly argue with in that statement? Are you trying to tell him that McFarlane is not, in fact, his favorite Spider Man artist?

That would be some feat. I'd love to convince the people that bought the Burton Planet of the Apes DVD that they don't like the movie.

 

[Tom Cashel]

That's the part that really bothers me (yes, I am BOTHERED by the fact that he doesn't make his web shooters, so insert your 'Comic Book Guy' reference here).

Cause from what I understand, the webs come out of his wrists, BUT-- get this-- he has to make a pair of web shooters anyway to control and direct the webbing!!!

First comment, true. But not all that distressing in the movie.

Second comment, totally false.

And it was a great movie!

 

[coyote6]

I liked it.

FWIW, I noticed no webshooters -- but he had to practice to get good at shooting & swinging, which was absolutely great.

The movie's Peter Parker was a senior in high school when he got bit (by a genetically engineered 'super spider' rather than a radioactive spider -- it's the 21st century, nobody's afraid of nukes any more; biotech is the boogeyman now ).

The movie itself seems to cover about 6-8 months of time, which I liked. A lot of movies with "origin stories" seem to cram too much stuff into a short period, for no good reason.

 

[Oni]

WAAAA-HOOOOO!!!!