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Post by Phosphor Glow on May 4, 2007 6:41:28 GMT -5
Going to see the movie tonight. Personally, can't wait.
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Post by willywonka666 on May 4, 2007 6:45:26 GMT -5
So the potentail Box Office Champ is 2 and a half hours?? Sorry I'm still pissed about Grindhouse bombing and it being 3 hours and the talk that noone wanted to sit around that long for a movie
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Bub (BLM)
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Post by Bub (BLM) on May 4, 2007 7:31:29 GMT -5
So the potentail Box Office Champ is 2 and a half hours?? Sorry I'm still pissed about Grindhouse bombing and it being 3 hours and the talk that noone wanted to sit around that long for a movie I hear you. I'm a huge Spider-Man fan, but I want this thing to bomb like nobodies business. The crappy movie was NOT Spider-Man.
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Post by Jiren on May 4, 2007 8:12:33 GMT -5
I liked it
Better than 2 anyway, 1 is still the best
X-men 3, THAT was crap
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on May 4, 2007 8:30:19 GMT -5
In the almighty words of Susan St. James of Wrestlemania 2...........
Uh oh
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Post by Threadkiller [Classic] on May 4, 2007 10:08:16 GMT -5
I actually thought Spider-Man 3 was the best of the series. I read comic books, yes, but I never understood exactly why movies had to treat them like they were The f***ing Bible. The movie world exists separately from the comic book world.
I mean, did you expect them to do the Secret Wars to get the symbiote to Earth? And Venom's voice, I didn't mind it much. I didn't even care that Venom didn't refer to himself in the plural. Comic book fans who want to find fault with a movie of a book they love aren't going to have their minds changed unless the movie is exactly what they think it should be. I'm sorry, but literal adaptations of comic books would appeal to only geeks (like myself), and geeks don't push a movie past $300 million.
That said, I also understand that Raimi could have taken a more viable route to satisfy both comic book fans and appease an audience that isn't familiar with the source material. He could have made the movie much more serious than it was, as the film bordered on a PG-13 comedy. But whatever. I don't expect Shakespeare, and, that said, the film was really very deep.
For my money, you won't find a better scene on film this year than Sandman's transformation.
The movie was fantastic and worth every penny I paid, and it's the best movie I've seen so far this year. A thoroughly satisfying summer blockbuster.
(Someone had to rave about it sooner or later - it really is wonderful)
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Post by heffer111 on May 4, 2007 10:18:40 GMT -5
I actually thought Spider-Man 3 was the best of the series. I read comic books, yes, but I never understood exactly why movies had to treat them like they were The waxing Bible. The movie world exists separately from the comic book world. I mean, did you expect them to do the Secret Wars to get the symbiote to Earth? And Venom's voice, I didn't mind it much. I didn't even care that Venom didn't refer to himself in the plural. Comic book fans who want to find fault with a movie of a book they love aren't going to have their minds changed unless the movie is exactly what they think it should be. I'm sorry, but literal adaptations of comic books would appeal to only geeks (like myself), and geeks don't push a movie past $300 million. That said, I also understand that Raimi could have taken a more viable route to satisfy both comic book fans and appease an audience that isn't familiar with the source material. He could have made the movie much more serious than it was, as the film bordered on a PG-13 comedy. But whatever. I don't expect Shakespeare, and, that said, the film was really very deep. For my money, you won't find a better scene on film this year than Sandman's transformation. The movie was fantastic and worth every penny I paid, and it's the best movie I've seen so far this year. A thoroughly satisfying summer blockbuster. (Someone had to rave about it sooner or later - it really is wonderful) I havn't read one comic book...... I just thought turning Spiderman into this emo kid wasn't the right route to take... and gah, when he wasn't crying he was whistling down the road pointing at ladies... but like i said, the action alone was worth it to see this movie, it definitely is a can't miss
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on May 4, 2007 10:39:00 GMT -5
Back.
I really enjoyed it, i'm not sure what's got some people calling for the end of the world and saying the movie is as bad as Batman and Robin because it's nowhere near as bad as that. In fact i enjoyed this more than Part 2
The comedy part in the middle, the bit that's like a remake of The Mask, that was the only part i got a little weirded out by. Lecherous, Demented Angry Peter Parker was good to see though.
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Desi
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Post by Desi on May 4, 2007 10:43:15 GMT -5
I haven't seen it yet (planning to by next week) but it looks like this is going to be the universally polarizing film of the trilogy.
