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Title: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Christopher on May 03, 2007, 09:31:33 PM
wow I'm going with a group of people to see it - usually only 2-3 people come to the movies to see a movie but this movie is going to be awesome!

...wow though I'm reading that GAF thread and it's tearing down the hype. :(

Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: CajoleJuice on May 03, 2007, 09:33:21 PM
wow I don't know


 :P
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on May 03, 2007, 09:33:59 PM
Not me. 
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Christopher on May 03, 2007, 09:34:31 PM
Cajole come with us taco!
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: CajoleJuice on May 03, 2007, 09:35:45 PM
Cajole come with us taco!

Not if you ask like that!
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: G The Resurrected on May 03, 2007, 09:36:52 PM
I'm working the Imax all day tomorrow from 7am till 7pm 12 fucking hours. Time and a half rocks though.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Christopher on May 03, 2007, 09:37:35 PM
Are you letting Roxy in for free?

sry Juice :(
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 03, 2007, 09:41:07 PM
...wow though I'm reading that GAF thread and it's tearing down the hype. :(

Why?  Save for two people that have seen the film on there, everyone else enjoyed it?  Walking in with low expectations is best, though - it won't match Spidey 2.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: CajoleJuice on May 03, 2007, 09:42:09 PM
If I don't go tomorrow, I'll probably end up going sometime this weekend.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on May 03, 2007, 09:46:31 PM
Spidy 1 was a 7, spidy 2 was ass.  asssssssssssssssssssss!!! 
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Bacon on May 03, 2007, 09:50:07 PM
Crowded theaters make me feel uneasy.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: BobbyRobby on May 03, 2007, 09:52:17 PM
Nothing will stop me from seeing this tomorrow
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 03, 2007, 09:54:45 PM
I'm not going, which is shocking. Everything I have seen and heard about this movie has disappointed and disgusted me. So I'll just wait and get people's impressions
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 03, 2007, 09:56:36 PM
I'm not going, which is shocking. Everything I have seen and heard about this movie has disappointed and disgusted me. So I'll just wait and get people's impressions

Haha, you are such a sheep. :lol
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: BlueTsunami on May 03, 2007, 10:06:18 PM
I plan on going this weekend. IMAX!
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 03, 2007, 10:06:51 PM
I'm going Saturday probably, but I can't go tonight or tomorrow, unfortunately.  Looking forward to it after reading the reviews.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Cheebs on May 03, 2007, 10:13:16 PM
PD is not going just because I am going tomorrow.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 03, 2007, 10:17:54 PM
Hah, probably!

If you're a legitimate Spidey fan and won't go because of mixed reviews - that's pathetic.  Pretty much nobody has called it awful or bad, even AICN's super nitpicky comic book guy review.  And almost all the reviews, even the negative ones, have called it as good or better than the original.  So that's the bar I have for it.  Going in believing that it'll top Spidey 2 is going to only lead to disappointment.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Beezy on May 03, 2007, 10:19:18 PM
Nope. I got no one to see it with.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Christopher on May 03, 2007, 10:21:23 PM
tsc tsc what if there is a Blasain extra?
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 03, 2007, 10:22:21 PM
VENOM IS BLASIAN
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 03, 2007, 10:22:36 PM
Hah, probably!

If you're a legitimate Spidey fan and won't go because of mixed reviews - that's pathetic.  Pretty much nobody has called it awful or bad, even AICN's super nitpicky comic book guy review.  And almost all the reviews, even the negative ones, have called it as good or better than the original.  So that's the bar I have for it.  Going in believing that it'll top Spidey 2 is going to only lead to disappointment.

I don't care about the critics though. My problems lie in some of the things we know about the movie so far. The New Goblin, Sandman's connection to Uncle Ben, emo Pete, etc. That stuff turns me off. I'll most likely go on Sunday
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on May 03, 2007, 10:24:41 PM
Nope. I got no one to see it with.

