All my friends think that I’m a “conspiracy theorist”. I actually view myself as realist. I hope after reading this news article, that your eyes are as open as mine.
I’m thinking that when the elections roll around, some “incident” is going to happen. Bush will declare martial law and stay in office. Once they have absolute control over our nation, anyone that protests will get put in the detention centers. Hmmm…..sounds so familiar.
Michael and I wanted to watch a guilty pleasure movie because we were bored. I have to say that we rolled snake eyes on this animated pile of #$$#@. Don’t get me wrong. The animation itself is amazing. My hat is off to the animators. Those guys must have been pulling their hair out after sitting in front of a monitor with the worst script ever written. Even Sigourney Weaver’s voice acting couldn’t bring this thing to life. It was boring, predictable, and not even funny in the slightest sense. The only way to make this movie enjoyable is to turn the volume off and replace it with either Russian overdubbing, or Death Metal.
What can I say, Spiderman 3 wasn’t quite what I expected. After the first two this sequel was kind of a let down. I can sum up exactly what’s wrong with this movie in one phrase, too many characters.
Spiderman 3 was a chance to show the darker side of Spiderman and more importantly the concepts of redemption and forgiveness. In this movie everything is finally going right for Peter parker. Everyone loves Spiderman, and he is going to ask Mary Jane to marry him. And as always things start to fall apart, starting with the introduction of three villains.
This movie is a crowwwwwded house. Having three villains in Spiderman 3 (get it…3) and two love interests, was probably the first mistake they made. I won’t blame this one on the director Sam Raimi. He’s done an awesome job with the last two, and probably had less to say about this than the producers did. Having three antagonists made this movie feel rushed. Two of the villains had to be introduced, which took a lot away from the character development. It also made the movie feel rushed in places. Although I think Raimi did his best with all three, I think two should have been the limit on this one. Also, I think adding Gwen Stacy was a nice touch, but once again, too many people.
Also, this movie could have done without the “buddy” scene at the end. Harry Osbourne and Spiderman team up to battle the sandman and Venom. It’s directed like some cheesy 80’s movie, complete with lots of buddy banter. There is even a sequence where Spiderman is riding Harry’s Goblin board with him. This just became too over the top at the end.
I will have to say that visually, Spiderman 3 was an amazing movie. I know a lot of people didn’t like the use of the Venom character in this movie, but I loved it. The CG effects were tastefully done and not overused. The best part is early in the movie when Venom is introduced. He lands on Earth in a meteorite and attaches itself to Peter’s bike. The symbiote creeps around like a gooey spider that is very convincing. Also, the scene in the bell tower is nicely done.
Overall it wasn’t a bad movie, but not what I was expecting. Don’t waste your money at the theatre, wait for it to hit video.
