DISQUS

Loukas · 2 years ago

Man, you make me look soft. I tried hard not to flunk it.

That scene with Gwen flirting with death while her close people chit chat was so bad i erased it from my memory instantly.

It's a bad movie. People should get off the cgi bandwagon because they're missing the point. This film has worst dialogue than a Steven Segal flick... and i like Steven Segal!

michael · 2 years ago

Very true review

Tom · 2 years ago

Wow... Quite a brutal review... but everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I didn't think it was really THAT bad... The dialogue and characterizations were indeed silly at times, but i've come to expect this from Raimi and his take on the 'Spider-man franchise'. Whether it was a forced special effects orgy or not, you have to at least admit that it was FUN to watch. I also give Raimi credit for managing to fit in all 3 villians without it seeming over-crowded (something the Batman franchise could NEVER pull off with its 3+ baddies per movie). At least they killed Topher Grace off so that horrible character won't find its way into the next sequel. My final grade: C+
'Nuff said true believer! -T

H. Stewart · 2 years ago

Man, I just don't understand the not only unenthusiastic but downright bitter and contemptuous responses this movie's eliciting. Saw it yesterday and thought it was good; the early Spiderman comics, if I remember correctly, are awfully hokey and corny, and I think the movie captured that spirit of gee-whizery perfectly...comics from an age before super serious "graphic novels". Parker's turn to the darkside isn't unintentionally hilarious, it's intentionally hilarious. Peter Parker's idea of being a badass is dressing up like an emo hipster and drinking a big glass of milk while eating lots of cookies! Don' let Aunt May know he's spoiling his apetite! The whole movie's kitschy and tongue-in-cheek, and it's enjoyable on its own terms. It has its faults--the issues about running time, compressing characters and events, etc. are all valid--but to rag, for example, on something like the scene where Capt. Stacey meets Eddie Brock seems very petty to me. Of course the movie's not serious or realistic, it has a Spider-Man fighting a man made of sand and an alien symbiote.

More on this when I post a review in a few days.

Neil Miller · 2 years ago

@Hank

The problem is not that the story was hokey, but that it didn't jive with the other two movies. I think most of us would have appreciated a darker tone to the third one. It also doesn't feel like a coherent thought... They could have made a great movie with 1 less villian. If I had to chose, I would have lost Sandman. But after hearing Sam Raimi talk about how much he didn't like Venom, I know that wouldn't happen... That was a major mistake in my opinion.

Pedro Ramirez · 2 years ago

Well lets see...how can I best express or sum up my feelings towards "Spiderman 3" as well as the rest of the franchise.....hmmmm oh yeah I know, FUCK SPIDERMAN, and by the way while we are at it FUCK PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, FUCK TRANSFORMERS and all other such generic dribble that passes for movies these days. As if cineplexes around the world are not already drowning in mediocrity!

I know, I know perhaps a more coherent and articulate critique would have been in order, but sometimes you got to just say FUCK IT! But surely "Spiderman 3" will become a huge blockbuster (it already has judging by the early indications of its monstrous boxoffice take, this first week-end alone) no matter what some critics and a few disgruntled moviegoers (like me) say.

Oh well that's life and that's all folks...

Hey Pedro · 2 years ago

Hey Pedro, why not just go watch Citizen Kane while furiously masturbating? (again)

Not every movie has to be 'great cinema', and your opinion, while valid and noted, is far from gospel. Don't bother telling Hollywood what to do, they would have hired you already if your opinion meant anything at all to them.