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BrainSluggo
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Originally posted by Kryten: There's such a thing as "too much John Lithgow"? Oh, you bet your sweet bipzilla. Since he got an Oscar nomination for his unique and ballsy role in The World According To Garp, we have been subjected to greater and greater gulps of his worsening obscene scenery-chewing in Harry and the Hendersons, Footloose, Richochet, Raising Cain (ugh), Cliffhanger (UGH), and, latest and least, 3rd Rock From The Sun. (Apologies to 3rd Rock fans.) When he is kept in check, and in a small role--like in Garp, Terms of Endearment, or Shrek--in which animators spared us his particularly fragrant brand of ham--he can be delightful. But starring roles? Uhn-uh. This is what Tom Green would be like at that age, if you took away the gross-out material--braying and mugging and whooping and flapping his arms like Harold Zoid playing Hyperchicken on Broadway with waaaay too much caffine. Ping! Ping! Makes Nathan Lane appear subtle.
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Allen
Professor
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« Reply #245 on: 04-02-2002 23:28 »
« Last Edit on: 04-02-2002 23:28 »
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K-PAXThis has already been reviewed, but I just saw it recently. Great movie, could have done without the mindblowing ending. I have a headache I give 10 out of 10. A.I. Artificial IntelligenceI loved it. Don't know why everyone hates Osment so much. He's played his characters well in my opinion. very heartwarming movie. But again could have used a slightly better ending. 10 out of 10
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Nixorbo
UberMod
DOOP Secretary
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Good movie, a lot of fun. I appreciated that they ripped the story straight from the comics, and the whole web shooter as a mutation rather than a cartridge was a definite good move in my opinion. The only thing that could really have made it better was if the Green Goblin had blown up Macy Gray. THAT would have been sweet. I'd rank it above X-Men if I wasn't much more of an X-Men guy. Oh Well.
And was there a warm-blooded male that did not hate Peter Parker at the very end?
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Nixorbo
UberMod
DOOP Secretary
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Actually, there's one on the middle of Cape Cod, too.
But, no, I don't live in Hicksville. You hafta drive half an hour to get to Hicksville.
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FishyJoe
Honorary German
Urban Legend
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Spider-man
I'm too lazy to come up with my own opinions, so I'll repeat what a friend of mine said at the theater: "It was ok, but it's no Batman...hell, it's not even an X-men"
Although the more I think about it, Batman was kinda crappy too, even though I loved it as a kid. So really, I guess X-men is the best comic book movie so far. And Spider-man doesn't come close.
The dialogue and acting weren't as bad as I had suspected, judging from the trailers. But I still wouldn't classify it as good.
I actually like Spider-man in general. I only caught a few of the comics/cartoons, but I've always liked his origin story. The whole thing with Uncle Ben being killed by the criminal Peter neglected to foil is awesome. But it seemed a little flat in this movie...and the whole "with great power comes great responsibility" quote would have worked better if Ben had known about Peter's new abilities. As it is, it just seems out of place in a "puberty" talk(although maybe that's the way it went in the comics...if so, I guess I can't complain. It's been a while since I've read the origin comic).
Also, I hated how they lamed their way around the fact that Spider-man doesn't kill people, by having all the villains accidentally die. The Green Goblin's demise was acceptable, but the other criminal death is laughable.
The CGI was really crappy, but I learned to live with it. The action scenes were ok.
Comic book nerds hate the biological webshooters, but I think they are a good change. I know Peter is smart, but I never bought how he could make this super secret spiderweb formula/contraption. The webshooting sound effects were gross though.
Green Goblin's costume still sucks. It's hard to take that seriously, especially when the mask's mouth is wide open(I kept thinking about that MST3K bit, where the movie keeps zooming in on a werewolf skull with its jaw hanging open, and Tom Servo keeps singing "ahhhhhhhhh" like an opera singer).
Overall, even with all of these negative comments, the movie wasn't so bad. I wouldn't recommend going to see it, but maybe rent it sometime if you have a free rental coupon.
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