 :-\  You need to pull a himu. 
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 03, 2007, 10:25:14 PM
I don't care about the critics though. My problems lie in some of the things we know about the movie so far. The New Goblin, Sandman's connection to Uncle Ben, emo Pete, etc. That stuff turns me off. I'll most likely go on Sunday

So you're basing your decision on things you've heard instead of seen?  That's still ridiculous.  Furthermore, all of the things that you complained about are actually not being written as the negative parts of the movie.  Almost all reviews have cited as Franco outperforming Maguire in his new role, and the Goblin as a cool character (and he is not referred to as "The New Goblin" in the film) and Sandman's connection to Uncle Ben was pulled off pretty damn well apparently (Pete's still at fault here).  Even "emo" Pete has been written as one of the most fun parts of the film.

I could understand if you thought the running time was too long, Venom didn't get enough screen time (but then I'd call you a loser, because Venom fans are losers), the film had too many villains, certain characters weren't fleshed out enough, etc.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 03, 2007, 10:29:08 PM
I don't care about the critics though. My problems lie in some of the things we know about the movie so far. The New Goblin, Sandman's connection to Uncle Ben, emo Pete, etc. That stuff turns me off. I'll most likely go on Sunday

So you're basing your decision on things you've heard instead of seen?  That's still ridiculous.  Furthermore, all of the things that you complained about are actually not being written as the negative parts of the movie.  Almost all reviews have cited as Franco outperforming Maguire in his new role, and the Goblin as a cool character (and he is not referred to as "The New Goblin" in the film) and Sandman's connection to Uncle Ben was pulled off pretty damn well apparently (Pete's still at fault here).  Even "emo" Pete has been written as one of the most fun parts of the film.

I could understand if you thought the running time was too long, Venom didn't get enough screen time (but then I'd call you a loser, because Venom fans are losers), the film had too many villains, certain characters weren't fleshed out enough, etc.

Did you read my post? I not only said I don't care much about critics, all of my critisizms are from things I've seen in the trailers. You have it backwards.

Right now the movie's RT is more than 10 points below Superman Returns, so even the critics don't seem impressed. Not that I'm that interested in their opinions, but it's odd to see such a drop in critical reception from the first two movies. Maybe things will even out by next week, we'll see
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Fresh Prince on May 03, 2007, 10:30:21 PM
I haven't seen 2 and considering 3 is worse than 2 then I have no good reason to see 3 before I see 2.

I watched the scene with Spiderman saving Gwen from falling and my face was like  :S.
The CG was awful. Though Venom from what I saw looked good.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Yeti on May 03, 2007, 10:38:53 PM
VENOM IS BLASIAN

Wow, he is black, and his eyes are slanted, I guess you are right
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 03, 2007, 10:55:05 PM
Did you read my post? I not only said I don't care much about critics, all of my critisizms are from things I've seen in the trailers. You have it backwards.

Haha, you're the best joke character ever.

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Right now the movie's RT is more than 10 points below Superman Returns, so even the critics don't seem impressed.


That right there should tell you to not trust the meter, since Superman Returns was a boring piece of krypto turd.

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Not that I'm that interested in their opinions, but it's odd to see such a drop in critical reception from the first two movies. Maybe things will even out by next week, we'll see.

Not really.  It's following a hugely successful and beloved sequel - and it doesn't match up.  If you read the reviews, it's apparently as good as one, but hitting that bar is no longer as lofty as it was back in 2002.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 03, 2007, 10:56:17 PM
one was total crap, though! NOT SOLD.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Beezy on May 03, 2007, 10:56:32 PM
tsc tsc what if there is a Blasain extra?

I can wait for screencaps.

VENOM IS BLASIAN

Wow, he is black, and his eyes are slanted, I guess you are right
:lol
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 03, 2007, 10:58:30 PM
one was total crap, though! NOT SOLD.

You wouldn't like it anyway! Raimi-Man is not your cup of tea, but that's cool.  That said, I watched the original the other day, and it hasn't held up as well as I remembered.  Still a solid, fun movie, but pretty short and the pacing is fractured.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 03, 2007, 11:03:37 PM
Not really.  It's following a hugely successful and beloved sequel - and it doesn't match up.  If you read the reviews, it's apparently as good as one, but hitting that bar is no longer as lofty as it was back in 2002.

One could make that same argument about Spiderman 2 following up the first, which was praised.

