Spider-Man 3 [may contain spoilers]
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Ankh-Morpork Guard
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Alright, alright...you're forgiven.el-remmen said:Hey! I said it was my favorite review so far, not that I agree with everything it says. . .
Personally, I like Stan Lee cameos (as long as he plays himself - as he often does in the comics)
Say what you want about Spidey and the movies...but I shall allow no Stan Lee hating in this thread!
Aeolius
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I'll add my disappointment to the list. Saw it once; no plans to see it again.
Toby Maguire's acting was nothing short of pathetic; especially when he tried to cry. The movie would have been better off with more Sandman and no Venom, IMO, though I still couldn't see Thomas Haden Church's performance and not think of him as Lyle in "George of the Jungle".
I explained away the Butler as an imaginary conscience; a bit of Harry's dementia.
And STILL no Lizard!
Toby Maguire's acting was nothing short of pathetic; especially when he tried to cry. The movie would have been better off with more Sandman and no Venom, IMO, though I still couldn't see Thomas Haden Church's performance and not think of him as Lyle in "George of the Jungle".
I explained away the Butler as an imaginary conscience; a bit of Harry's dementia.
And STILL no Lizard!
Relique du Madde
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Blastin said:
Appearantly so many people asked this question that it caused Sony to release a venom centric tv spot which uses the word VENOM as a transition between scenes of venom (with brock's face visible) and spiderman fighting venom...
Donovan Morningfire
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This really should have been two movies, actor/director contracts be blasted to heck.
Sandman and New Goblin for movie three, with Pete getting the black suit and Eddie Brock making a nuisance of himself, and ending with Harry seriously injured due to Pete's actions in the black suit, which itself causes him to get rid of it, and using comic book coincidence timing for it to land on Brock.
Fourth movie would be mostly Venom, spending the time to really make him more of a nasty foe and less of a random encounter, and covering the redemption/sacrifice of Harry.
Make Gwen a more compelling potential love interest for both movies, and have Pete and MJ hook back up at the climax of four, with him proposing to her.
As was, the movie we got was just trying to do too much in too little time, and ended up giving the supporting baddies the short-shrift. It had it's moments, particularly Stan Lee and Bruce "Of course I understand these things, I am french" Campbell. I might pick this up just to have all three Spidey films on DVD, but I'll probably wait for it to hit the bargain bin before I do so.
Sandman and New Goblin for movie three, with Pete getting the black suit and Eddie Brock making a nuisance of himself, and ending with Harry seriously injured due to Pete's actions in the black suit, which itself causes him to get rid of it, and using comic book coincidence timing for it to land on Brock.
Fourth movie would be mostly Venom, spending the time to really make him more of a nasty foe and less of a random encounter, and covering the redemption/sacrifice of Harry.
Make Gwen a more compelling potential love interest for both movies, and have Pete and MJ hook back up at the climax of four, with him proposing to her.
As was, the movie we got was just trying to do too much in too little time, and ended up giving the supporting baddies the short-shrift. It had it's moments, particularly Stan Lee and Bruce "Of course I understand these things, I am french" Campbell. I might pick this up just to have all three Spidey films on DVD, but I'll probably wait for it to hit the bargain bin before I do so.
Alaric_Prympax
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The following link to scifiwire describes how Venom and Gwen were added to Spidey 3 by the producers and that Sam agreed, well you can read it for yourself. It's Dated April 27.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=41291
I liked the movie overall but like a lot of you thought that Venom was underdeveloped.
Anyone else notice Flash at the funeral at the end?
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=41291
I liked the movie overall but like a lot of you thought that Venom was underdeveloped.
Anyone else notice Flash at the funeral at the end?
Quasqueton
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Loved it. Look forward to seeing it again with my wife.
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IcedEarth81
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The problem with splitting this movie in two is it will be very unlikely that all involved (Raimi, Tobey, etc) come back together for another Spidey. This was probably the last one with them, and it felt that way.
I thought the movie was pretty good. I thought they may have had too many characters in there, but they did a good job balancing time. That is very tricky in a movie, but they pulled it off pretty well. Venom would have been better if he had two movies to develop, but again they did pretty well developing him in one movie.
The only things I didn't like were the butler scene and the motivation for Sandman to fight alongside Venom. It would have been better had Venom offered him money (for his daughter, as that was his main motivation throughout the movie). The butler thing was too contrived, as others have said. Still, a very good movie. It's nearly impossible to top the first two movies. I don't think they did, but there are some great moments here.
I thought the movie was pretty good. I thought they may have had too many characters in there, but they did a good job balancing time. That is very tricky in a movie, but they pulled it off pretty well. Venom would have been better if he had two movies to develop, but again they did pretty well developing him in one movie.
The only things I didn't like were the butler scene and the motivation for Sandman to fight alongside Venom. It would have been better had Venom offered him money (for his daughter, as that was his main motivation throughout the movie). The butler thing was too contrived, as others have said. Still, a very good movie. It's nearly impossible to top the first two movies. I don't think they did, but there are some great moments here.
ShadowDenizen
Explorer
Seriously!
Can't she take some self-defense courses or something??
UNDERdeveloped?
Try UNdeveloped!!
Kinda how I was envisioning it, too.
The thing that ticked me off the most, though?
The ret-conning of Uncle Ben's death.
Aside from BLATANLTLY trying to tie in the new character, the death (as the catalyst for Peter's change) worked BECAUSE it was random violence, something he could've prevented if he'd just reached out.
By tying Sandman in to the death, you rob the whole event of it's emotional punch WRT Spidey. AND then you make the killer sympathetic? WTF?
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