7.13.2004
back in the garden state
Somehow, I just can't leave New Jersey. It's, like, the black hole of America.
Saw Spiderman 2 yesterday. However, I had heard many of my friends that I could not see Spiderman 2 without having seen Spiderman 1. So I sat myself down in front of the TV and watched Spiderman 1. Then we went out and watched Spiderman 2. Entertaining. Kirsten Dunst is a good MJ; she's got the attitude and spunk and cuteness that the old comic book Mary Jane Watson had. I was amused that both movies felt the need to show her being completely drenched. My friend Eric had said two years ago that a better MJ would have been Laura Prepon from That 70's Show. I think he's wrong.
I felt that this was a pretty decent movie series overall. Both movies deal with the pressures and trials associated with having something great and having to do something with it as well. However, I think that they started to go a little heavy handed on the whiny Spiderman late in the movie. Also, the tree-hugging "what are your feelings?" doctor who gets Parker believing that the will to be Spiderman is what causes his powers to appear and disappear is an all-too-convenient plot hole.
I also felt that the slow-motion scene of MJ running through New York in a wedding dress was far too cheesy for this movie. Perhaps the filmmakers were leaving both options open: the reunification of these two star-crossed neighborhood kids ensures that the series has a happy ending if Spiderman 2 doesn't do well in the theaters, while simultaneously the hints of the reemergence of the Green Goblin says 'wait for Spiderman 3.'
ps. what I said earlier about babies on red-eye flights goes double for parents who bring babies into movie theaters; especially for 8pm shows.
Saw Spiderman 2 yesterday. However, I had heard many of my friends that I could not see Spiderman 2 without having seen Spiderman 1. So I sat myself down in front of the TV and watched Spiderman 1. Then we went out and watched Spiderman 2. Entertaining. Kirsten Dunst is a good MJ; she's got the attitude and spunk and cuteness that the old comic book Mary Jane Watson had. I was amused that both movies felt the need to show her being completely drenched. My friend Eric had said two years ago that a better MJ would have been Laura Prepon from That 70's Show. I think he's wrong.
I felt that this was a pretty decent movie series overall. Both movies deal with the pressures and trials associated with having something great and having to do something with it as well. However, I think that they started to go a little heavy handed on the whiny Spiderman late in the movie. Also, the tree-hugging "what are your feelings?" doctor who gets Parker believing that the will to be Spiderman is what causes his powers to appear and disappear is an all-too-convenient plot hole.
I also felt that the slow-motion scene of MJ running through New York in a wedding dress was far too cheesy for this movie. Perhaps the filmmakers were leaving both options open: the reunification of these two star-crossed neighborhood kids ensures that the series has a happy ending if Spiderman 2 doesn't do well in the theaters, while simultaneously the hints of the reemergence of the Green Goblin says 'wait for Spiderman 3.'
ps. what I said earlier about babies on red-eye flights goes double for parents who bring babies into movie theaters; especially for 8pm shows.
