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Spiderman
Spectacular! Okay, it won't make my top ten and there were some uneven moments, but it easily exceeded my expectations. And many of you MC old-timers know how picky the old frogboy can be.
Toby Maguire gave an amazingly nuanced and shaded performance while skillfully walking the line between dark hero and camp. We already have that in Batman, Spidey is different. The effects were flawless. I feel those who have criticized them have done so because Spiderman does things that we know aren't humanly possible. But, hey - he's super-human. I guess some people just missed the first half of the film explaining that point.
The Green Goblin was a little disappointing. I wish some of Dafoe's face had been visible through the mask. It was a poor decision, but his performance was superb nonetheless.
The final scene was a little over-the-top at first, but became much more dramatic as it progressed away from the theatrics.
The film could have been trimmed down a few minutes, but it still zipped along without any slow sections. Sam Raimi could have easily diredted the film as a throwback to all of the ones that came before it, but Spiderman has etched out his own slot in cinema history. I'll definitely see the next one and buy the special edition DVD.
A-
Spectacular! Okay, it won't make my top ten and there were some uneven moments, but it easily exceeded my expectations. And many of you MC old-timers know how picky the old frogboy can be.
Toby Maguire gave an amazingly nuanced and shaded performance while skillfully walking the line between dark hero and camp. We already have that in Batman, Spidey is different. The effects were flawless. I feel those who have criticized them have done so because Spiderman does things that we know aren't humanly possible. But, hey - he's super-human. I guess some people just missed the first half of the film explaining that point.
The Green Goblin was a little disappointing. I wish some of Dafoe's face had been visible through the mask. It was a poor decision, but his performance was superb nonetheless.
The final scene was a little over-the-top at first, but became much more dramatic as it progressed away from the theatrics.
The film could have been trimmed down a few minutes, but it still zipped along without any slow sections. Sam Raimi could have easily diredted the film as a throwback to all of the ones that came before it, but Spiderman has etched out his own slot in cinema history. I'll definitely see the next one and buy the special edition DVD.
A-
