Spiderman 3 review
I saw Spiderman 3 la few weeks ago with my Dad at the Printworks in Manchester. It's a great theatre and it was the first digitally projected movie I've ever seen.
Considering its predecessors, this movie has had a comparatively rough ride in the press to date. Reviews have all been around the 3 out of 5 mark as opposed to "best comic book movie ever made". Also, movie web sites such as AICN have generally been fielding reviews by people who were pretty disappointed. The criticisms have mostly been around the fact that there are too many characters in the movie. Certainly to have Peter, MJ and Harry joined by Sandman, Venom and Gwen Stacy sounds like a lot to pack in and the fans in particular thought that Venom was under developed in comparison with the comic book rendering.
My viewpoint doesn't come clouded by any such expectancies. The only Spiderman I've ever been exposed to (apart from the rubbish live action show in the early 80s) was the cartoon on Saturday mornings. I'd never come across Venom at all and so had no preconceptions. So what did I think?
I enjoyed it. Peter Parker as a nerd is always great. The stuff with him and the black suit was really well handled. While Parker is being 'corrupted' he is very entertaining as the "dork bad boy". Some elements of the story are inevitably rushed along but on the whole everyone does the best they can with the screen time and it didn't detract much from my enjoyment.
The set pieces in this movie are something else. Movie technology has now reached the point where truly anything can be rendered on screen. Sandman looked fantastic. The battles and action are pretty much the finest you'll see on film. Frenetic and vastly entertaining.
Ignore the nay sayers - so what if it's not on a par with 1 & 2 - This is still a classy summer spectacle and as such it's great entertainment.
Considering its predecessors, this movie has had a comparatively rough ride in the press to date. Reviews have all been around the 3 out of 5 mark as opposed to "best comic book movie ever made". Also, movie web sites such as AICN have generally been fielding reviews by people who were pretty disappointed. The criticisms have mostly been around the fact that there are too many characters in the movie. Certainly to have Peter, MJ and Harry joined by Sandman, Venom and Gwen Stacy sounds like a lot to pack in and the fans in particular thought that Venom was under developed in comparison with the comic book rendering.
My viewpoint doesn't come clouded by any such expectancies. The only Spiderman I've ever been exposed to (apart from the rubbish live action show in the early 80s) was the cartoon on Saturday mornings. I'd never come across Venom at all and so had no preconceptions. So what did I think?
I enjoyed it. Peter Parker as a nerd is always great. The stuff with him and the black suit was really well handled. While Parker is being 'corrupted' he is very entertaining as the "dork bad boy". Some elements of the story are inevitably rushed along but on the whole everyone does the best they can with the screen time and it didn't detract much from my enjoyment.
The set pieces in this movie are something else. Movie technology has now reached the point where truly anything can be rendered on screen. Sandman looked fantastic. The battles and action are pretty much the finest you'll see on film. Frenetic and vastly entertaining.
Ignore the nay sayers - so what if it's not on a par with 1 & 2 - This is still a classy summer spectacle and as such it's great entertainment.
posted by Dave T @ 9:33 AM
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