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I know this is not a STar Wars topic, but it was refreshing to see a film that had huge expectations not only meet them, but knock them out of the park (along with the LotR Trilogy). Great story, action, and showed how to be very funny w/o being forced or corny. Granted, this is not a distinguished list, but hands-down thebest comic film ever.
Spider Man 2 ROCKED! Talk about a good film for a change
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Posted 30 June 2004 - 11:10 PM
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Posted 31 March 2006 - 07:58 AM
Spiderman 2 was terrible. Ok, it wasn’t that bad, but it wasn’t as good as everybody made it out to be. I have no idea how either of them made so much money.
I go to action movies to see action - not Peter Parker acting like an emotional twit. That’s the kind of shit I expect to see in a chick flick - which is exactly why I don’t watch those. Seeing all those crappy things happen to Peter was depressing, and there just wasn’t enough violence to make up for it.
Doc Oc was my favorite character from spider man, and he was hardly in the movie. They wasted his awesomeness and killed him off. Boo hiss!
Four thumbs way down. And like I said, its not like it was that bad, but I definitely wasn’t able to sit through it a second time when it came out on HBO.
I go to action movies to see action - not Peter Parker acting like an emotional twit. That’s the kind of shit I expect to see in a chick flick - which is exactly why I don’t watch those. Seeing all those crappy things happen to Peter was depressing, and there just wasn’t enough violence to make up for it.
Doc Oc was my favorite character from spider man, and he was hardly in the movie. They wasted his awesomeness and killed him off. Boo hiss!
Four thumbs way down. And like I said, its not like it was that bad, but I definitely wasn’t able to sit through it a second time when it came out on HBO.
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Posted 31 March 2006 - 08:14 AM
I actually liked that movie for not being all about bloody violence. Peter's character, all the problem's he has and the connection to his real life make it much more interesting and (*ahem*) somewhat realistic.
Although it might have been a total über-movie if they'd made a film-noir movie out of it.
Although it might have been a total über-movie if they'd made a film-noir movie out of it.
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Posted 31 March 2006 - 11:15 AM
I thought they should've done something other than the 'giving up his powers' thing. It's been waaay overdone in the comics.
The movie itself was amazing in the theaters, but it didn't port well over to the small screen. I'm not sure what it was, but I figure it was a combination of the huge screen and the huge loudness of it.
The movie itself was amazing in the theaters, but it didn't port well over to the small screen. I'm not sure what it was, but I figure it was a combination of the huge screen and the huge loudness of it.
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Posted 31 March 2006 - 12:30 PM
Wow, somebodys crabby. I like lots of movies. I was just disappointed by Spiderman 2.
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Posted 01 April 2006 - 04:20 AM
QUOTE (Private Zod @ Jun 30 2004, 11:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I know this is not a STar Wars topic, but it was refreshing to see a film that had huge expectations not only meet them, but knock them out of the park (along with the LotR Trilogy). Great story, action, and showed how to be very funny w/o being forced or corny. Granted, this is not a distinguished list, but hands-down thebest comic film ever.
Dear me! Did you watch the same Spider-man 2 as I did?
The story was rather crap, the action was OKish but also more or less more of the same. Very funny? When exactly? And 'without being corny'? What!?
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Posted 01 April 2006 - 11:39 AM
QUOTE (Revan-47 @ Mar 31 2006, 12:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It doesnt seem like anybody likes any movies around here. Why post about them?
Hey, I like movies.
I like plenty of movies.
Airplane, for instance.
Batman: The Movie.
Batman.
Batman Forever (because it had Two-Face. Admittedly, not a GOOD Two-Face, but Two-Face kicks ass anyway.)
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Posted 01 April 2006 - 12:57 PM
QUOTE (Otal Nimrodi @ Apr 1 2006, 11:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hey, I like movies.
I like plenty of movies.
Airplane, for instance.
Batman: The Movie.
Batman.
Batman Forever (because it had Two-Face. Admittedly, not a GOOD Two-Face, but Two-Face kicks ass anyway.)
I like plenty of movies.
Airplane, for instance.
Batman: The Movie.
Batman.
Batman Forever (because it had Two-Face. Admittedly, not a GOOD Two-Face, but Two-Face kicks ass anyway.)
I think he was meaning good movies...
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Posted 01 April 2006 - 01:28 PM
But... I LOVE bad movies.
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Posted 03 April 2006 - 07:34 AM
You've got to accept that there are some movies that are so bad, so very very bad, that start being good.
In my case, it's Desperado. I know that thing stinks, but every time I catch it on TV I have to watch it.
In my case, it's Desperado. I know that thing stinks, but every time I catch it on TV I have to watch it.
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Posted 03 April 2006 - 08:15 AM
My favorite bad movie is Dracula 3000: Infinite Darkness.
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Posted 03 April 2006 - 08:20 AM
Oh man that movie sucked! I actually sat throught the entire thing though. I just kept thinking to myself it'll get better... any minute now.... any minute now.... only 10 minutes left? oh well guess Ill just watch the rest of it.
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Posted 03 April 2006 - 05:57 PM
OH MY GOD. I agree with Sailor Abbey.
SPIDERMAN 2 was an ass-sucking machine, powered to last 1000 years.
1) It had the same plot as the first film: Peter deals with responsibility of power; he lamely tries to compete with romantic rival for the affection of Mary Jane; he flirts with not using his powers for the common good despite frequent repetition of Ben Parker's inspirational catch phrase; he finds a father figure in an adult scientist who turns out also to be the main villain; the main villain despite total evil and craziness is basically a good guy who dies by his own hand; both movies end with Harry Osborn moving in the direction of villainry.
2) The CGI is terrible.
3) The characters don't follow any sort of comic book conventions. Liike Spiderman shouldn't be as strong as Doctor Octopus, but he's way faster. These strengths and weaknesses should have come into play in the fight on the train, where Doc Oc matched Spiderman's speed and strength the whole time. In the comic book, Spiderman wouldn't have been able to hurt or to contain Doc Oc, but would have run circles around him. Instead, we got two identical CGI characters bashing away at one another.
4) Kirsten Dunst didn't stand in the rain in a summer dress with no bra. Not once.
SPIDERMAN 2 was an ass-sucking machine, powered to last 1000 years.
1) It had the same plot as the first film: Peter deals with responsibility of power; he lamely tries to compete with romantic rival for the affection of Mary Jane; he flirts with not using his powers for the common good despite frequent repetition of Ben Parker's inspirational catch phrase; he finds a father figure in an adult scientist who turns out also to be the main villain; the main villain despite total evil and craziness is basically a good guy who dies by his own hand; both movies end with Harry Osborn moving in the direction of villainry.
2) The CGI is terrible.
3) The characters don't follow any sort of comic book conventions. Liike Spiderman shouldn't be as strong as Doctor Octopus, but he's way faster. These strengths and weaknesses should have come into play in the fight on the train, where Doc Oc matched Spiderman's speed and strength the whole time. In the comic book, Spiderman wouldn't have been able to hurt or to contain Doc Oc, but would have run circles around him. Instead, we got two identical CGI characters bashing away at one another.
4) Kirsten Dunst didn't stand in the rain in a summer dress with no bra. Not once.
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