S1: 90
S2: 93
S3: 64

Yeah, that's not a good thing. One of the only things I find interesting about critical scores is trends for sequels.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 03, 2007, 11:05:05 PM
i'll wait for the fantastic four sequel
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: ToxicAdam on May 03, 2007, 11:06:59 PM
I love what Raimi has done visually with Spider Man and his casting for villains has been inspired. But everything else is pretty awful. I remember Spidey being a wisecracking badass .. not an emo schlepp. So many of his ideas/gimmicks are shoehorned into his movies, it feels like I am watching a collage of scenes instead of a coherent story. It's like going to a Prince concert and he plays 30 seconds of each one of his songs. It tickles your ass, but fails to hit your g-spot.

I was an avid reader in the 80's. Even used to buy all the Marvel Team-Up's (an awful mag, really) just because it had Spider-Man. So, if for any movie I could forgive some of its shortcomings ... this would be the one.

I just read Quint (from AICN's) review of SM3 and it pretty much confirms what I expected. He was a guy that completely gushed over SM2 also.

Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 03, 2007, 11:09:13 PM
One could make that same argument about Spiderman 2 following up the first, which was praised.

Except Spider-Man 2 was better home schooled kid.

I was an avid reader in the 80's...

Despite the fact that you're from a different demographic, I don't think a one-liner spouting crime fighter would do well on the big screen.  It works in the comics because Spidey is almost never in danger, and most of the wisecracks are horribly corny to boot.  It's the one element that I'm glad got muted with the shift to the big screen and newer comics.

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I just read Quint (from AICN's) review of SM3 and it pretty much confirms what I expected. He was a guy that completely gushed over SM2 also.

I pretty much discount reviews where the reviewer talks about how he would've done it.  That means he already had visualized the film in his head before sitting down.  I like genuinely good critiques (like Roeper's) and that's not one of them.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Bloodwake on May 04, 2007, 12:56:33 AM
I guarantee that if I don't like Spider-man 3, I'm going to get trolled to death IN REAL LIFE.

In related news, brandonh83 is currently viewing the film. Maybe he will get online and give us a review once he returns.

Edit: scratch this post.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: bluemax on May 04, 2007, 02:25:33 AM
I turned down going tonight because I should be reviewing essay questions for tomorrow's final.

That and I'm not really that excited to see it.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Bloodwake on May 04, 2007, 02:36:41 AM
As much crap as some of my friends are giving me for not being OMG hyped about the film, I'm glad I'm going in with lowered expectations. I expect it to be good (just not as good as Spider-Man 2) and it sounds like I will get what I expect. Can't be disappointed with that.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 04, 2007, 03:00:12 AM
Yeah, I think despite the fact that it might be as good as the original, everyone walked out of Spider-Man pleasantly surprised that it did not suck.  This installment does not have that luxury - its greatness or bust for a lot of folks.  And I think it'll fall short of that.  I'm just looking for a solid Spidey outing and I think I'll be happy.  Plus, certain things, like the Saturday Night Fever montage and such sound so Raimi that I'm already giggling in anticipation.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 04, 2007, 03:29:56 AM
brandon hated it!
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Post by: demi on May 04, 2007, 03:33:23 AM
Hot Fuzz sounds like a treat.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Bloodwake on May 04, 2007, 03:34:08 AM
brandon hated it!

I know, lmfao :lol :lol :lol

Seriously though, we have similar movie taste. Our friend Paul liked it a lot though, so I'm curious to see how I will enjoy the movie.

Now I really wish it was tomorrow.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 04, 2007, 03:42:48 AM
Wow, it is getting trashed on GAF right now :lol
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Bloodwake on May 04, 2007, 03:44:42 AM
Wow, it is getting trashed on GAF right now :lol

Biggest disappointment of the year award goes to.....

"I give it a fuck you out of ten"

"Spider-man 3 eats the shit from Superman Returns' ass."

 :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 04, 2007, 03:56:16 AM
There almost as good as the SHH! reviews on their board.  I love it when a comic book movie comes out, because you have the diehards that are like, "OH. MY. GAWD. GREATEST MOVIE EVAR!!!" and then guys who frequent the boards for other superheroes come in and go, "THIS MOVIE WAS AWFUL! KILL YOURSELF THE MOVIE SUX GO SEE THE DARK KNIGHT!"

