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Post by MCMGM on Dec 17, 2007 15:41:02 GMT -5
I have a headache.
Ok, it wasn't horrible, but it was by far the worst in the series. (I am biased to 2).
It started off good and then dragged and got extremely corny.
There were some parts that were funny:
I.E Bruce Campbell's cameo, Peter walking down the street 'jiving', Harry looking over his shoulder and winking at Peter and the blood pressure scene.
Other than that, I felt it was a bit lacking. They overdid the CGI in some parts, though I understand they HAD to use it, it was just a bit too 'fake' looking.
And the sappiness got cheesy after a while. I didn't feel bad for Mary Jane, I wanted to punch her in the face for being such a bitch.
Also, Sandman came off boring to me, no real emotion for his daughter. No passion behind the acting. IDK, maybe it was just me.
I usually give the SM movies 3 1/2 stars, but I give this 2 1/2.
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Post by Matt Rogers on Dec 17, 2007 15:42:09 GMT -5
The butler was Deus Ex Machina pain.
Shame, because everything else Franco did was awesome in that film.
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Post by Insomniac on Dec 17, 2007 15:42:15 GMT -5
Ok, it wasn't horrible, but it was by far the worst in the series. (I am biased to 2). Agreed. The first two were terrific, but the third was a big letdown IMO. |
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Post by rra on Dec 17, 2007 15:44:14 GMT -5
I have a headache. Ok, it wasn't horrible, but it was by far the worst in the series. (I am biased to 2). It started off good and then dragged and got extremely corny. There were some parts that were funny: I.E Bruce Campbell's cameo, Peter walking down the street 'jiving', Harry looking over his shoulder and winking at Peter and the blood pressure scene. Other than that, I felt it was a bit lacking. They overdid the CGI in some parts, though I understand they HAD to use it, it was just a bit too 'fake' looking. And the sappiness got cheesy after a while. I didn't feel bad for Mary Jane, I wanted to punch her in the face for being such a bitch. Also, Sandman came off boring to me, no real emotion for his daughter. No passion behind the acting. IDK, maybe it was just me. I usually give the SM movies 3 1/2 stars, but I give this 2 1/2. Its a total mess of epic proportions. I had the movie at **1/2, but now I'm tempted to knock it back to a **. |
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Post by MCMGM on Dec 17, 2007 15:44:25 GMT -5
The butler was Deus Ex Machina pain. Shame, because everything else Franco did was awesome in that film. I think Franco was perfect in his role. He was creepy, funny, and sexy all in the right spots. I had no problem with him. Actually the ONLY person's acting I had serious issue with was Sandman. |
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Post by MCMGM on Dec 17, 2007 15:45:41 GMT -5
I have a headache. Ok, it wasn't horrible, but it was by far the worst in the series. (I am biased to 2). It started off good and then dragged and got extremely corny. There were some parts that were funny: I.E Bruce Campbell's cameo, Peter walking down the street 'jiving', Harry looking over his shoulder and winking at Peter and the blood pressure scene. Other than that, I felt it was a bit lacking. They overdid the CGI in some parts, though I understand they HAD to use it, it was just a bit too 'fake' looking. And the sappiness got cheesy after a while. I didn't feel bad for Mary Jane, I wanted to punch her in the face for being such a bitch. Also, Sandman came off boring to me, no real emotion for his daughter. No passion behind the acting. IDK, maybe it was just me. I usually give the SM movies 3 1/2 stars, but I give this 2 1/2. Its a total mess of epic proportions. I had the movie at **1/2, but now I'm tempted to knock it back to a **. Only reason I didn't give it a ** was because of the things I found funny. If not for that, a ** it would go. |
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Post by rra on Dec 17, 2007 15:47:02 GMT -5
Its a total mess of epic proportions. I had the movie at **1/2, but now I'm tempted to knock it back to a **. Only reason I didn't give it a ** was because of the things I found funny. If not for that, a ** it would go. Fair enough. But man, if I do down-grade my score, it wouldn't be the first for 2007. BEOWULF got demoted from *** to **1/2, and I'm more and more not impressed with what I saw. |
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Post by Matt Rogers on Dec 17, 2007 15:47:20 GMT -5
The butler was Deus Ex Machina pain. Shame, because everything else Franco did was awesome in that film. I think Franco was perfect in his role. He was creepy, funny, and sexy all in the right spots. I had no problem with him. I very much agree. Actually, everything with Pete and Harry together was pretty damn good, I just didn't like the fact they seemed to say "Hmm... we've got 5 minutes left, the butler can tell Harry the truth after letting him attempt to kill his best friend multiple times." |
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Post by catwoman on Dec 17, 2007 15:51:47 GMT -5
The butler was Deus Ex Machina pain. Shame, because everything else Franco did was awesome in that film. A-frakking-greed. James Franco was amazing in the film. Completely overshadowed whatever silliness Raimi decided to do with Parker (e.g., his weird aggressive jazz dancing, piano playing mating performance that ended with him trying to be Caveman Og by punching out his woman and dragging her off to his cave. Pshooo.). |
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Post by THE Dinobot on Dec 17, 2007 15:53:56 GMT -5
Franco is one of those guys that makes any movie better by being in it (looking at you, Annapolis).
