Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
2/4
Way too long and too clich
Josh C - wrote on 05/11/2007
Too clich? and laughably bad plot. This movie must have been written by a ten-year-old! Within the first 15 minutes (keep in mind this movie was long) you knew everything that was going to unfold. Not only did this predictability hurt the movie but because it dragged on and on so slowly it made it almost unwatchable at times.
To make matters worse there was every clich? movie scene imaginable: from the comical spider man getting fed cookies from the girl next door to the overly insightful advice his aunt gives him. There were too many forced comical scenes which took the movie down a huge notch and made it hard to take any of it seriously. This was especially true when they took 30 seconds during a key battle to cut to Peter?s boss bargaining with a little girl for a camera. It was …
Rating of
3/4
Spiderman 3: Less Would Have Been More
Chris Kavan - wrote on 05/06/2007
Spiderman 3 has a lot going for it. One of the most lucrative franchises, actors who have embraced their roles and special effects that continue to impress. However, the flaw in the latest Spideman is that it tries to accomplish too much in one film.
How many different story lines are there? Let?s see: Peter Parker & Mary Jane?s relationship complicated by the introduction of Gwen Stacey. Peter Parker & Harry Osbourne?s a.k.a. The New Goblin and their relationship complicated by temporary amnesia. Then you have the Sandman ? the sympathetic villain this time around ? who was involved in Ben Parker?s murder. Then you have Eddie Brock ? Gwen Stacey?s boyfriend and rival photographer to Peter Parker. Then you have Venom who first turns Peter Parker into a ?bad boy? then latches onto Eddie …
