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Spider man, snider man

Tuesday morning, went to see spider man 2 last night and wasn’t disappointed. That, of course, wasn’t very difficult because I was expecting it to be really bad and it was just slightly better than that. The effects were good, the villain was good, the computer graphics were well done, but for some reason some idiot thought it would be a good idea to use Toby Maguire again. Though admittedly I did get some laughs from his goofy angry face and his troll like strained face I found his overall acting appalling. He had three dozen and two sappy scenes opposite Kirsten Dunst, who can act a little better (watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to find proof of that) but couldn’t help but make 2/3rds of the movie look like a two bit romance novel.

Now I know that Spider man is a comic book hero and they needed to use elements from that, but couldn’t they have looked to the Hulk for some ideas? At least that was a good movie that had me well entertained. There the cinematography gave a really comic book feel without there being a need for mass projectile vomiting on behalf of the audience. Alfred Molina (who played doctor Octopus) was good, it was just as shame that his character couldn’t be the main one or, at least, they couldn’t have had him win. If we could have seen Toby Maguire in a terribly bloody and mangled death scene that would have made up for a lot.

posted by Symbol @ 6.7.04