Revisiting 'Spider-Man 3' With a Review Worth Reading
I love it when other people are on board with what I am thinking
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Unfortunately I think RopeofSilicon has fallen out of favor with several fanboys due to our firm stance that the Spider-Man franchise is not all that it is cracked up to be. People got a little excited when I pointed out the flaws in the first two films and then I added Spider-Man to my list of Top Ten Worst Movies That Made Over $100 Million. Suffice to say I wasn't trying to earn fans, just trying to be honest.
Then, today, I was sent a link to a blog where some poor unsuspecting soul ended up watching Spider-Man 3 during an international flight over the Atlantic Ocean and mainland America. Unfortunately for him, he too wasn't so excited about what he ended up seeing.
Here are a couple of snippets:
Let's see, where do I start? Ah yes, plot. In short, there wasn't one. There were at least three hundred and twenty seven sub-plots, but for the life of me, I could never figure out where the movie was going. It was like watching a series of short films, all with the same characters.
The primary protagonist is our old friend Peter Parker, aka Spiderman, who was played by that same guy who was made famous in those movies where he was a Hobbit carrying a ring around. What's that you say? That was a different guy? Really? Hum, that's too bad. This movie could have been greatly improved with the addition of an actual POINT. As well as some orcs, wizards and elves thrown in for good measure…
..I do have a hard time deciding which was the most absurd aspect of this "character development". Was it the ability to tell which Peter was being portrayed simply by the haircut? Bangs up = Good Peter. Bangs down = Bad Peter. Was it the curious pseudo hipster, wanna-be beatnik, finger snapping walk down the street which oddly enough caused all the women he passed to snap their necks around to stare at our newly transformed little Hobbit? Maybe it was the Jazz Bar scene where Bad Peter, in the span of two agonizing minutes, puts on a performance which mimics such a wide array of films as Bill Murray in Groundhog Day (playing the piano), Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing, any music video by Michael Jackson, and John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.
By the way, yes the writer does realize that Tobey Maguire and Elijah Wood are two different people. It is a joke and not something to bash him over the head with.
No matter if you are a Spider-Man apologist there is nothing he is saying that you can dispute. He is spot on with his thoughts and if you want to read more of his accurate insights just click here.
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