THE BAD:
-I didn’t like the Green Goblin’s costume. Especially when he was soliloquizing on evil, he looked totally Power Rangers. I understand that maybe it was true to the comic, but if I’d been Osbourne, I woulda felt like an idiot wearing that mask and talking to people.
-The special effects were occasionally too CGI for my tastes. I prefer effects where you don’t notice the computers.
-While I understand now Parker’s reluctance to love MJ, I didn’t really get in in the final scene. And usually I’m good at picking up on subtle emotional stuff like that. I wish it’d been a little clearer.
THE GOOD:
-Most of the movie. I went in expecting cheesy popcorn fun, and I got that in spades.
-The one-liners. Done very well, unlike most action movies.
-The costume, both the final version and the beta version (which really was fawking hilarious).
I’m not a spidey connoisseur, so I didn’t have many expectations as to the story. Dunst didn’t bother me; I thought she handled the role pretty well. JJJ was fantastic, an archetype unto himself. The webslinging was exhilirating. And the science was so deliberately awful that it swung right back into good. I usually cringe at stuff like that in movies (e.g., the hacking scenes in Hackers – shudder!). But here, it felt like Sam Raimi was saying, “You got a problem with my science, you can kiss my ass.”
Okay. That, and one more cameo I heard about on the radio: Bill Paxton’s dad appears in the movie as Osbourne’s manservant. Apparently when Bill was in A Simple PLan, his dad met Raimi and got a bit part in that movie as well.
All in all, well worth seeing. I’m pretty glad I went in with low expectations, though.
And The Incredible Hulk, by Ang Lee? I don’t know whether to laugh, cry, or shiver with antici
Sam Hell, I knew what was coming and I still got shivers. Of course I’m such a Spider-Man fan I got shivers throughout most of the movie.
BTW, seeing as how this is the second page of a thread about the Spider-Man movie and multiple plot points have been discussed, putting “SPOILER” in your post might be a bit redundant. Not totally directed at you, just kinda a point in general.
Did anyone else cringe in horror when the Green Goblin demanded that Aunt May finish the Lord’s Prayer? And not cringe in horror in a good way, but more in a “Dear God, that is cheesy!”
Caesar’s Ghost, JJ think of that because of reasons already discussed in this thread (not trying to be snotty, just in case you missed them).
I’m definitely with you on the whole people not being more amazed by Spidey’s feats at school. Guy suddenly displays incredible strength and reflexes, not to mention having the cafeteria tray stuck to his wrist, and no one makes the connection between Peter Parker and Spider-Man? And what about the wrestling manager and the cop who saw him without his mask on? C’mon. Still loved the movie 'tho.
I liked the movie a lot, but the early learning-to-swing-around special effects were just bad. He looked like Floppy The Rubber Man, totally not how his body would move, or how it moved at any other time in the movie.
I thought the line was “teeming masses” not “teeming millions.”
But then after reading this thread, I’m beginning to think that compared to some of you, I was watching this movie with only half my senses turned on. Such eyes for detail!
Just to add to what Legomancer said about only DC comic books existing in Spidey’s world. Peter goes “Shazam!” during the scene where he’s trying to make his webs work. Shazam, in addition to being the Mightiest Mortal, is a DC hero.
I saw it twice this weekend. After coming out of the theater on Saturday, I found myself unable to point out any real flaws in the movie. Sure, you can nitpick a little, but there was nothing in there that made me go, “Hey! What’s the deal?”
I went again on Sunday, thinking that I was just too overwhelmed the first time. I had the same reaction.
There’s nothing wrong with this film. It is the perfect superhero movie.
Am I the only one that noticed Bone-Saw was “Macho Man” Randy Savage? It was hard to tell, but I checked the credits afterwards and there he was. Just another cameo to add to the list.
I saw it and I liked it a whole lot more than I did Attack of the Clones. Spidey’s been a favorite of mine since the '60s with the Bakshi cartoon and I thought they did it just right. It ain’t perfect, but what is?
SAw it this evening. Yes the special effects were sometimes cheesy, but I LOVED they way Parker had to learn how to use his powers.
The scene where he kicked the crap out of the armored car robbers was sweet.
The Green Goblin’s mask sucked ass. There MUST have been something better they could have done with it.
Overall, a fun movie.
Maybe Brock will get bitten by this spider too (Shown in flashback), and that’s how he becomes Venom. It would be a convenient way to avoid the whole alien suit backstory.
I’m assuming the Harry won’t become the next Green Goblin right away for two reasons. One, that would basically just be the same villain as last time, Two, Harry doesn’t even know that his Dad was the first Green Goblin does he? At least that was the impression I got from the movie. I assumed that was why Harry was so angry at Spidey for being inviolved in his “innocent” fathers death.
Osborne Jr, fueled by his hatred of Spidey, will fund the creation of the Sinister Six (or possibly Venom, through the other genetically modified spiders…… which, of course will go horribly awry and result in the giant mouthed, slobbery, fangy nut-ball we all know and love).
This should result in the appearance of some classic spidey villains like Dr. Ock and Sandman, plus we could see some goofy comic relief type villains (Electro with his goofy-ass headgear anyone?)
Of course, that’s just my opinion, I could be wrong.
I saw the movie, with pretty much no comic book background whatsoever, so I was extremely impressed. I loved both of the leads, and thought that they were perfect. Heck, one of the entire reasons I went was because my grandmother liked Toby.
For some reason, I actually really liked the Green Goblin. I loved the voice, and thought it fit the role perfectly. This wasn’t a morally ambigious movie, and I didn’t want it to be. Although I may just have ultra-low standards, I thought the costume was superb, as was the actor. For awhile, he almost stole the show.
With that cleared up, could someone kind of explain to me a few things? People are mentioning allusions to other villians in the series, and I didn’t catch any of that. Obviously I don’t know where to look, but could someone point out some of the places that there was groundwork laid (for instance, I’m confused about which costume is spoken of by so many that appeared in the movie) for future villians, with no spoilers? I caught his son likely being involved (wasn’t a horribly subtle hint) as a villian, but none else.
Saw it last night. And I LOVED it. It was right up there with X-men as one of the best movie adaptions of a comic/cartoon series.
Although I’m not well versed in the comic books, I watched the cartoon reguarly. And while the movie wasn’t true to canon, I believe it took the best possibly route. Plus, I thought Peter’s reason for not stopping the guy that eventually killed his Uncle Ben was a hell of a lot more realistic than in the cartoon - why would you want to help someone that just robbed you of $2900?
I didn’t mind Kirsten Dunst, but I didn’t think she was the right person to pick for the role. But I am also glad that they picked Tobey Macguire as Spidey - he’s not your typical goodlooking, tall, dark, handsome superhero, and I thought that was brilliant.
Btw, did anyone else get any vague Matrix flashbacks when Spidey and the Green Goblin fought in the burning building?
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