It's like a battle of rabid fanboys.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 04, 2007, 04:02:43 AM
I'm not surprised by these reactions :-\
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 04, 2007, 04:06:46 AM
I'm not either.  I took a ridiculous amount of heat for liking the original on GAF back in the day, and remembered people rallying around a lot of the Spidey crap slinging from DRINKY.  It wasn't 'till Spider-Man 2 that people stopped giving me crap for liking the series.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 04, 2007, 04:27:10 AM
IMO Spider-Man 1 was a very good super hero movie. It's place in history as the first huuuge blockbuster of the post 911 world is already set. To me it's one of those comic movies that actually got the characters right. I love it.

I remember loving Spider-Man 2 from the beginning, and actually cheering in the theater with the other comic nerds when MJ uttered the "go get em Tiger" line. But a few years later I mellowed down on the movie, and actually claimed Batman Begins was much better. But then I watched the movie again last Thanksgiving, and was once again reminded how great it was.

So yeah, I love the series, and I love the character. Of course I was very excited at the prospect of Spider-Man 3, and even more so when the Venom rumors started. But my excitement slowly deteriorated at time went by. Like the PS3, for me Spider-Man 3 seemed to give me bad vibes and news nearly every month lol. Oh well I'll still see it, probably on Sunday
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 04, 2007, 04:34:40 AM
Dude, save for GAF (which is humorous in its trashing, if anything), nobody is saying its bad.  Disappointment is the reoccurring theme.  But if you liked the original, then this is the same caliber apparently, and go in with modest expectations.  Spider-Man 2 has been hailed by many as the greatest comic book film ever, and this one is nowhere near that.  I mean, it kind of sucks that Raimi couldn't hit that mark again, or even come close to it, but if you're going to shun what is being referred to as an entertaining film because its not as good as the previous installment - fuck that noise.

And regardless of what you think about Spider-Man, it got picked to pieces on GAF, especially for its pro-American PROPAGANDA and bridge sequence with the Goblin.  I remember it being thoroughly trashed.  It's a good, fun ride, but it doesn't rank as the best or one of the best.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 04, 2007, 04:41:48 AM
lol anything pro-American is propaganda to GAF :p

I shall wait for your review. :lol
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 04, 2007, 04:47:11 AM
I shall wait for your review. :lol

My expectations are rather low for this outing and I know what I'm getting into, plus I like some things I've seen so far - so I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy it.  How it ranks to the other two films, we'll find out on Saturday.  The reader reviews on some other geek forums, like CHUD, sound more in line with what my reaction for the film will be like.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Mupepe on May 04, 2007, 04:52:12 AM
WHAT FUCKING PROBLEM DO YOU HAVE WITH VENOM FANS, WILLCO?
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 04, 2007, 04:58:37 AM
Every review from a Venom fan is ridiculous.  He is not a deep, multi-layered character and he was never created that way.  McFarlane wanted to do a creepy monster that could match skills with Spidey, not to create some masterful character about duality and anger and innocence and any of this garbage that Venom fans heap upon the character's origins.  All Spidey 3 reviews on SHH! from Venom fans (they all have user names like VENOM4EVA) are like this:

wtf this movie was a dispoinmtnet venom is only in teh end he shuld of have been in teh entire movie fuk teh sandman he is one dimensional instead of charakter memoments raimi shouldve focused on MORE VENOM
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 04, 2007, 05:02:38 AM
Haha, reading the reactions on GAF is priceless.  Some of the jabs are pretty well written too.  I think the sad thing is, you've got people that hated Venom being in it, wanted Venom to be in it more, hated Venom and Sandman, wanted more drama, wanted less drama and/or just wanted another movie altogether.  Raimi tried to please everybody and as so, looks like he did nothing spectacularly.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Mupepe on May 04, 2007, 05:04:59 AM
Oh, maybe I'm just not in touch with the average Venom fan.  I just want a bad ass Venom that destroys shit, is pretty dimwitted and honks horns.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Solo on May 04, 2007, 06:30:11 AM
Well, my Spidey love got the better of me, and I cracked: we switched our tickets from Monday night to opening night, tonight. I will be seeing this bad boy in about 11.5 hours from now!

