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Spiderman 3

I should have blogged this earlier but Spiderman 3 may be the worst super-hero movie I have seen (although the five minutes I watched of Catwomen were painful, it was only 5 minutes). The movie dragged horribly in the middle and seemed cluttered at times (and I like complex story lines). There were some fun scenes (JJJ getting harassed by his secretary) and the final battle scene was okay but the rest bored me. Not nearly as good as the first two.

As the Washington Post said

In an apparent effort to put a stake in the heart of the franchise that
threatens to define his career, director Sam Raimi has delivered an overlong,
visually incoherent, mean-spirited and often just plain awful “Spider-Man 3,” a
tangled web of special-effects overkill and self-indulgence that all but
destroys the joy and goodwill created by the first two movies.

Of course the reason I saw it again was for Mark who turned seven yesterday but even he was bored in the middle of it. The movie did provoke some excellent post-movie debate like which Spiderman would get more candy at Halloween. I say evil Spidey. Of course while I like the big screen and the Galaxy is a great theatre. Here is the cost breakdown.

Parking = Free (we lucked out)
Admission for two adults and two kids = $35
A large popcorn, two regular drinks, two small drinks, and a small candy = $25
Grand Total = $60

I may never go a movie again.

7 Comments

  1. Jamie Arpin-Ricci says:

    I couldn’t agree more. We were very disappointed. Sadly, Shrek The Third was not much better.

  2. Santosh says:

    I have to disagree. Felicia and I saw it – not great, but not as bad as you guys say it was. I thought the CGI was way better then other movies with CGI. I think it lost its way when it tried to introduce too many plot lines:
    sandman,
    the weird demonic topher grace spiderman
    and the goblin jr. story
    I thought it was a nice escapist summer flick. – If you guys want to see a great movie rent Pan’s Labyrinth.

  3. Jordon says:

    The CGI was pretty good but I just thought the movie dragged horribly in the middle. I wanted more web slinging, less slow developing storylines. It seemed like a 90 minute flick stretched out for an hour longer.

  4. Jamie Arpin-Ricci says:

    Santosh,

    The CGI was amazing, but for me it has to serve the film, not be the central strength of it. I genuinely wished I had waited for the DVD.

    However, we do agree on “Pan’s Labyrinth”. Excellent film.

    Peace,
    Jamie

  5. Brian says:

    My kids liked it… I was disappointed, though. Of course, we only pay $4 a ticket, so it was cheap boredom, at least.

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