tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post7018234995167949872..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Spiderman 3 and the Ken Levine watch testBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-18638647075712323742007-06-13T11:56:00.000-07:002007-06-13T11:56:00.000-07:00You can put frosting on a cowpie but that doesn't ...You can put frosting on a cowpie <BR/>but that doesn't make it cake.<BR/><BR/>How about that scene where the iron girder sweeps through the office tower? Gwen Stacey grabs hold of the beam to avoid plummetting to her death.<BR/>Cut to Gwen Stacey's father -the <BR/>police chief- observing his daughter's plight from the street <BR/>below.Is he panicking? Is he<BR/>frantically mobilizing the people in his command in a desperate bid to rescue his daughter from certain doom? No. He just stands there staring upwards with the pinched expression of a parent <BR/>who's just noticed that his kid isn't wearing any underwear.As if that weren't bad enough, he takes a<BR/>moment out to get aquainted with <BR/>his daughter's self-described new <BR/>boyfriend.The alleged boyfriend <BR/>introduces himself in a calm cordial manner, seemingly unmoved by his alleged girlfriend's plight.<BR/>That's cold even for a New Yorker.<BR/>Too cold to be believable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-23646985357868410662007-06-08T08:19:00.000-07:002007-06-08T08:19:00.000-07:00"Aren’t New Yorkers supposed to have street smarts..."Aren’t New Yorkers supposed to have street smarts? Don’t you think maybe they’d RUN FOR THEIR FUCKING LIVES?! Mothers with their cute little tykes standing in the middle of harm’s way watching 200 foot monsters throw the ESPN Fun Zone into Central Park."<BR/><BR/>Yes, this blows, but the other thing that drives me batshit is that while they're watching whatever it is coming toward them (fire, flood, monster), it gets up to about 2 feet from them and then they start running, or driving, or diving into sewer grates, calling their dog (Independence Day, for God's sake) and they STILL get away. (Well, they're being paid a lot of money, so it makes sense to let them live.) If the shit ever hits the fan where I live, I want it to move as slowly as bad things do in movies.<BR/><BR/>Love your blog. After a bad day, I know I can always find some humor on your site.<BR/><BR/>To back up a bit, not suggesting that one should not save one's animals, by the way, only that it's done so stupidly. I remember watching the endless coverage of the tsunami and realizing that this wasn't a movie, and that these people were doing the right thing, running.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19249611934751717942007-06-08T06:29:00.000-07:002007-06-08T06:29:00.000-07:00That watch test is great. The only good thing I c...That watch test is great. The only good thing I can say about S3 is I didn't have to pay for and there were unlimited free concessions (junket screening).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-35793388636218592652007-06-08T00:02:00.000-07:002007-06-08T00:02:00.000-07:00Why do people expect much from the Spiderman movie...Why do people expect much from the Spiderman movies? The <B>only</B> reason I watch them is because of the action scenes, and I enjoyed the action scenes (especially the Spidey/Sandman fights). <BR/><BR/>But everything else was utter crap...ruining Venom (who is supposed to be the ultimate bad guy) and Sandman (he's an actual big-time thief...pure evil sort of thing, not some guy who accidentally committed a crime). F you Raimi brothers.SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245472084190224186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20875169060258639782007-06-07T17:05:00.000-07:002007-06-07T17:05:00.000-07:00Bad movies? I'd give a year's pay to have the two...Bad movies? <BR/><BR/>I'd give a year's pay to have the two hours I lost watching "Being John Malkovich."<BR/><BR/>I hear they use it at Gitmo.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14383234713692495686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-11295508482178509962007-06-07T13:22:00.000-07:002007-06-07T13:22:00.000-07:00Hey, this could be a whole other thread - bad movi...Hey, this could be a whole other thread - bad movies! It's been twenty years, but my friend still brings up "Picnic at Hanging Rock"<BR/>as the longest two hours of his life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-23747317770950059022007-06-07T08:45:00.000-07:002007-06-07T08:45:00.000-07:00I don't think it was terrible, but I don't think i...I don't think it was terrible, but I don't think it was good either. Probably around a B-. <BR/><BR/>I did a whole analysis on my own blog and came to the conclusion that it was carelessness that killed the movie. Lazy writing filled with amnesia and butlers and "Find religion" and "It's probably a bird" and coincidence upon coincidence... A few more drafts and a