Spiderman 2, Obviously Superior.

I've spent a little time before falling asleep in the last few nights watching Spiderman 2. This is a great movie, far superior to Spiderman 1, which is generally considered the better movie. The main reason I'm not a fan of Spiderman 1 as much, is that I think the villian is lame and ridiculous. The beginning where Peter discovers his powers, and fights Bone Saw is great. But then Willam Defoe goes crazy and uses his flying suit to disrupt Macy Gray's performance during that parade. After spending probably years developing that flying suit, no one at his company realized it was him??? And why did his employees make him a buncha grenades without being suspicious!? And where did the goblin helmet come from conveniantly after he went crazy?? And just "going crazy" isn't a good enough motive for me. Not to mention, how did he make that girl voice in the burning building?


Now in the second one, I think Dr. Octopus is a 100 times more interesting villian. He's a scientist with goals, who needs money and tritium or whatever and Harry offers to buy it for him if he brings him Spiderman since Harry still has a grudge. I think that motive is great, and makes perfect sense. I could watch Dr. Octopus's arms do stuff for hours, I was fascinated. Like when he ripped apart the car and hurled pieces at Spidey. Green Goblin did nothing for me, just flew around and acted gay. Also, you got to see a deeper battle with Peter's own problems in his life, he got to reveal his identity to Mary Jane and ultimately get his girl, a happy ending (to quote V) as only celluloid can deliver! I feel pretty confident that Spiderman 2 is my favorite superhero type (not counting V for Vendetta) movie to date.

I'm hoping Spiderman 3 is even better!

In case you hadn't heard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3ClqaG_hZo

So Says Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith lashed out at Joel Siegel after the movie critic stormed out of a screening of Clerks II during a scene where the characters are discussing hiring woman to perform sexual favors on a donkey. Siegel got out of his seat and yelled: "Time to go! First movie I've walked out of in 30 [bleeping] years!" In response, Kevin Smith wrote on his MySpace:
"Getting a bad review from Siegel is like a badge of honor. This is the guy who stole his mustachioed-critic shtick from Gene Shalit years ago, and still refuses to give it back. This is a guy who seemingly prides himself on his own nyuk-nyuk wordplay. For 'Pirates 2,' he made us all titter with 'Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Fun' . . . He made us squeal with delight when he wrote, 'Wheelie Good Time for "Cars." ' I mean, Fozzy [bleeping] Bear laughs at this guy."
And there's more: "I don't need Joel Siegel to [bleep] my [bleep] the way he apparently [bleeps] M. Night Shyamalan's, gushing over his flick ['The Lady in the Water'] before he's even seen it, but [bleep] man, man - how about a little common [bleeping] courtesy? You never, never disrupt a movie, simply because you don't like it. Cardinal rule of moviegoing: Shut your [bleeping] mouth while the movie's playing.
"I don't come down to your job and slap the taste out of your mouth for coming up with a line like, ' "Shark Tale" Is a Halibut Good Time' - so don't [bleep] with my stuff while it's still screening . . . What are you, a 12-year-old boy cutting loose with your pals at a Friday night screening of 'Scary Movie' 4' while your parents are in a theater down the hall watching 'The Devil Wears Prada'? Leave the diva-like behavior and drama-queen antics to the movie stars, not the movie reviewer, ya' rude-ass [bleep]."

My Weekend Has Officially Been Made

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/spider-man_3/

http://www.jackassmovie.com/movies/trailer.html




Update July 4th: Scracth that, now it's officially made.

http://www.transformersmovie.com/