My movie theatre pals called me to go to a 5Pm show (with beer!) and man, I'm glad I went:
Without a doubt the single best comic-movie ever made. Better than all others rolled up into one, in fact.
The (second) fight between Doc Ock and Spidey is mind-numbingly incredible.
Look for cameos from Bruce Campbell, Tim Rami (reprising his earlier role) and Stan Lee.
There's even some slight alluding to "too few heroes like Spider-Man flying around helping people". 8)
Marvel is [u]still[/u] raising the bar on comic-book movies.
You'll leave the theatre feweling really great: I was fed into Love's wood-chipper last night and I now feel great! That's a great movie! 8)
-SPOILERS-
Watch for parts by Curt Connors (the man that will oneday become THe Lizard and a refrence to Dr, Strange!
THe bueatiful woman living next-door is almost certainly intended to be Gwen Stacey or possibly a future Black Cat. The part with her in Peter's apartment is a [u]bit [/u]odd because it's not followed up and you can tell that was edited out.
I wont give you guys the biggest spoiler, but there will definitely be a part 3.
I also saw the preview for Blade: Trinity and that looks pretty good (they're adapting characters from the Nightstalkers comic) and features Jennifer Beal as Whistler's daughter (cant recall her character's name) and a former vampire who's name I also dont recall from the comics.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I'll likely be seeing this movie sometime next week and I'm uberStoked about it. Looking forward to it more than Episode 3 at present.
Posted by Nim the Fanciful (Member # 205) on :
lol
(as mod of SW-forum, I had to respond)
I hope they've made his net-swinging a little bit more believable and less CGI-ish. And that Kirsten Dunst takes off her bra and blouse. And that Tobey Maguire starts to act as a man and not as "Data".
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
Also, in related news, there's a second Spider-Man in the Marvel Universe (or whatever offshoot of the Marvel continuum this guy lives in).
Posted by Tora Ziyal (Member # 53) on :
That Indian Spider-Man costume is pretty wild.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
The artwork at least looks pretty cool.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
The pointy shoes are lame and that sash would be cumbersome.
They should've kept the baggy pants and used the black costume.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Th best part of the fight scenes is that they move as fast as a fight with Spidey should move: no Matrix-esque slo-mo nonsense that's so prevalent in action movies in the past few years.
Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :
Usually sequels have a formula which concentrates more on action and less on the character development. This is the exact opposite. Which is why I like it alot.
Especially the ending.
Oh BTW, J. Jonah Jameson has perhaps the best lines in the entire movie. J.K. Simmons has definitely done a good job with him.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by Saltah'na:
Oh BTW, J. Jonah Jameson has perhaps the best lines in the entire movie. J.K. Simmons has definitely done a good job with him.
Yah: he's great. Perfect with the comic character.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
"Spider-man really was a hero, and I drove him away..."
*whoosh*
"What the?! Spider-man's a menace! I want him gone!"
Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :
I'm going to watch it later today and I might enjoy it a little, but I still can't stand Kirsten Dunst.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I can stand to look at her. Talk to her for any length of time... probably not.
Posted by Nim the Fanciful (Member # 205) on :
I don't think you have to worry about point B, son.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I've made my peace with that.
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
Dunst was actually much better in this one than the first one. Basically, the sequel sold me on pretty much everything/one that I found unconvincing in its predecessor. It was thoroughly awesome.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Sorry, I thought the official line is that to suggest that Spider-Man is anything less than movie perfection is total heresy. . ?
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
I was less impressed than most. I still firmly believe that they should have used the Gwen Stacy story, as that was the real basis for Spidey and the Goblin's hatred of each other in the comics. But I'm learning to live with it.
I couldn't buy Dunst as MJ in the first one, but her performance in 2 was much improved and I now feel fairly comfortable with her in the role.
The organic webshooters bugged me for three basic reasons. Firstly, the obvious logical flaw: Spiders don't have spinerettes on their legs/arms. Secondly, it always struck me as an important part of Peter Parker's character that he had the inventive/scientific knack which allowed him to create the mechanical devices to augment his physical powers. And thirdly, I thought that without the mechanical shooters we'd never have those great familiar dramatic situations from the comics where Spidey is falling from a rooftop and runs out of webbing and has to change the cartridge before he hits. While the first point remains, the sequel alleviated the other two by showing Pete's intelligence in his conversations with Octavius and having his spider-powers cut out on him at tense moments.
I found the special effects quite cringeworthy at times in the first one, but they looked much better in this one, apart from one or two shots. (Like Doc Ock carrying MJ off and the helicopters at the very end.)
In addition to these specific things, I just didn't get the same good vibrations from the first one as so many seem to have. But I did get those from this one, and in reviewing the original afterwards, overall I found myself more comfortable with it.
-MMoM
P.S. There was at least one thing that I didn't care for in the sequel, albeit a minor one. While I didn't mind Raimi's self-homages to Evil Dead 2 and Darkman, I thought the subsequent constant close-ups of people screaming got a little tiresome.
Posted by You assume too much. (Member # 1203) on :
quote:The organic webshooters bugged me for three basic reasons. Firstly, the obvious logical flaw: Spiders don't have spinerettes on their legs/arms.
that means you'd LIKE to see spiderman shoot webs from his ass then? Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
...and disolve his food with venom before slurping it up?
That'd be kinda a date-ender with M.J. though,
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
quote:Originally posted by You assume too much.:
quote:The organic webshooters bugged me for three basic reasons. Firstly, the obvious logical flaw: Spiders don't have spinerettes on their legs/arms.
that means you'd LIKE to see spiderman shoot webs from his ass then?
No...I would have LIKED to see mechanical webshooters like in the comics. But this is a very old argument.
Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :
I didn't care much for the first film, but I was somewhat pleased with this sequel. I could have gone without Otto's exposed man cleavage and Peter's "I'm taking the biggest shit of my life" face in the train scene, but overall I thought it it was pretty good.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I must see this this weekend. It is now a mission.
Posted by Nim the Fanciful (Member # 205) on :
My bro wants to drag me to see Punisker but I can't stand Travolta nowadays. And I don't want even one more penny of mine to get into the scients' pockets...
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
L. Ron Hubbard commands you to go.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
We quite enjoyed The Punisher. He's a mean fucker, at the end we almost felt sorry for Travolta. . . almost!
Posted by Ultra Klackrent Zlatan Magnus (Member # 239) on :
The Punisher made me it's bitch.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I also liked the Punisher: if you hate Travolta, you'll love watching his life get dismantled onscreen.
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
Spidey 2, thumbs up.
Posted by Fleet-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
The Punisher from the 1980's doesn't compare to this latest one. I was blown away... that and the actor playing Frank Castle in this recent one...
See Spidey 2... I did and it was much better than the original. And for the third movie I want to see some Harry Osborne cleavage. I was suprised though that Donna Murphy was killed off quickly; I guess she was doing a play when the filming began.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I knew "Angi" was a gonner as soon as I saw her: she's too fuckable to live.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
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