little TLC and maybe we would've had a better movie. It didn't HAVE to be this way.Dante Kleinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15352526035841213773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-24707730696673243492007-06-07T08:05:00.000-07:002007-06-07T08:05:00.000-07:00Add me to The English Patient group. It took 20 mi...Add me to The English Patient group. It took 20 minutes before I was pacing the floor begging my friend to leave with me. She didn't, I paced. Absolutely unbearable movie.Kerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09784642369957250699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-2026329317367352012007-06-06T21:41:00.000-07:002007-06-06T21:41:00.000-07:00The movie came to a dead stop for me when MJ start...The movie came to a dead stop for me when MJ started to sing. Not that she couldn't (which is, of course, true), but I couldn't bend my mind around the ideas that a) anyone would name a show "Manhattan Memories;" b) anyone would start a show with that song in that staging in any non-ironic context; c) the show opened cold, with no prevews, and d) no one on the creative staff noticed until the reviews came out that MJ had no talent, and then fired her with no notice.<BR/><BR/>Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln . . .Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14383234713692495686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-85212552658269271342007-06-06T20:21:00.000-07:002007-06-06T20:21:00.000-07:00Go see a little movie called "Once." It's the exac...Go see a little movie called "Once." It's the exact polar opposite of SM3. Nothing blows up; nobody cries; it's un-polished, and pleasantly talky (it's Irish, or is that redundant?). None of the images are computer-generated, and instead there are human-generated emotions. It's full of singing, and while not much happens, it does so beautifully. <BR/><BR/>This is one I'm glad I saw in a theater, because it'll be forever before the DVD and my speakers suck. It also washed away the lingering cinema-hate I had going because SM3 was the LAST thing I saw in the theater.Febrifugehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11390183224653926238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-84784413014454020352007-06-06T19:10:00.000-07:002007-06-06T19:10:00.000-07:00I enjoyed the woman behind me who muttered "SLUT!"...I enjoyed the woman behind me who muttered "SLUT!" when MJ kissed Harry. But you will be WIDE AWAKE when my film hits the screen.Dwaconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544514023626682777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-67218532452480067222007-06-06T16:06:00.000-07:002007-06-06T16:06:00.000-07:00Bill Nesbitt said: I've thrown in the towel on th...<B>Bill Nesbitt said:</B> <I>I've thrown in the towel on this whole goin' to the theater business.</I><BR/>I'm 100% with you on this one. My husband and I have stopped going to the movies. They come to us via Netflix! We got a pretty large DLP TV, and it's like being in a theater without all the crap going on around you. If your phone rings or you have to pee, you can put the movie on pause! And if you check your watch, just stop watching and wait for the next Netflix!mavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159992386642158559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62008589924576049182007-06-06T14:52:00.000-07:002007-06-06T14:52:00.000-07:00"Spiderman 3" looks so bad to me that I was checki...<I>"Spiderman 3"</I> looks so bad to me that I was checking my watch during Richard Roeper's review.<BR/><BR/>What never ceases to amaze me is the mentality that if the first movie was a success then sequel should be the exact same plot devices, set pieces and gags, but with more explosions and destruction.<BR/><BR/>It would be like the Beatles recording Sgt. Peppers and then following it up by recording the same songs again, only louder.<BR/><BR/>About the only really good sequel I can think of in the past few years was <I>"Bourne Supremacy"</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-85107951868063644442007-06-06T13:24:00.000-07:002007-06-06T13:24:00.000-07:00I've thrown in the towel on this whole goin' to th...I've thrown in the towel on this whole goin' to the theater business. With idiots yapping on phones, LED screens flicking left and right as the OCD types check email…'oye. Then throw in the commercials for the captive audience…is it me or has our theater society lost all manner of well, manners?<BR/><BR/>On the upside it's wonderful to watch Babel in HD on the Plasma.<BR/><BR/>Bill NesbittAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-7986977161833103732007-06-06T13:07:00.000-07:002007-06-06T13:07:00.000-07:00I didn't think SM3 was that bad. It had the same p...I didn't think SM3 was <I>that</I> bad. It had the same problem POTC3 has: trying to cram too much story into one movie. <BR/><BR/>But as someone else said, "Knocked Up" is hilarious. I'm still laughing at lines, 4 days later.