The first installment in a (fingers crossed) occasional series now that we are Netflixing again. This probably should have started with Transformers, but Spiderman 3 will do nicely.
Leaving aside the fact that None of It Makes Sense, the worst (and best) things about the movie:
1. Emo Bangs! Seriously, who goes evil by way of Emo Bangs?
2. The Emo Bangs turn Spidey into a jiving ’70s guy — I so wish I was making this up. How did they convince Maguire to do this? Sam Raimi must have pictures of something really disturbing… but how it could be more disturbing than this sequence, I really don’t know.
3. James Franco’s Harry has a butler who seems–for lack of a better word–special and who gives such a rousing speech about love and mad boy love that I could Not Stop Laughing. Christopher’s convinced this guy is a random hobo who won the role in a contest using a public library computer.
4. They’re all supposed to be fighting over Mary Jane, but boys? Get a room.
5. Brilliant new storytelling! Inconsistent Characterization = Plot and Thinly Veiled Pretext = Plot Point.
See how I took the high road? I didn’t even mention Maguire’s baby double chin. (Not that I’m advocating for the current insane cultural skeleton fetish, but if Dunst showed up like this they’d either have her killed or digitally edit the excess away and she’d still never work again.)
I could not believe how out of its mind terrible that movie was. For exactly those reasons. ESPECIALLY the bangs.
Ha! We saw it in France after Cannes, looking for some brainless fun. But yeah…awful, awful stuff.
On the subject of transformers, however, we must agree to disagree.
Check out How Spider-Man 3 Should Have Ended; very funny stuff.
Aw man. Jason totally stole what I was gonna say. Though the other “How It Should Have Ended” films are funnier, this one gets points for ending with an unbelieving Mary Jane saying, “You punched me in the face!”
Horrible. HORRIBLE! The shot of Spidey in front of an unfurled American flag was one of the worst moments… Ugh.
yeah, it wasn’t all that great