And Ihave absolutely no clue how I am gonna react to it. All the reviews of other peeps I respect have been pretty much evenly split between love and hate. One thing I keep hearing is that Raimi has balls the size of NYC for putting in the dance scene. Cant wait to see that. Cant wait to see this movie. All the GAF bashing makes me want to see it and hopefully love it all the more.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Mupepe on May 04, 2007, 06:47:09 AM
GAF collectively has the worst taste in the world so the fact that they hate it makes me love it.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: G The Resurrected on May 04, 2007, 06:49:36 AM
Thanks in advance to all you spidey fans. Cause all of today/tomorrow I'll be working for time and a half.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: TakingBackSunday on May 04, 2007, 06:50:42 AM
I overall had fun with it–but it really is a huge mess.  Don't think that it's not, because it really is.  The whole middle segment is just about the funniest sequel to Anchorman I've ever seen.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: brandonh83 on May 04, 2007, 09:43:18 AM
At one point during the film, about an hour and a half into it, my heart literally flanked, dunno if it was right or left, after a horrible, tragic thought crossed my mind: I realized that I was actually waiting to see the credits. I was wanting Spider-man 3, a movie I've been anticipating for years, to just end. At that point I started feeling sick and the movie kept progressively getting worse and worse with no redemption in sight.

It's still not X-Men 3 terrible, but I'm feeling a bigger sense of disappointment because I haven't liked ANY of the X-Men films so whether X3 was good or not was something I didn't really give a shit about, but to see the third, supposedly biggest installment of a franchise with a great beginning and a perfect middle turn out like it did... it may not be as bad of a film as X3 but it's surely far more disappointing.

Like I said on GAF it just felt like Raimi didn't care if it was good or not. If he comes out and says that he directed it based on a bet he lost, I'd believe it. This is one of those movies that should have been rejected before it left the studio.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Tauntaun on May 04, 2007, 09:50:16 AM
Prob be seein it tonight with mah boo baby girl, u dig?  Eh beezy, get married so we can double date and you and I could play DS while the women talk about girl stuff.  I like black people. 

(http://www.thewe.cc/thewei/images2/south_africa_april_26_2004/south_africa_april_26_2004_1.jpe)

from left to right: beezy's ho, beezy, tauntaun, tauntaun's ho (cept wit red hair in rl)  :-*
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Robo on May 04, 2007, 11:17:12 AM
I saw it last night.

I didn't think it turned particularly bad until Spidey sheds the Symbiote and Venom emerges.  From that point on, the movie tanks, switching back and forth between characters frantically trying to pull together some sort of hackneyed climax and resolution and we get at least two horrible deus ex machinas out of it and an ending that rivals Hulk's in terms of anti-climax and idiocy.

Nearly everything before that, I enjoyed for the most part.  The pivotal moment where the relationship crap gets most annoying, Bruce Campbell appears in a great little character to help us forget.  Symbiote Peter Parker is hilarious and provides for the funniest scenes in the entire series.  It keeps up well with the spirits of the other movies.

As I was walking out of the theater, everyone with a voice seemed to think it was bad, shitting on their childhood, worst movie of the year, disappointmenton, whatever.  All of my friends hated it.  I don't think it's going to be very hard to nail down a generalized stance for the die-hard Spider-man fans.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: brawndolicious on May 04, 2007, 12:26:23 PM
Spidy 1 was a 7, spidy 2 was ass.  asssssssssssssssssssss!!! 
at best.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 04, 2007, 12:26:34 PM
spider-hyphen-man franchise jumps shark; willco on suicide watch
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 04, 2007, 12:27:59 PM
spider-hyphen-man franchise jumps shark; willco on suicide watch

I knew this one would be iffy for awhile!
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 04, 2007, 12:28:50 PM
your spin zone says otherwise!
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 04, 2007, 12:49:48 PM
your spin zone says otherwise!

Not really.  I'm going in with the expectations that it should be as good as Spider-Man, which is not Spider-Man 2.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Cheebs on May 04, 2007, 12:59:09 PM
your spin zone says otherwise!

