Went to see Spiderman on Saturday night, and I'm with all the other nay sayers. It was too muddled up with too many enemies and story threads. It just never really settled down to concentrate on any one in particular.
Even as an "action popcorn flick" it failed, because there were far too many dead spots throughout.
They needed to drop either Venom or Sandman, and have Harry without his memory throughout the whole film (ready to bring him back in the fourth film if needed). The problem is, Sandman just couldn't sustain a whole film on his own. Though maybe if he'd been less powerful, and had been used as a catalyst for action, it would have been much better.
It really missed delving into Spiderman as himself. They could have opened with maybe 10 or 20 minutes of Spidey going around New York, stopping crimes and stuff. Just lots of fun action, before starting on the slower "character developments" and baddie introductions.
I'm also fed up with Spiderman getting beaten to a pulp every time he meets an enemy. Sandman was perfect for being a great baddie, who SPidey can't harm as such, and has to think of a clever way of beating him. As soon as he became a 300 feet tall golem, totally indestructable, you lose interest in him.
The whole thing was just way off the mark in every way. Just because you can create huge scenes with fantastic special effects, doesn't mean you should...
I also watched Immortal on Friday night. Very odd film, filmed half real life, half CGI. Very odd mix in the style of Sin City. Where Sin City was superb though, Immortal was confused and poorly executed. It was a brave film, but pulled off badly.
Even as an "action popcorn flick" it failed, because there were far too many dead spots throughout.
They needed to drop either Venom or Sandman, and have Harry without his memory throughout the whole film (ready to bring him back in the fourth film if needed). The problem is, Sandman just couldn't sustain a whole film on his own. Though maybe if he'd been less powerful, and had been used as a catalyst for action, it would have been much better.
It really missed delving into Spiderman as himself. They could have opened with maybe 10 or 20 minutes of Spidey going around New York, stopping crimes and stuff. Just lots of fun action, before starting on the slower "character developments" and baddie introductions.
I'm also fed up with Spiderman getting beaten to a pulp every time he meets an enemy. Sandman was perfect for being a great baddie, who SPidey can't harm as such, and has to think of a clever way of beating him. As soon as he became a 300 feet tall golem, totally indestructable, you lose interest in him.
The whole thing was just way off the mark in every way. Just because you can create huge scenes with fantastic special effects, doesn't mean you should...
I also watched Immortal on Friday night. Very odd film, filmed half real life, half CGI. Very odd mix in the style of Sin City. Where Sin City was superb though, Immortal was confused and poorly executed. It was a brave film, but pulled off badly.
