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Thursday, Nov 1, 2007

Spiderman 3 is out. And I haven't even bothered to pick it up. After two stellar installments in the series the third just fell so flat. It was so crammed full and most of it wasn't necessary. If they had left Venom for another installment it would have fixed most of it. Although there were still some pretty stupid decisions made throughout the movie.

Like for example the giant testing facility just out in the open that you can happen to come across while running from the law. HUH??? What the hell people? Would it really have been that tough to show him break into a place to try and lay low? Or anything moderately believable? I'm all for comic book logic, but some things are just stupid. And that's one of them.

And what court of justice saysit's fineto lay waste to half the NYPD then make it all OK by saying "Oops, sorry... uh, Venom made me do it"?

Posted by ZZoMBiE13, 8:36am
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I thought about buying it as I own the first two - though I never did see the third Spiderman movie in theatres and due to a lot of the negative buzz I wasn't sure if I wanted to spend full price on the DVD. I'll probably just rent it. Ultimately I probably shouldn't be that concerned about being let down by the movie, since a lot of the other comic book trilogies I like have middling to terrible third movies (I can think of X-Men and Blade offhand). And it's probably better than Robocop 3...or at least I hope it's better than Robocop 3.

Maybe I'll just rent a bunch of Romeo movies instead. I finally caught the original Dawn of the Dead (which Dead Rising made me want to watch) and loved it. Awesome, awesome movie. Zombies rule, even when they're a bit blue and dodge out of the way of moving vehicles.

Posted Nov 1, 2007 10:48 am PT
I've heard so much bad stuff about this movie that I think I'm just gonna pass. I really enjoyed the first two, especially the second, but it sounds like it's probably not worth my money to buy or rent the third.

P.S. X2 owns.
Posted Nov 1, 2007 1:56 pm PT
Romero, I think you mean

I bought it on Wednesday, though I have mixed feelings about the film because of the overstuffed plot, ridiculous design of Harry Osborn's alter ego, and contrived ending. In the end, i still ike it, but after the first two, it pales considerably.
Posted Nov 1, 2007 7:02 pm PT
I saw it in the theater with three friends, and coming out of it, we just couldn't stop ragging on it. It was just...bad, honestly. Who knew that Venom would bring out the jazz hands in Peter?
Posted Nov 1, 2007 7:12 pm PT
I had the rotten luck of sharing a cinema screen with a bunch of pre-pubescent **** heads - complete with screaming, shouting and showering popcorn. This can really can ruin a film. And considering the film sucked, it had to be the worst cinema experience I have ever had. Ever.
Posted Nov 2, 2007 8:51 am PT
Here's hoping that the next one(assuming they make a 4th) is better huh? I'd like to see a cross-over movie maybe Spiderman/X-Men or Batman/Spiderman or something like that... I doubt they'll do that as it would cost a lot to put something like that together.
Posted Nov 2, 2007 1:17 pm PT
I watched it again yesterday, Zzombie, and was pleasantly surprised by it. I knew it was overstuffed coming in, and I knew it couldn't hold a candle to Spidey 2, and in the end, I was struck by the film's overarcing messages, from the fallacy of pride (which seemed somewhat ironic in context) to the evil that exists in all of us. I still don't think Venom belonged, though with Sandman's resolution you kind of had to have a beatable baddie in there, but overall I thought it was a pretty good movie. Just not the great movie the first two were.

It also sets up the third movie in an interesting way; a more weathered, less exuberant Spidey, perhaps a bit more grown-up thanks to his experiences and the loss he carries. The Lizard, I demand the Lizard!
Posted Nov 3, 2007 11:18 pm PT
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