Not really.  I'm going in with the expectations that it should be as good as Spider-Man, which is not Spider-Man 2.
You also said you expected it to get a RT score around the same as Batman Begin, which is a 84. Spidey 3 is like 20 points under that. (62 right now)
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 04, 2007, 01:01:12 PM
Wow I have to take my brothers to see the movie today. I'm just going to drop them off, but I didn't expect that they were going to see it. One of them is meeting some of his friends there, and I'm wondering if they even have the tickets bought already. If not I bet they're sold out
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 04, 2007, 01:07:51 PM
You also said you expected it to get a RT score around the same as Batman Begin, which is a 84. Spidey 3 is like 20 points under that. (62 right now)

Only because the early negative reviews had said that it was on par with the original, which still scored quite highly on the meter.  I figured being as good as Spider-Man would be enough to merit a rating in the 80s, but I was wrong. :(

I guess this is an obvious case of following up something hugely successful and missing the target by a wide margin leading to real disappointment.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Boogie on May 04, 2007, 01:13:39 PM
Saw the midnight showing, thought it was downright awful in most parts.  A lot of unintentional comedy, the crowd was laughing at spots that I can only assume weren't meant to be funny.

75% of the film was just awkward and uncomfortable to watch, IMO.  A complete 180 from Spider-Man 2.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Tauntaun on May 04, 2007, 01:22:47 PM
k, after some bad reviews here and horrible fan reviews on fandango I'm not wasting my money tonight.  :-\
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 04, 2007, 01:31:55 PM
k, after some bad reviews here and horrible fan reviews on fandango I'm not wasting my money tonight.  :-\

It's still rated as "Go!" on Fandango, though.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 04, 2007, 01:38:01 PM
of course it is -- fandango's not gonna tell folks to NOT see a blockbuster and lose ticket sales. it'll change to STAY AWAY after the first week, when word-of-mouth will kill it
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 04, 2007, 01:52:03 PM
of course it is -- fandango's not gonna tell folks to NOT see a blockbuster and lose ticket sales. it'll change to STAY AWAY after the first week, when word-of-mouth will kill it

Fandango isn't in charge of the rating - it's user oriented.  And yeah, I think this sequel will be hecka frontloaded.  I don't expect it to have legs.

My money is on Transformers being the next Spider-Man.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: demi on May 04, 2007, 03:45:48 PM
I got this text message from Robby just now

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SPIDERMAN IS FUCKING HORRIBLE, i am watching him dance in a jazz club OH GOD

edit: and another

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The movie, too much to explain brb. this is trash but action is AWESOME
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Himu on May 04, 2007, 03:53:17 PM
I saw it. Wanted to enjoy it, but it's too much of a cluster fuck to enjoy fully. Still, it's fun...in doses.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: G The Resurrected on May 04, 2007, 03:55:10 PM
of course it is -- fandango's not gonna tell folks to NOT see a blockbuster and lose ticket sales. it'll change to STAY AWAY after the first week, when word-of-mouth will kill it

yeah its a conspiracy they wont tell you not to go see this movie. Honestly all those things are "easily adjustable" in our theater we have screener's from a research company that will have people rate movies before they see it and things like that. I dont trust reviews anymore. Best to just see it if your interested.

I'm so happy I'm on call though. Not one theater has called and had problems today. And I'm able to relax and get payed.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 04, 2007, 04:09:12 PM
uh oh :-\
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Cheebs on May 04, 2007, 04:27:23 PM
uh oh :-\
lets go.

together.

except its sold out lol.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: G The Resurrected on May 04, 2007, 04:32:45 PM
Go anyways Cheebs, and see if you cant pick up tickets. Theres usually about 10 extra seats that are "reserved for managment"
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 04, 2007, 04:34:13 PM
uh oh :-\
lets go.

together.

except its sold out lol.

I dropped my brother off at the 3:45 showing. I won't even be able to see it on Sunday lol due to the cabin trip. ugh
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Tauntaun on May 04, 2007, 04:38:03 PM
Beezy doesn't want to see it with me because he's all afraid I might beat the black out of him with my fists of magical white power!  :(  Don't worry Beezy, I use lotion, my hands are SOFT baby!  :-*
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 04, 2007, 04:38:32 PM
And Beezy wants to rag on me for not meeting people :lol
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Cheebs on May 04, 2007, 04:40:21 PM
Go anyways Cheebs, and see if you cant pick up tickets. Theres usually about 10 extra seats that are "reserved for managment"
I have 3 imax tickets, I always pre-order for blockbusters. I was referring to PD.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 04, 2007, 04:41:08 PM
What time is your show Cheebs?
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: G The Resurrected on May 04, 2007, 04:44:34 PM
Go anyways Cheebs, and see if you cant pick up tickets. Theres usually about 10 extra seats that are "reserved for managment"
I have 3 imax tickets, I always pre-order for blockbusters. I was referring to PD.