Church on the other hand, that guy was just a drag to watch. He was in the same league as Dunst as being weak.
Campbell's cameo was lame, and it sucked that that was the case.
This movie was a giant slice off the poop cake.
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Post by rra on Dec 17, 2007 15:54:14 GMT -5
The butler was Deus Ex Machina pain. Shame, because everything else Franco did was awesome in that film. A-frakking-greed. James Franco was amazing in the film. Completely overshadowed whatever silliness Raimi decided to do with Parker (e.g., his weird aggressive jazz dancing, piano playing mating performance that ended with him trying to be Caveman Og by punching out his woman and dragging her off to his cave. Pshooo.). Why is everyone pointing at the musical scenes but not everything else? What about the whole botched Eddie Brock angle? What about several possible storylines for a trilogy jammed into one picture? What about the fact that the "storylines" are more scenes and characters being wasted and NOT doing anything? What about that whole clusterf---k with James Franco trying to break up Maguire and Dunst? Hell, what about the BLOWN OPPORTUNITY with the Sandman? |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Dec 17, 2007 15:54:23 GMT -5
Pretty much agreed on all counts. As I've said many times, I liked it ok, but it paled pretty badly to the other two, MAINLY cuz there was just too much stuff in it. It's still the only one outta the three I don't own, though I may get it eventually. Wasn't a bad flick necessarily, but sure wasn't great.
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Post by Matt Rogers on Dec 17, 2007 15:54:56 GMT -5
Hell, I just saw Franco's 30 second cameo in The Holiday on TV and it instantly made it better!
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Post by MCMGM on Dec 17, 2007 15:58:35 GMT -5
A-frakking-greed. James Franco was amazing in the film. Completely overshadowed whatever silliness Raimi decided to do with Parker (e.g., his weird aggressive jazz dancing, piano playing mating performance that ended with him trying to be Caveman Og by punching out his woman and dragging her off to his cave. Pshooo.). What about that whole clusterf---k with James Franco trying to break up Maguire and Dunst? Yeah, I didn't understand the point of that. Its like they were going somewhere with it but got distracted by something shiny and forgot to go back to it. |
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Post by MCMGM on Dec 17, 2007 15:59:30 GMT -5
BTW, I just realized I got a custom title. Why do I think Slim put that one there?  |
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Post by Matt Rogers on Dec 17, 2007 15:59:49 GMT -5
Plus there's the fact that Harry cooks for her and wrote a play for her. What does Pete do? Kiss some blonde and hit MJ in the face, yet she still chooses him?
LOGIC?!!
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Dec 17, 2007 16:00:07 GMT -5
The butler scene was the one that really bugged me too, especially cuz if they'd had a few more minutes of dialogue , maybe a split second of the butler looking grim when Harry's trying on the suit, something, it woulda made more sense. Hell have the butler discover Normans diary- anything other than " Oh yeah, um, btw , I shoulda mentioned this earlier before you went and took the serum/scarred up your face and all that, but Spidey's your buddy, it was your dad who was wacko. Sorry I woulda said something sooner, but we I had to run to the store for a loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of better. Oh yeah, your issue of Better Bombs and Gliders came in too."
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Post by Leaving after 1,600 on Dec 17, 2007 16:01:45 GMT -5
I saw this in theaters but remember nothing, i guess getting my little buddy played with during the movie didn't help, but it's OK i returned the favor. What i did actually pay attention to was horrible.
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Post by Matt Rogers on Dec 17, 2007 16:05:02 GMT -5
The butler scene was the one that really bugged me too, especially cuz if they'd had a few more minutes of dialogue , maybe a split second of the butler looking grim when Harry's trying on the suit, something, it woulda made more sense. Hell have the butler discover Normans diary- anything other than " Oh yeah, um, btw , I shoulda mentioned this earlier before you went and took the serum/scarred up your face and all that, but Spidey's your buddy, it was your dad who was wacko. Sorry I woulda said something sooner, but we I had to run to the store for a loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of better. Oh yeah, your issue of Better Bombs and Gliders came in too." So yeah, just a reminder, in Superhero films of the last couple of years: Alfred Pennyworth > Osborn family butler. |
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Post by catwoman on Dec 17, 2007 16:06:11 GMT -5
A-frakking-greed. James Franco was amazing in the film. Completely overshadowed whatever silliness Raimi decided to do with Parker (e.g., his weird aggressive jazz dancing, piano playing mating performance that ended with him trying to be Caveman Og by punching out his woman and dragging her off to his cave. Pshooo.). Why is everyone pointing at the musical scenes but not everything else? What about the whole botched Eddie Brock angle? What about several possible storylines for a trilogy jammed into one picture? What about the fact that the "storylines" are more scenes and characters being wasted and NOT doing anything? What about that whole clusterf---k with James Franco trying to break up Maguire and Dunst? Hell, what about the BLOWN OPPORTUNITY with the Sandman? Because this will overshadow anything else that anyone could argue with the plotlines.  We KNEW that there were too many plotlines converging at once. Many of us went IN with the expectations that too much was going to happen for our likes. We never expected this. |
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