THIS POST CONTAINS A REVIEW OF SPIDER-MAN 3. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT, DO NOT READ FURTHER.
After much anticipation, Kevin, Emily, and I entered the downtown Cineworld theatre at 12:45 this afternoon to catch Spider-Man 3. The past two nights, we've watched Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 respectively, to catch up with the story. For those of you not in the know, Spider-Man (along with TMNT and X-Men) was MY SHOW back in the good old days of Saturday morning cartoons. Naturally, I've followed the movies closely as well. The sequel is on my top 5 list, I would have to say. Whatever, that's not the point. The point is we went and saw the new film.
After much consideration (about 2 hours), I've decided to give Spider-Man 3 my full endorsement. Although a little busy at times, the film does a good job handling the plotlines involving Harry and Peter, as well as the Sandman. It also was very good in how they portrayed the black suit and how it affects Peter. That scene in the middle when he gets all cocky and is walking around NYC like an idiot was hilarious. Don't know how I felt about the dancing though. But it was cool when he ripped it off in the church bell tower (just like the comics). I thought they didn't do enough with Venom. He just sort of seemed to be tacked on in the end to add an extra jolt. The Venom story was so big in the TV show, I guess I just expected it to be given a bit more weight in the film, but whatever. He served his purpose. Although I really like Topher Grace, the story just didn't give him a lot to do.
Acting wise, Tobey Maguire was once again spot on as Peter Parker/Spider-Man. Kirsten Dunst was pretty good too. They could have used some more of J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson, but what are you going to do? I think the unsung hero was James Franco. He was really good as the schizophrenic Harry, and his sacrifice and death was very poignant for me. And Rosemary Harris as Aunt May was once again brilliant. Damn they casted well. Great movie. I think I would rate it below Spider-Man 2, but it is a worthy movie of the name.
In other news.... not much. The flat has been gripped by the discovery of www.tv-links.co.uk. It has either given us a fun new way to relax or is destroying all productivity, depending on how you look at it. It basically has links to a million TV shows and movies, so you can watch them streaming on your computer. Tons of back episodes, and it's updated practically every day. So, I have a reliable place to watch 24 at least. A bunch of us are probably going to The Lion tonight to listen to a ska band and have a pint or two. I have a baseball game tomorrow against the University of East Anglia. I'm starting in left field, hopefully I can channel my blind love of the game into actual competence in the field. First game with the "kit" (uniform), so at least I'll look like I know what I'm doing. Funny how that works.
Classes are going well, especially in the wind down here. We're learning about Clinton and Bush Jr. in American History, so it's sort of cool to examine things I can remember. We're also starting on WWII in my War and Ideology class. So yeah, just have to crank out a few things for Mark and Carol and I'll be golden.
In Twins news, two crap losses to Tampa Bay?! Seriously guys.....
That's all for now. Later.
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