I max is the way to see it to be honest. I was watching the 6:30 showing and i was blown away. Sad that they didnt want to get rid of the Robinsons though cause thats taking up our digital theater. I want to see it out of that thing badly.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Tauntaun on May 04, 2007, 04:49:33 PM
And Beezy wants to rag on me for not meeting people :lol

I actually didn't invite him to this movie, but I told him one time we should ill.  He seems like a friendlius negrosus, that's scientific for "black man who won't mug me".
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Solo on May 05, 2007, 06:41:33 AM
Spider-Man 3 (Raimi, 2007) - 6.5/10

When I walked out of Spider-Man 2 (all 4 times!) 3 years ago, I was absolutely floored. Not only was that film my favorite superhero movie ever (it still is, and by a landslide), but it left me so excited for the final movie in the trilogy, and the greatness it would hold. I mean, how could they mess this up? The cast and crew was largely the same, as was the writing team, and this was the epic finale to the series. So Spider-Man 3 would be the comic book movie to end all comic book movies, right?

Unfortunately, no, it is not. Irrelevant, inconsequential and unengaging are the three words I would use to describe Spider-Man 3. It is not a bad movie but any stretch, but it simply fails on every level that the original, and especially the sequel, excelled on. Whereas Spider-Man 2 had me hooked from the outset and took me on an epic roller-coaster of emotion and thrills, Spider-Man 3 seemed to just plod around for 2.5 hours, merely existing, occasionally hitting the right note, but mostly just plowing ahead.

What went wrong? Well, there are two big issues with the film. First, let's blame Marvel boss Avi Arad for making director Sam Raimi shoehorn Venom into the film. The movie was already at content overload without his entrance, and with him in the film, there are about five subplots being juggled, and none of them are fully developed or satisfactorily concluded. Had the film been without Venom, his storyline plus the symbiote storyline could have been cut completely, and we would be left with a much leaner film, which could be much more fleshed out. The second issue is the writing. The film is totally bipolar, and has more plot threads that could ever be given room to breathe in 2.5 hours. Alvin Sargeant, who did a re-write of the first film to make it passable, and wrote the excellent screenplay for the second film, seems to have been inexplicably made an outcast, serving only to polish off the Raimi brothers' script, instead of being an integral part of the writing staff from day one. Most of the great touches in Spider-Man 2, which I fully attribute to Sargeant, are sadly missing here.

Up to this point, you may think I hated the film. But the truth is, amongst all the elements I hated about the film, there is still a lot to love here. The cast is in top form here, with the real notable performance coming unexpectedly from James Franco, who I felt excelled as the conflicted Harry Osborn. Tobey Maguire was also as enjoyable as ever in the Peter Parker role. Bruce Campbell's trademark cameo is his best one yet, and totally hilarious. I enjoyed Christopher Young's work on the score, especially his new themes for Sandman and Venom. The main titles once again were excellent, and totally succeeded in ramping up my excitement. The special effects and the action scenes in the film didn't disappoint, and there are several breath-taking set pieces littered throughout the film. Another great element remaining from the previous films is the humour. Spider-Man 3 in particular seems to go for even more laughs than its predecessors, and most of the time the gags work. Finally, I cannot conclude this review without making mention of easily the best scenes in the entire film, the "Saturday Night Fever" montage. Yes, this film features a scene which makes the "Raindrops" scene in Spider-Man 2 look downright tame. Kudos to Sam Raimi for having the balls to put such an extended scene in a major studio motion picture, and even bigger kudos to Tobey Maguire for taking that scene and running with it. I haven't laughed as much in ages as I did last night at Peter Parker strutting his stuff and gyrating his pelvis in downtown New York.

