Emo Spidey??

[McDuck 0]

Part trois...I'm not sure what happened, but they failed to connect with at least the one audience I was able to view the movie with. Less action, less energy and more talking. Don't get me wrong, I love good dialog in a good movie. However, that's not really why we go see movies like Spiderman, is it? And the goofy gun-hands and dancing down the street? I was underwhelmed and disappointed with Raimi and company. They took a reasonably successful franchise and gave it a "meh" effort, as if to say, "Yeah, we're essentially done with this series." Any chance of taking what could have been a decent spin-off franchise in Venom was ruined by their lack of true character development in that regard. I can see why Tobey Maguire has stated he's most likely not going to be a part of any further Spidey offerings.

Tops at the box office this weekend or not, this one was the weakest offering of the three. Kind of reminds me of the road traveled by the old Batman franchise, before Kane, Nolan and Goyer stepped in.

But Bruce Campbell's role in this one was the best of all three movies, by far.

Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28
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[skymama 35]

My son saw it and he said to save my money and wait for the DVD. Totally unimpressed too.

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[McDuck 0]

Yeah, wait for the DVD and wait for someone else to buy/rent it and invite you over to watch while they make you dinner. Seriously.

Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28
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[grue 1]

I was unimpressed as well. Also, what in the living fuck was with the glaringly obvious "spidey in front of the American flag" shot? The entire theatre started laughing during that.

cavete terrae.

[Miami 0]

Or just watch it for free here.

Really unimpressed with it as well...glad I didn't pay to see it...

Miami

[McDuck 0]

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I was unimpressed as well. Also, what in the living fuck was with the glaringly obvious "spidey in front of the American flag" shot? The entire theatre started laughing during that.

Oh, our theatre had an inappropriate laughter moment that showed the audience as a whole couldn't suspend disbelief and identify with the characters. When MJ is telling Peter that she is breaking up with him and he starts to blubber, our whole audience BURST into laughter. It was rather intriguing.

Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28
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[iluvtofly 0]

It was deffinately one of the most disapointing movies I've ever seen. I was so pissed that I wasted my money on it. I should've gone to see Hot Fuzz instead. When it was over the entire theater was silent in disbelief of how shitty it was. It seemed like they tried to make the cheesiest movie possible.

[simplyputsi 0]

"there's no crying in spider man"

"there's no crying in spider man"

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[Peej 0]

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Also, what in the living fuck was with the glaringly obvious "spidey in front of the American flag" shot?

Kind of like the gratuitous one at the end of Spidey 2 when he swings down the street past the flags?

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[McDuck 0]

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"there's no crying in spider man"

"there's no crying in spider man"

Would that it were true, my friend. What they did to this movie franchise is the equivalent of getting Arnold Schwarzenegger pregnant at the height of his movie career.

Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28
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[SuperKat 0]

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there's no crying in spider man

With great resposibility and power, comes a shitload of sobbing, whiny tears and lip quivering....

What's the most you ever lost in a coin toss, Friendo?

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When MJ is telling Peter that she is breaking up with him and he starts to blubber, our whole audience BURST into laughter. It was rather intriguing.

I was the only one that laughed out loud at that in the theater I was in, but yeah, that failed miserably. And +1 to everything else you said, too.

[McDuck 0]

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When MJ is telling Peter that she is breaking up with him and he starts to blubber, our whole audience BURST into laughter. It was rather intriguing.

I was the only one that laughed out loud at that in the theater I was in, but yeah, that failed miserably. And +1 to everything else you said, too.

You know, when they were focused on something relevant and significant, like the poignant-seeming formation of the sandman, where he's aware that he's been rendered into granules of dirt trying to re-form into what he remembers he WAS, all done in relative silence, I was enthralled. But there was a severe paucity of those moments. and I'm guessing that Raimi wasn't sold on the idea of Venom as a worthwhile endeavor as far as depth of character was concerned. Venom was almost a footnote, and without the ability of the audience to connect with him on some level (comic book geek-hood aside) there's no reasonable and genuine way to bank on him as a new player in this franchise...or one of his own.

It seems that Raimi and the rest of this production took too much on faith that is showing through the ultra-thin fabric of this script and screenplay. Think what Thomas Hayden Church could have done with a well developed and meaningful character that didn't seem thrown in for CGI grins. And poor Topher Grace. His "revenge" as Venom was as weak as watered-down near-beer.

If this franchise can EVER be revived, it needs to come out of Raimi's hands and given to someone with a better vision for what Spiderman is all about.

Gun hands...sheesh.

Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28
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[mnealtx 0]

Well, wouldn't YOU be emo TOO?

Edit to add... crass adult humor at link...be forewarned!!

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[Tyrion 0]

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I was unimpressed as well. Also, what in the living fuck was with the glaringly obvious "spidey in front of the American flag" shot? The entire theatre started laughing during that.

Being an Australian and watching it with an Australian audience over the weekend, I understand exactly what you mean.

Parts that incited raucous laughter include:

1) The American "slow clap" - about a dozen times
2) Spidey in front of the huge American flag
3) The "everyone's a victim" tone to the whole movie... eg. sandman isn't a bad guy, he's just misunderstood, give me a break
4) Spidey's emo sequence (pushing his hair down in front of his face, getting all sullen-teenager like). I was seriously waiting for him to break out some my chemical romance and make a half-assed attempt at slashing his wrists
5) Spidey blubbering rediculously at the break up with MJ
6) Harry's butler - "I loved you like I loved your father", that whole bit

I spent the whole movie thinking, "When's the real movie going to start?".

Simply awful. Wait for the DVD people... or download it. I don't think it's even worth hiring.