Spiderman (2002) |
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The film started off ok, showing maybe it had potential, and taking some of the more predictable moments
and putting small twists on them to make you snigger, but this feeling of "I might be able to put up with
sitting through this" quickly died away upon the introduction of the arch-nemisis - the Green Goblin.
I have to say, sure the film need someone for spiderman to go up against, but couldn't they have done at
least a little bit better than this? I doubt the Green Goblin would scare a five year old for more than
about half a minute, let alone anyone else.
The performances were overall fairly bland, but that may be more to do with a lack of character development on anyone but spiderman himself than anything. You had the girl next door who wasn't worth the interest, the flatmate who was a total stereotype, and worst of all William Dafoe's character of the flatmate's father that was utterly hollow and lifeless. The special effects were ok, but definitely not as good as other films of recent times, and certainly didn't live up to the hype. What has the world come to, to allow such mainstream hollywood schlop to become so popular? I could only really find one good thing about this movie as a whole - seeing a Dr Pepper can take up the full height of the cinema screen in a totally shameless product placement. Oh, where would I be without you good Dr ... |
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