movie review--Spiderman 3

[whirlygigspin]

My kingdom for an editor! Spiderman may save NYC, but editors save movies...it could be a good movie if it were re-cut, here and there.

Aside from editing, the story loses the chance to emotionally connect the characters in any deeper way than displaying the play of competing egos. Underlying it all is a strong play on 9-11, people falling out of buildings, rubble crashing, 'the sandman' monster, can you say al quaeda?and the black 'stuff' --the dark side--Cheney's influence, no doubt.

In all not a bad movie but if your going to see spiderman's dark side, be warned, you will only find a sweetened syrupy version of a spiderman who gets bad... by eating cookies.

[bluecrush]

1. Sounds like a blockbuster

but I think I'll stick with the video game. Thanks for the review!

[ET Awful]

2. Haven't seen it yet, but plan to. . . .just as an FYI, the "black stuff"

is a carry over from a story line in the comics from the 80's. The Sandman is also from the comics (beginning, according to Wikipedia, as early as 1963).

[NewJeffCT]

3. Yes, the "black stuff" is from the "Secret Wars" miniseries

A bunch of super heroes & villains went to an alternate world for some big showdown (alternate earth maybe - I don't recall exactly because it's been almost 20 years) It was primarily an excuse to put a bunch of the heroes together so fans of just one comic hero/group would buy something else...

In the process of fighting these Secret Wars, Spidey's old costume got torn to shreds, and he found the "black stuff" costume. However, his slide into a cocky bad-ass evil guy took many months & issues in the comic. Eventually, he started becoming more aggressive and a bit ruthless when he got rid of the costume... where it found Eddie Brock and it became Venom.

And, yes Sandman has been around over 40 years in the comic books.

[Radio_Lady]

4. Whirlygigspin, scoot over to my review thread if you have a minute...

You'll see some special digital photographs my husband took during the street shoot last Memorial Day 2006 weekend. We just happened to be staying at the Hilton Manhattan club on the next block south!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=6477639&mesg_id=6477639

[hippiechick]

5. But the most important question:

WILL THERE BE ANY WILLEM ??? :loveya:

[whirlygigspin]

6. yes, but not much!

: O

[Radio_Lady]

10. The Green Goblin is seen in flashback, voice over, and talking out of

a rather realistic painting!

Dr. Oct is not in it at all.

[Ava]

7. the movie was exactly what i thought it would be

a feel good movie that is just fun to watch. i went to a midnight showing of it last night.

in my opinion there in absolutely NO political messages in the movie. i think you are reading to deep into them movie. afterall this one was based off of the comic series that was written years before bush and cheney got into office. then again the great thing about movies is that each person can read into them as much as they want.

fun movie, not as good as the first two, but still worth the ticket price.

[whirlygigspin]

8. Spidey smashing records all over the planet

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/us-spidey-3-looking-bigger-than-1-or-2/

Spidey Is Soaring Towards $50 Mil Friday; Threequel Will Be Way Bigger Than 1 Or 2

France - 5.01 million Euros ($6.81) --- Biggest opening day of all time for either Hollywood or local films. It broke the opening day gross record of Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire (3.9 million) and also the previews-included biggest opening day by giant local film Taxi 2 (4.5 million). Bigger than the opening days of Spidey 1 & 2 combined (4.9 million).

Germany - 3.56 million Euros ($4.56) --- Biggest Tuesday ever. 69% bigger than the opening day of Spidey 2 and 80% bigger and Spidey 1.

Italy - 2.95 million Euros ($4.02) --- Biggest opening day of all time for either Hollywood or local films, breaking the record that we recently smashed with The Da Vinci Code (2.03) by 45%. Bigger than the opening days of Spidey 1 & 2 combined (2.3 million).

Austria - .530 million Euros ($.721) --- Biggest Tuesday gross ever and the 3rd biggest opening ever behind LOTR-Return of the King and LOTR-Two Towers. 48% bigger than the opening of Spidey 2 and 165% bigger than the opening of Spidey 1.

Belgium - .406 million Euros ($.552) --- Biggest opening day of all time for either Hollywood or local films. Bigger than the opening days of Spidey 1 & 2 combined (.399 million).

Holland - .271 million Euros ($.369) --- 22% bigger than the opening of Spidey 2 and 5% bigger than Spidey 1.

Switzerland - .349 million Francs ($.286) --- 9% bigger than the opening of Spidey 2 and 11% bigger than Spidey 1.

Egypt - .162 million Pounds ($.29) --- Biggest opening day of all time, breaking the previous record set by Pirates 2 (.136).

Japan - 444 million Yen ($3.7) --- Biggest Tuesday gross ever, breaking the record set by Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (408 million). Opening is 8% bigger than Spider-Man 2 (410 million) and 28% bigger than Spider-Man (347 million).

Korea - 3.2 billion Won($3.4) --- Biggest opening day of all time for either Hollywood or local films. Bigger than the opening days of Spidey 1 & 2 combined (2.0 billion).

Singapore – 1.02 million $ Singapore ($.670) --- Biggest single day of all time, previously held by the opening weekend Saturday of Spider-Man 2 (.777). Opening days of Spidey 1 & 2 combined was 1.06 million..

Philippines – 45.6 million Pesos ($1.1) --- Biggest single day of all time, 39% bigger than previous record held by the opening weekend Sunday of Spider-Man 2 (32.7). Bigger than the opening days of Spidey 1 & 2 combined (42 million.) The 51 million opening day is 1/3 of the lifetime gross of Spider Man 1, which was at the time was the biggest film of all time. First film ever to gross $1 million in a single day.

Taiwan (Taipei only) – 17.2 million $Taiwan ($.515) --- Biggest weekday ever, previously held by the opening Friday of Kung Fu Hustle (15.6). Bigger than the opening days of Spidey 1 & 2 combined (16.9 million).

Hong Kong - 7.5 million $HK ($1.0) --- Biggest opening day of all time, previously held by Kung Fu Hustle (5.0 million). Bigger then the opening days of Spidey 1 & 2 combined (5.4 million).

Malaysia - 1.75 million Ringgit ($.462) --- Biggest single day of all time, previously held by the opening weekend Saturday of Spider-Man 2 (1.52). Bigger than the opening days of Spidey 1 & 2 combined (1.6 million).

Thailand - 34.1 million Baht ($1.0) --- Biggest single day of all time, 30% bigger than previous Hollywood record held by Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (26.3) and breaking the all-time recort held by local film Tom Yum Goong (30.6). Bigger than the opening days of Spidey 1 & 2 combined (26.9 million). First film to gross over $1 million in a single day.

Total gross for Tuesday, May 1 - $29.15 million --- 86% bigger than the same territories opened on Spider-Man 2 ($15.6 million) and 175% bigger than the same territories opened on Spider-Man ($10.6 million).

Territories opening – 16

Territories beating Spider-Man 2’s opening day – 16

Territories beating Spider-Man’s opening day – 16

Territories beating the combined gross of Spider-Man 1 & 2 - 9

Territories with the biggest opening day of all time – 10

Territories with the biggest single day of all time – 4

[Radio_Lady]

11. I loved it and it was better than I expected -- a pleasant surprise!

Rated "A" on Ellen's Entertainment Report Card.

See full review at my web journal (you may need to scroll down a bit), or click on this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6477639

[Shine]

9. We just got back from seeing it with the kids.

It was OK. That's about it. My 10 yr old dtr and I got teary at the end when his friend died, but I can cry at commercials, so there you have it. LOL.

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