<b>dotter</b>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00934927638486123847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64427012318463899852007-06-06T12:06:00.000-07:002007-06-06T12:06:00.000-07:00Spiderman 3. Bad, bad action flick; funny, funny ...Spiderman 3. Bad, bad action flick; funny, funny film. I laughed out loud when I saw that Venom and Sandman were kind enough to write a challenge to Spiderman using Venom's web. <BR/><BR/>SANDMAN: You're making the woids too big. They'll never fit between those buildings.<BR/><BR/>VENOM: Oh, I see. Now you're a webbing expert?<BR/><BR/>SANDMAN: I'm just saying. There won't be enough room for the explanation point.<BR/><BR/>VENOM: Exclamation! The word is EXCLAMATION!Todd Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04841213952526711599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63677341663242209562007-06-06T11:44:00.000-07:002007-06-06T11:44:00.000-07:00Do you ever check your watch in hopes that you hav...Do you ever check your watch in hopes that you have PLENTY of time left to savor the masterpiece, happy to find out only 15 minutes have elapsed?Schottzie03https://www.blogger.com/profile/16624465932868582438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-74833654938127347832007-06-06T11:05:00.000-07:002007-06-06T11:05:00.000-07:00Re: Superman: You've convinced me to dodge that b...Re: Superman: You've convinced me to dodge that bullet--thanks!gaylephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124815731015668331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-3518569166591513192007-06-06T10:23:00.000-07:002007-06-06T10:23:00.000-07:00It was terrible.Apart from the quality per se, the...It was terrible.<BR/><BR/>Apart from the quality per se, the biggest problem is that Arad et al have undermined Spider-Man's entire reason to exist. SM became a hero because the crook he refused to stop went on to murder his Uncle Ben. Now, his refusal to help didn't produce any consequences. <BR/><BR/>And what's with letting Sandman, who's now attacked or killed numerous people, just go off because SM felt sorry for him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-76174489896277631902007-06-06T09:01:00.000-07:002007-06-06T09:01:00.000-07:00Spidey 3 was the first movie I ever walked out of....Spidey 3 was the first movie I ever walked out of. I'll catch the end on HBO, when I don't have some yutz talking to the screen sitting directly behind me.<BR/><BR/>The only worthwhile thing about that movie (or at least what I saw) was Bruce Campbell.TJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07247731631192742264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69220668606295303212007-06-06T08:56:00.000-07:002007-06-06T08:56:00.000-07:00I am always amazed at how many overpriced "develop...I am always amazed at how many overpriced "development" execs it takes to say "Great idea, let's make 'Knocked Up 7'!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-72480497257790344032007-06-06T08:36:00.000-07:002007-06-06T08:36:00.000-07:00I am proud to say I've never seen The English Pati...I am proud to say I've never seen The English Patient, and calmly changed the cable channel when it was coming on the other night. I rock.<BR/><BR/>The key to Spiderman is to imagine you're only six years old while watching it, and to actually wear the spidey mask and tights to the movies. It is rather a challenge to eat buttery popcorn with the mask over one's face, so be warned.Richard Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094016831874148306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14815222217493076132007-06-06T08:06:00.000-07:002007-06-06T08:06:00.000-07:00Glad I'm not the only one who thinks The English P...Glad I'm not the only one who thinks <I>The English Patient</I> sucks the space time continuum into an endless loop.Kevin Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17490345765638949916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-131581416769387172007-06-06T08:00:00.000-07:002007-06-06T08:00:00.000-07:00I knew I was in trouble when the scientists blew o...I knew I was in trouble when the scientists blew off the warning light as a bird in the sand pit that would fly away when the experiment started...all down hill from there.<BR/><BR/>2.5 villains diluted the story way to much. <BR/><BR/>I think they were prepping for a Broadway production with the all the musical numbers.Jim Endecotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484816992028286627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-45734247411041440672007-06-06T07:59:00.000-07:002007-06-06T07:59:00.000-07:00Now imagine Spiderman 3 as directed by Richard Lin...Now imagine Spiderman 3 as directed by Richard Linklater.<BR/><BR/>Time literally stops in his hands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com