Since I'm going to end up disagreeing with everyone I know.
I thought it was a decent movie. Too many concepts compressed into it, leading to a handful of ugly kludges to make that "work." It also overplayed some of the sections that were intended to be funny.
Spider-Man 2 is still the best of the movies.
I wasn't with the audience here. They definitely detracted from the movie, to the extent that I wasn't simply tuning them out. I think I'm done with people who can't put down the defensive shield of being ironic for a couple hours.
A quick thought on why the second movie is so much better than the first or third:
Spider-man: Written by David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Mission Impossible)
Spider-man 2: Written by Alfred Gough (Shanghai Noon), Miles Millar (likewise), Alvin Sargent (Unfaithful) and Michael Chabon
Spider-man 3: Written by Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, and Alvin Sargent
So, good superhero movie? Michael Chabon.
Comments (2)
Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are also the creators of Smallville.
Posted by x | May 11, 2007 12:57 PM
Posted on May 11, 2007 12:57
Good point, and Smallville is definitely a decent adaptation of a superhero into a watchable, sometimes engaging storyline.
Posted by parakkum | May 11, 2007 01:16 PM
Posted on May 11, 2007 13:16