Spider-Man 3 is totally entertaining, if wholly unengaging and vastly inferior to its predecessor. The film simply tries to be too much, and accomplish too much in 2.5 hour running time. It saddens me to see a trilogy I love dearly, one that hit such highs, go out on such a middle-of-the-road note, but such is the case. We'll always have Spider-Man 2.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: BlueTsunami on May 05, 2007, 08:34:36 AM
Sounds like a good ol' action popcorn flick. Nice revew Solo!
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Cheebs on May 05, 2007, 08:46:54 AM
Solo your views sound EXACTLY like mine.  :lol Same problems and enjoyed the same parts. Except I gave it two points higher.

It is VERY obvious the Raimi's wrote this movie unlike the last two. It has a lot more quirky qualities to it.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Solo on May 05, 2007, 02:37:12 PM
Yeah, I may have been a bit harsh, Cheebs. I dont think it'll ever hit an 8.5 with me, but repeat viewings may get it over 7. I DEFINATELY am going for 1-2 more viewings though, because I am still not sure if I can even remember everything that occurred, as everything flew by so fast.

My initial thought is that I will like this one much more upon repeated viewings, once I get the "its no S-M2, or even S-M1" out of my system.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/special/2007/comic/?r=1&mid=1133520&photo_page=2

At leas this keeps me happy.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 05, 2007, 02:38:56 PM
i'll probably pass on the dvd, even. there 're better things to put in my netflix queue.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Cheebs on May 05, 2007, 05:36:55 PM
Yeah, I may have been a bit harsh, Cheebs. I dont think it'll ever hit an 8.5 with me, but repeat viewings may get it over 7. I DEFINATELY am going for 1-2 more viewings though, because I am still not sure if I can even remember everything that occurred, as everything flew by so fast.

My initial thought is that I will like this one much more upon repeated viewings, once I get the "its no S-M2, or even S-M1" out of my system.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/special/2007/comic/?r=1&mid=1133520&photo_page=2

At leas this keeps me happy.
One thing is you gotts let go of Spidey 2 and just go for Raimi's insane quirkyness which is ALL OVER in this movie. The movie had like what 50 musical numbers? It was nearing on being a musical but it was fun.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Solo on May 05, 2007, 05:49:50 PM
Those are the two things that really stuck out to me. That the film had a shitload of musical stuff, and a shitload of action scenes.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Cheebs on May 05, 2007, 06:07:45 PM
Those are the two things that really stuck out to me. That the film had a shitload of musical stuff, and a shitload of action scenes.
Spidey 3 and the raindrops scene in spidey 2 (and I thought THAT was over-the top before I saw this movie  :lol) makes me want a comedy/musical from Raimi.

It'd be brilliant and I don't even like musicals.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 05, 2007, 06:10:48 PM
lam0rz
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Cheebs on May 05, 2007, 06:12:21 PM
lam0rz
Spidey 3 is a COMEDY sir.

You don't want to see James Franco burst out of nowhere into a DANCE NUMBER to "do the twist" for absolutely no reason?
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Beezy on May 05, 2007, 06:12:43 PM
Beezy doesn't want to see it with me because he's all afraid I might beat the black out of him with my fists of magical white power!  :(  Don't worry Beezy, I use lotion, my hands are SOFT baby!  :-*

And Beezy wants to rag on me for not meeting people :lol

I actually didn't invite him to this movie, but I told him one time we should ill.  He seems like a friendlius negrosus, that's scientific for "black man who won't mug me".

I just noticed this. You're both idiots. :lol
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: Bloodwake on May 13, 2007, 11:27:37 AM
Okay, so I started watching the film.....


LAY ONE ON ME

WTF.

Total problem with that scene. I won't deny that it was funny, but still, totally random.
Title: Re: Ok so who's seeing Spiderman 3 tomorow?
Post by: etiolate on May 18, 2007, 09:16:42 AM
Okay I saw Spiderman 3.  I'm not sure what to say.  I can say it is better than Spiderman 2, and that is mainly for one reason: both were camp, with bad lines and total cheese, but only the third movie fully embraces this while Spiderman 2 acts like it is serious.  S3's best parts are when it totally enjoys how cheese it is. I could have thrown all the emotional stuff away.  The only thing I cared about was
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Harry Osborne dying, because his character was the best in this film and I literally LOLed at his grin and wink at the cafe because of the damned GAF gif
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I'd rank them Spiderman > Spiderman 3 > Spiderman 2.