re: the female villian. Yep, I'd be surprised if she wore anything resembling an outfit it'd probably just be a small patch of cloth to stop it being R rated. Oh and the abusive dad would probably be the reason the villian became a villian in the first place either she becomes a villian to get back at her abusive parent or to gain the abusive parents approval.
It will be to gain the approval of her abusive boyfriend who is mistreating her and dating another supermodel waitress singer with an abusive dad behind her back.
We should sell the concept to Hollywood, could make a lot of money here...
I saw the first one and all the rapid, jerky camera motions and odd angles had my natural balance/inner-ear problems flaring up so badly that I could barely watch it without getting dizzy and queasy. Skipped the subsequent ones- sounds like I missed out on a different sort of nausea trigger in Spidey 3 :P
It was cool seeing you and Seb the other night! I may be moving out to your neck of the woods soon, so if I do, I'll have to come round to see you. I miss coming to visit you guys with Liz.
Comparing this to a shockingly poorly written pan of the film I read in the Mockery, your review does a superior job of criticising Spider-Man 3. You've definitely pointed out some moral flaws within the film, and brought to light its lack of believability.
I still loved it! I find that when I go see a film like Spider-Man, I'm not looking for any of the things you pointed out that it lacked: strong, atypical female characters; clearly justified decisions by characters; a sense of realism; proper motivations; well-thought-out resolutions; or proper character-development. So when I go, I enjoy the film for what it is: a melodramatic, morally ambiguous, slightly dark, special-effects-packed thrill ride with pretty faces and a slough of unlikeable characters. I'm rarely disappointed, and sometimes pleasantly surprised
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Oh yeah...I do get that, about the female characters. It's just that...I really think MJ is sort of meant to represent a feminine ideal in these stories (she sort of does in the comics, anyway) but...she's just not...admirable, in any real sort of way in the movies. That, I guess, was my problem...I could tell the writer wanted me to like her...but I couldn't. She wasn't a particularly friendly character, and her dependence on others just bit too hard into what should have been an enjoyable female lead.
And you have to admit, there were some rather dumb points in this movie. One I missed out - when the butler tells Harry about his dad's wounds. For crying out loud Jeeves, can't you have mentioned this TWO YEARS AGO??? (*hrrrgh...*)
Also, when Harry turns up sans part of his face, nobody seems to notice. Was that, like, in a deleted scene, or something?
I'll admit I still liked the movie for the explosions and fight scenes. It must be my inner cavewoman.
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Yep, I'd be surprised if she wore anything resembling an outfit it'd probably just be a small patch of cloth to stop it being R rated.
Oh and the abusive dad would probably be the reason the villian became a villian in the first place either she becomes a villian to get back at her abusive parent or to gain the abusive parents approval.
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We should sell the concept to Hollywood, could make a lot of money here...
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Seriously.
And I thought a lot of the action scenes were blurry.
Good night out anyway.
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At least I got a choc-top out of it.
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Comparing this to a shockingly poorly written pan of the film I read in the Mockery, your review does a superior job of criticising Spider-Man 3. You've definitely pointed out some moral flaws within the film, and brought to light its lack of believability.
I still loved it! I find that when I go see a film like Spider-Man, I'm not looking for any of the things you pointed out that it lacked: strong, atypical female characters; clearly justified decisions by characters; a sense of realism; proper motivations; well-thought-out resolutions; or proper character-development. So when I go, I enjoy the film for what it is: a melodramatic, morally ambiguous, slightly dark, special-effects-packed thrill ride with pretty faces and a slough of unlikeable characters. I'm rarely disappointed, and sometimes pleasantly surprised ( ... )
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And you have to admit, there were some rather dumb points in this movie. One I missed out - when the butler tells Harry about his dad's wounds. For crying out loud Jeeves, can't you have mentioned this TWO YEARS AGO??? (*hrrrgh...*)
Also, when Harry turns up sans part of his face, nobody seems to notice. Was that, like, in a deleted scene, or something?
I'll admit I still liked the movie for the explosions and fight scenes. It must be my inner cavewoman.
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I got a very funny image when I read about your 'inner cavewoman.' =P
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