And my expections are very low (as thye arewith all comic/video game movies) so we'll see what happens.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on May 4, 2007 10:48:45 GMT -5
One word can describe this movie for true comic book fans - AWFUL. Sam Raimi is a complete and utter hack. When a director makes a film like this, the goal should be to appeal to the fans, not your own idiotic idea of what a character should be. NO ONE wanted Sandman in this movie. Harry should have been the main villain, seeing how he was built up for the past two movies. But no, Raimi has to cater to his own little world. Secondly, Venom. We get it, the director of the Evil Dead series hates the space alien that takes over a human host and eats brains - go figure. This jerk hates a well loved character, so he intentionally ruins him on film and cackles in the fans' faces. wax you, Sam Raimi. Thanks for giving Spider-Man fans their very own 'Batman & Robin'. yeah no. I have been a Spider-man fan and reader since I was like 3. Been reading the comics and watching the toons ever since. I loved Sandman, always been one of my favorite villains, I was stoked beyond belief when I heard he was in it. Then Thomas Hayden Church was cast, and I got giddy. He played it perfect. The goal of a film like this should not be to appeal to the fans, it should be to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. The general movie going public is a heck of a lot bigger than the comic book readership. I want the movies to be different than the comics, same as I want the cartoons, because if it is so spot on for the comics, I have no reason to see the dang movie. Also, Venom is one of the most hated of villains in the Spiderverse, very few old school fans like him at all. He was a great concept, and great design that was executed poorly outside of his very early appearance, there is never much consistency in what he is supposed to be.
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Post by heffer111 on May 4, 2007 10:53:01 GMT -5
oo and someone said it earlier, but bruce campbell was gold
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Post by Threadkiller [Classic] on May 4, 2007 10:56:09 GMT -5
Also, for the record, I have never wanted to put the blocks to a fictional character more than Bryce Dallas Howard's Gwen Stacy. Several million times hotter than Mary Jane, and not a stuck-up, woe-is-me/what-about-Raven bore.
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on May 4, 2007 10:57:19 GMT -5
That portrait of Willem Dafoe is amazing, everyone in the cinema started laughing when it came up
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on May 4, 2007 11:03:16 GMT -5
That portrait of Willem Dafoe is amazing, everyone in the cinema started laughing when it came up The girls behind me were creeped out and just kept saying how creepy he was. Agreed on Gwen blazing past MJ in the hot department. But I think I liked Betty the most.
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Post by Threadkiller [Classic] on May 4, 2007 11:13:12 GMT -5
Peter should have done his strut-and-point routine to MJ/Betty. That = instant access.
And EVERYONE should have that portrait of Willem Dafoe in their house.
Reminded me of Stephen Colbert's portraits in his studio.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on May 4, 2007 11:25:22 GMT -5
And EVERYONE should have that portrait of Willem Dafoe in their house. I would hang it over my toilet. I loved the Spider-Fonz
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hassanchop
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Post by hassanchop on May 4, 2007 11:53:20 GMT -5
I watched last night. It was good. I felt sorry for Sandman.
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Post by Chainsaw on May 4, 2007 11:56:48 GMT -5
oo and someone said it earlier, but bruce campbell was gold That goes without saying. Honestly, I liked the movie, but I think more could have been done with it. I didn't like how Peter and Spider Man's personality was all over the place even before the symbiote attatched itself to Peter. But I understand what Sam wanted out of it. He wanted to give everyone laughs and poignant moments, and he delivered on that. The balance might be off, but he touched the bases that he needed to. My biggest problem was him using Peter's hair to indicate his change in tone (emo Spidey? Really? OK.) I couldn't help but make cracks about it. But it was relatively faithful to the comic storylines it covered, I thought, for the time they had to cover it it. Now, I'd like to express one thing that's bothered me about the series as a whole: the lack of wisecracking by Spidey. I think the problems Peter has spills over way too much to Spidey. Spider Man stands as Peter as he wishes he was, clever and off-the-cuff, and he uses humor as a way to deal with the danger he's in on a constant basis. The writers missed a lot of this in Spidey's demeanor.
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Post by Chainsaw on May 4, 2007 11:58:32 GMT -5
And EVERYONE should have that portrait of Willem Dafoe in their house. Yeah, I am officially going to see if I can find that reprinted somewhere online and blow it up huge for my room. Waitasec...SOMEONE GET MADISON ON THE LINE STAT!!!
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on May 4, 2007 12:00:43 GMT -5
And EVERYONE should have that portrait of Willem Dafoe in their house. Yeah, I am officially going to see if I can find that reprinted somewhere online and blow it up huge for my room. Waitasec...SOMEONE GET MADISON ON THE LINE STAT!!! Me and some guy i know are seriously looking in to trying to get hold of a replica print of the Dafoe poster, no luck as of yet sadly!
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