Monday, 7 May 2007

Spidey 3 Part One: Enjoyable But Flawed

Ok, due to my limited availability at the moment, but clearly needing to correct film guru's error in judgement, I think I should throw my 2c in on Spidey 3. So I'll go with several parts when I have time.

'Cause I'm feeling kind and generous (what can I say? I'm that type a guy ;) ), I'll start with what I agree with.

Sandman was pointless. Sure, if you wanted another separate spidey movie, it could work, but seriously? Just took up time with "oh, my daughter's dying". No relevance to the spidey plot at all. We thought Uncle Ben's killer had been caught, and it shoulda been left that way.

So, point one: Too many plots. +1 FG

Here's where FG went wrong. The jazz club scene was where we see Peter in a different light, and I thought it was cool, although badly led into and abruptly finished. We no longer saw Peter as the nerd, but as a cool ladies man, albeit an egotistical bastard getting back at his ex who dumped him. Some may think it's cruel, but don't forget that she dumped him for 'another guy'. That woulda screwed with a lot of people's emotions, much less Peter's. Probably would have been less offensive for the more sensitive ladies out there had they properly bookended the scene with a decent lead in/out.

Point Two: Jazz club = awsome -1 FG

Stay tuned for some more FG pwnage.

PS: I warned you not to over analyse this, Luke. I can play at that game, too!