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Tabularasa · 05-06-2007, 02:44 AM

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Just saw it today. I was a huge fan of Spidy 1 but was extremly dissapointed with Spidy 2. The love story felt like a broken record for 2 hours and Doc Ock was no where near good as the Green Goblin IMO. So I was suspicous of how the 3rd one would go.

I was acutally suprised how I liked this one. MJ is still extremly annoying, but she's not in the film as much like in 2. Personally I feel like Sandman was a waste. I feel like the only reason he was there was for CGI effects and the sympathty character. I don't know why they feel they need a character like Ock like Goblin, to say he's a good guy doing bad things. I mean I like that but it's been done already. Not to mention he basically dissapears for a portion of the film. I like Thomas Hayden Church but his acting was really wooden and hard to watch in this film.

Harry gets a lot more exposure then the 2nd film which is a plus for me. At first I really hated the amnesia part, it felt soap opery but they were able to have some good scenes with Peter and Harry as friends, I just wish they would've used something like Harry was pretending to be Pete's friend instead of the old amnesia cliche. I thought Topher was a good Brock. Sure he's not the mean buffed up version we all know, but I thought that after Peter screws him over, you kind of feel sorry for him. Venom did feel a little underused and I do like the character but I'm glad he acutally made it into one of the films.

Again, I wish Sandman wasn't the main baddie. There's 3 villians, they should've just made this film about Peter vs. Harry as that was the most interesting along with Venom IMO. Little nitpicks: Some of the lines were really bad but they got away with it. Next time some serious work needs to be done on the dialouge. Didn't like Harry's new Goblin mobile, which was like a snowboard. Felt a little like the silver surfer to me, but it didn't bother me that much. Emo Peter was a horrible idea. I know they were just trying to get the point across but they could've done it some other way. Also the scene were he is dancing in the street.....just pretend it never happened. Sure its funny but its also ridicolous. The symbonite is supposed to make him the bad side of Parker (like the scene in the resteraunt) not make him funny. The action scenes were really good and I think this is what saved the film, the 2 and a half hour time didn't help either. It didnt feel like it was that long, but there were times when it felt like things could've been cut out.

Okay that's all for now. I give it an 8. Think I'm being a little generous but overall a good popcorn summer flick but nothing that great and honsetly not worth all the money its getting. Better then 2, not as good as 1. Maybe cut this soap opera stuff if there is going to be a 4.

05-06-2007, 02:44 AM	#569
Tabularasa Foot Soldier Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 106	Spoiler: Just saw it today. I was a huge fan of Spidy 1 but was extremly dissapointed with Spidy 2. The love story felt like a broken record for 2 hours and Doc Ock was no where near good as the Green Goblin IMO. So I was suspicous of how the 3rd one would go. I was acutally suprised how I liked this one. MJ is still extremly annoying, but she's not in the film as much like in 2. Personally I feel like Sandman was a waste. I feel like the only reason he was there was for CGI effects and the sympathty character. I don't know why they feel they need a character like Ock like Goblin, to say he's a good guy doing bad things. I mean I like that but it's been done already. Not to mention he basically dissapears for a portion of the film. I like Thomas Hayden Church but his acting was really wooden and hard to watch in this film. Harry gets a lot more exposure then the 2nd film which is a plus for me. At first I really hated the amnesia part, it felt soap opery but they were able to have some good scenes with Peter and Harry as friends, I just wish they would've used something like Harry was pretending to be Pete's friend instead of the old amnesia cliche. I thought Topher was a good Brock. Sure he's not the mean buffed up version we all know, but I thought that after Peter screws him over, you kind of feel sorry for him. Venom did feel a little underused and I do like the character but I'm glad he acutally made it into one of the films. Again, I wish Sandman wasn't the main baddie. There's 3 villians, they should've just made this film about Peter vs. Harry as that was the most interesting along with Venom IMO. Little nitpicks: Some of the lines were really bad but they got away with it. Next time some serious work needs to be done on the dialouge. Didn't like Harry's new Goblin mobile, which was like a snowboard. Felt a little like the silver surfer to me, but it didn't bother me that much. Emo Peter was a horrible idea. I know they were just trying to get the point across but they could've done it some other way. Also the scene were he is dancing in the street.....just pretend it never happened. Sure its funny but its also ridicolous. The symbonite is supposed to make him the bad side of Parker (like the scene in the resteraunt) not make him funny. The action scenes were really good and I think this is what saved the film, the 2 and a half hour time didn't help either. It didnt feel like it was that long, but there were times when it felt like things could've been cut out. Okay that's all for now. I give it an 8. Think I'm being a little generous but overall a good popcorn summer flick but nothing that great and honsetly not worth all the money its getting. Better then 2, not as good as 1. Maybe cut this soap opera stuff if there is going to be a 4.