Spider-Man 3

Started by MacGuffin, March 22, 2005, 12:43:47 AM

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Ghostboy

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Quote from: picolas on May 04, 2007, 06:06:07 PM
and the crane rescue..


That was another golden moment. Unless I missed something, the crane just completely disappears as soon as Spidey saves Gwen. Who cares about the ugly old crane operator? The hot girl's okay, and the crowd cheers!

Bryce Dallas Howard was the one great thing about the movie. She really shines in a nothing part (that should have been something).

picolas

Quote from: Ghostboy on May 04, 2007, 09:43:28 PM
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Quote from: picolas on May 04, 2007, 06:06:07 PM
and the crane rescue..


That was another golden moment. Unless I missed something, the crane just completely disappears as soon as Spidey saves Gwen. Who cares about the ugly old crane operator? The hot girl's okay, and the crowd cheers!

Bryce Dallas Howard was the one great thing about the movie. She really shines in a nothing part (that should have been something).
come to think of it you're right. i'm surprised i forgot all that.. i just couldn't get over the moment spidey went through the center of the crane. edit: and upon further review, the lack of sound/falling through the air with all the rubble..

©brad

what a fucking mess. gb isn't kidding. this should go down as one of the worst screenplays in film history. they should actually use this in screenwriting 101 classes as a "here's what not to do" lesson. there are so many cringe-inducing, wtf moments your head will start to hurt. it really plays as a bad rough cut; so many awkward transitions, fight scenes that come out of nowhere with no build-up,  really sloppy editing, a nauseating score...

Quote from: Ghostboy on May 04, 2007, 09:43:28 PM
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Quote from: picolas on May 04, 2007, 06:06:07 PM
and the crane rescue..


That was another golden moment. Unless I missed something, the crane just completely disappears as soon as Spidey saves Gwen. Who cares about the ugly old crane operator? The hot girl's okay, and the crowd cheers!

oh my god totally, and eddie brock's "and by the way i'm dating your daughter sir," giggling as they both watch this girl almost plummet to her death. the father doesn't even seem the least bit worried. it's ridiculous.

sandman was a retarded villian. it should've been about venom, who was the only mildly interesting one. but pickles is right - his whole motive to kill peter "b/c he humiliated me and got me fired" is lame. equally lame was that black whateverthefuck goo, which comes from outerspace and just happens to fall a convenient 3 yards away from peter in a park. and enough with these dying uncle flashbacks already.

several people walked out, one kid threw popcorn at the screen, everyone was laughing throughout the whole thing. i almost walked out when that news reporter was giving live commentary on the final battle scene: "this could be the end of spiderman as we know it.." if we were only so lucky.


polkablues

Damn, I was lukewarm about this movie for the longest time, figured I probably would wait a couple of weeks to see it, but now I'm pumped!  Spectacular failure is the new success.
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Pubrick

Quote from: ©brad on May 04, 2007, 11:01:07 PM
i almost walked out when that news reporter was giving live commentary on the final battle scene: "this could be the end of spiderman as we know it.." if we were only so lucky.
i just thought of this, what if raimi and the gang purposely made the worst film they could get away with, confident that the film would be a hit cos of the hype and fanbase, and said yes to every studio suggestion ("more random shit! the kids love random shit! family guy!") so they wouldn't hav to be doing Spider-man films for the rest of their lives.. a la mel brooks in Curb with the Producers.

or maybe they're just on crack.
under the paving stones.

SiliasRuby

Quote from: Pubrick on May 04, 2007, 11:35:05 PM
Quote from: ©brad on May 04, 2007, 11:01:07 PM
i almost walked out when that news reporter was giving live commentary on the final battle scene: "this could be the end of spiderman as we know it.." if we were only so lucky.
i just thought of this, what if raimi and the gang purposely made the worst film they could get away with, confident that the film would be a hit cos of the hype and fanbase, and said yes to every studio suggestion ("more random shit! the kids love random shit! family guy!") so they wouldn't hav to be doing Spider-man films for the rest of their lives.. a la mel brooks in Curb with the Producers.

or maybe they're just on crack.
I'm with P on this and hopefully that is the case.
Seeing it soon.
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ponceludon

I have never followed the comics, so I don't know what makes sense and what doesn't in this movie, but overall, I would have to say that I liked it. Or rather, that it was not that bad. I think it's because I really didn't like Spiderman 1 at all, and I only saw Spiderman 2 a couple of days ago and I wasn't impressed, and that is because the special effects are awful. Spiderman looks like a video game character, and you go and see those movies for the action and effects, not for dialogue and acting.

