Xtro
One of Freddy's beloved
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Well I got to see this in a huuuge Canadian multiplex last weekend. IMAX too
I expected cheese and I got cheese but in all the right places, just enough to make it feel like a comic book with its corny morals.
There are a couple of piss funny scenes that raise Spidey head and shoulders above the other comic books for me - that Spidey is ALWAYS just Peter Parker in a suit, ie. he's a normal guy underneath it all and has to put up with the same shit everyone else does.
Spoilers here to be on the safe side but its nothing major to do with the plot, just a couple of gags:
Maguire was excellent, really settled into the role and believable. Molina (Dr. Octopus) made the somewhat laughable prospect of a fat man with Slinkys sticking out of his back into a threatening, weighty villain who quite frankly shat all over Defoe's Green Goblin. Mind you I always hated the GG as a villain anyway. Dunst was good and looked sweet. I don't normally rate her but she's looking pretty cute these days and is perfect as MJ.
There's a total shoe-in for Spiderman 3 at the end, so MAJOR SPOILERS here, dont read if you dont want to know! -
I enjoyed it anyway, good fight scenes that know when to END. Good acting, decent cgi and not overuse but the humour (not overbearing and in the right places) did it for me. Excellent comic feel, I'd give it 8 out of 10 (which is good for me believe me).
I expected cheese and I got cheese but in all the right places, just enough to make it feel like a comic book with its corny morals.
There are a couple of piss funny scenes that raise Spidey head and shoulders above the other comic books for me - that Spidey is ALWAYS just Peter Parker in a suit, ie. he's a normal guy underneath it all and has to put up with the same shit everyone else does.
Spoilers here to be on the safe side but its nothing major to do with the plot, just a couple of gags:
The scene where he has to take the lift down due to his powers failing and the guy asks him about his costume ("it pulls a bit on the crotch") and the appalingly cheesy but intentionally so part where he is happy being just Peter Parker (freeze frame after Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head) had me and the crowd in stitches
Maguire was excellent, really settled into the role and believable. Molina (Dr. Octopus) made the somewhat laughable prospect of a fat man with Slinkys sticking out of his back into a threatening, weighty villain who quite frankly shat all over Defoe's Green Goblin. Mind you I always hated the GG as a villain anyway. Dunst was good and looked sweet. I don't normally rate her but she's looking pretty cute these days and is perfect as MJ.
There's a total shoe-in for Spiderman 3 at the end, so MAJOR SPOILERS here, dont read if you dont want to know! -
I was most PISSED OFF to see the villain of Spidey 3 is...the Hobgoblin. Argh. The GG's son is still mad at Spidey, even moreso now he knows his true identity. I was totally fucked off at the end where he finds the GG's lab and weapons. I mean...how can he be that different from the GG in Spidey 1? I hope there's another villain that he bounces off (a la the Batman series but please not so crap). A mate I was with commented that the Uni professor Peter Parker reports to turns out to be Lizardman in the comics. Maybe he changes in Spidey 3?
I enjoyed it anyway, good fight scenes that know when to END. Good acting, decent cgi and not overuse but the humour (not overbearing and in the right places) did it for me. Excellent comic feel, I'd give it 8 out of 10 (which is good for me believe me).