tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post4211685462565089905..comments2023-11-05T02:01:53.847-06:00Comments on Antagony & Ecstasy: SUMMER BEGINS WITH A MOST SUBDUED BANGTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-35731007352521559182016-01-05T10:38:04.864-06:002016-01-05T10:38:04.864-06:00A superhero film with 40s style music numbers? Hmm...A superhero film with 40s style music numbers? Hmm. . . . <br /><br />"Who's strong and brave, here to save the American way. . . ,"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-12546710590161513052013-10-15T00:57:51.739-05:002013-10-15T00:57:51.739-05:00I only felt that this one maybe had just one too m...I only felt that this one maybe had just one too many villains. I think Sandman could have been the tossed off character actually, that's ultimately only there in the end to tell of how Parker's uncle actually died. I think a slimmer version of just Parker and Mary Jane's troubles, along with Harry's new kill Spiderman phase and become the green goblin jr thing, and the arrival of Venom, I feel could've coalesced more. All I remember is, "oh yeah, I forgot about this venom thing from space", and "oh yeah, Harry lost his memory", and "back to that sandman thing". Really Harry losing his memory seemed like a tossed off way to buy more time to develop whatever else was going on, and this black space goo hides out in Parker's apartment for like the first third of the movie. Ah whatever. Felt a little stuffed, but I enjoyed it, even the musical numbers!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03307420743525112063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-44485521627320492002007-05-07T10:21:00.000-05:002007-05-07T10:21:00.000-05:00I would like to point out that this also had the m...I would like to point out that this also had the most awkward in a series of VERY awkward cinematic Stan Lee cameos. I suspect that the length of time spent with him on set is roughly equal to the amount of time he is on screen, plus a few minutes to walk him over to the cameras.Pat Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10361474867794450313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-36661001163233001202007-05-05T14:31:00.000-05:002007-05-05T14:31:00.000-05:00"the effervescent magic that is [you]." indeed."the effervescent magic that is [you]." indeed.Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07573022985434913749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-35174457690623246582007-05-05T10:32:00.000-05:002007-05-05T10:32:00.000-05:00I should get off (on?) my ass and write my own rev...I should get off (on?) my ass and write my own review, but I basically had two problems. One was solveable and one wasn't without major surgery.<BR/><BR/>SOLVEABLE: The Harry-loses-his-memory plot was totally superfluous. This is a sequel; we know he used to be a nice guy. We didn't need the scenes of Peter and him playing basketball and fucking around. Also, since Mary Jane was never let in on Harry's feud with Spider-Man, she could have fled to him for support in the second act anyway. I remember sitting in the theater during S-M2, bristling with excitement when Harry showed up at the wedding with a green bow tie and a sneer - I had high hopes for the completion of his arc. But Raimi fucks with it.<BR/><BR/>UNSOLVEABLE: If the studio heads had realized that you can get away with a 2-part blockbuster, like Disney is doing with Pirates, they might have pushed Raimi to do that and they would have been right. In part 3 Spider-Man fights Sandman (who's given a better origin that doesn't rape Spider-Man's own origin story) and Harry, meets Gwen Stacy (who is awesome, instead of a cipher, and who is actually dating Eddie Brock), and at the end of the movie's final fight (which occurs at the 2 hour mark) it looks like Mary Jane has been killed. In part 4 she HAS been killed, but Peter finds love with Gwen Stacy and destroys Brock's career, and he becomes Venom in the 2nd act. And what the hell, Curt Conners has become the Lizard. Spidey beats them both with the help of a chastened Harry, who dies in the finale. And there you go - there's the end of the Spider-Man series. Cue cliche about choices or responsibility or ever.David Weigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09868726423158453640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-74823174300512409402007-05-04T19:21:00.000-05:002007-05-04T19:21:00.000-05:00I'll probably do my own reviewlet (when I'm less e...I'll probably do my own reviewlet (when I'm less exhausted from opening Spiderman 3), but I have to say, while reading your thoughts on the final musical number was a lot of fun, I found it pretty annoying to watch.<BR/><BR/>In terms of aspect ratio, I think scope is generally expected. It makes a pretty big difference in screen size when you're dealing with smaller auditoriums (although, oddly, in my theatre's smallest house, scope is actually smaller). And you know they want that "ooh big action movie" feel.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316541604903436175noreply@blogger.com