Superhero movies are terrible. With the exception of (some of) the Batman franchise, the writing is awful and corny, and the emotion is overwrought and poorly executed, and they are just giant piles of cheese. But I and many others love them anyway, because there is something in being able to completely suspend expectations of greatness just for a couple of hours of raw, unadulterated entertainment. Spiderman has the misfortune of having a very good sequel, so anything after that would be disappointing. I mean, they got Michael Chabon on board, that makes instant quality.

I thought that Sandman, though his motives don't really make a ton of sense, was so well done. His animation was better than any of the other villains or protagonists, period. Venom absolutely needed his own movie, but we didn't actually see him die, so he'll probably come back. I've come to the conclusion that Tobey Maguire is the discount version of Jake Gyllenhaal, and can't emote to save his life. The middle part with his angry dark and twisty Spidey was horrific, it was a waste of the usually hilarious Topher Grace, and there were so many story lines and loose ends that were just slap-dash tied up in one sloppy fell swoop, but I really don't think it was the worst anything.

Pubrick

under the paving stones.

pumba

Hey, at least it's no X-Men 3.

Stefen

Quote from: Pubrick on May 04, 2007, 11:35:05 PM
Quote from: ©brad on May 04, 2007, 11:01:07 PM
i almost walked out when that news reporter was giving live commentary on the final battle scene: "this could be the end of spiderman as we know it.." if we were only so lucky.
i just thought of this, what if raimi and the gang purposely made the worst film they could get away with, confident that the film would be a hit cos of the hype and fanbase, and said yes to every studio suggestion ("more random shit! the kids love random shit! family guy!") so they wouldn't hav to be doing Spider-man films for the rest of their lives.. a la mel brooks in Curb with the Producers.

or maybe they're just on crack.

No, the former is the answer.

Raimi hates the Spiderman shit. He likes the money though.

Raimi pulled a that younger dude boinking John Mclaines ex.

Fucking brilliant. Now he can make The Gift 2 with Annette Bening.

I haven't seen Spidey 3 but I'll wait for the Venom parts to be uploaded.
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A Matter Of Chance

Quote from: Pubrick on May 04, 2007, 11:35:05 PM
Quote from: ©brad on May 04, 2007, 11:01:07 PM
i almost walked out when that news reporter was giving live commentary on the final battle scene: "this could be the end of spiderman as we know it.." if we were only so lucky.
i just thought of this, what if raimi and the gang purposely made the worst film they could get away with, confident that the film would be a hit cos of the hype and fanbase, and said yes to every studio suggestion ("more random shit! the kids love random shit! family guy!") so they wouldn't hav to be doing Spider-man films for the rest of their lives.. a la mel brooks in Curb with the Producers.


Yeah, I actually really think Raimi is in on the joke.

Kal

biggest opening day ever... 59 mil

no bad spidey... everyone is negotiating their contracts for the next 3 movies at this exact moment.

Redlum

I really enjoyed it.

The sandmans transformation was beautiful stuff. If they'd have dropped Venom/Brock and given more time to the sandman he could have been successful as Doc Ock. With more time to flesh out the remaining plot lines it would have also been a much more cohesive film.

As had always been feared - they packed way too much stuff in....but I can quite happily distill the good that's in it.
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Derek237

As a lover of the 90's cartoon, I think they completely and utterly dropped the ball on Venom. Not only to they sinfully underuse him, but Topher Grace has to be the miscast of the century, and he is about as menacing as Eric Forman on his period.

But all in all, it was good. I love Thomas Hayden Church. And I think the scenes with Peter acting all self-obsessed and turning "evil" from the suit are awkward, goofy, and cheesy brilliance.

grand theft sparrow

Spider-Man Revolutions.  Fucking awful.