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Carl King
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 199
From: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 05-03-2002 12:51 AM

just got in . screend spiderman tonight
the only redeeming thing about this pic
is Kirsten Dunst in the rain

luv dem wet clothes

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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

Posts: 10973
From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 05-03-2002 07:37 PM

Just an observation. Spiders spin their webs out of their back end instead of their wrists. So wouldn't it have been more anatomically correct to have Peter Parker fly through the air pulling his finger to make spider webs shoot out of his butt?

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Rachel Gilardi
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Posts: 2214
From: Peabody, MA, USA
Registered: Dec 2007

posted 05-03-2002 10:54 PM

Yeah, but that just wouldn't be cool. Plus, as far as marketing goes, would you buy your kids toys that they need to shot out of their butt? I think not...

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Darryl Spicer
Film God

Posts: 3250
From: Lexington, KY, USA
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 05-03-2002 11:01 PM

now if Spiderman did that in the comic book it would make sense. All in All I liked the film. Was what I was expecting.

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Arthur Reebel
Film Handler

Posts: 13
From: Orlando, FL, USA
Registered: Apr 2002

posted 05-04-2002 12:38 AM

Just got in from watching this film and all I have to Say is that i thought it was incredible

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Mitchell Cope
Master Film Handler

Posts: 256
From: Overland Park, KS, United States
Registered: Jun 99

posted 05-04-2002 06:35 AM

I was disappointed. Started off good, but this Green Goblin thing turned me off. I thought the movie dragged in the middle. Lots of Saturday matinee chatter time during the dialog. I will admit, I am not a super hero, die-hard fan. Casting was excellent.

Attended in a large AMC theater. Surprised that the light output was not up to SMPTE standards (my eyes are calibrated). How did the cinematography look to anyone else? The colors looked better on my home TV watching the trailer. It could have just been my location.

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Greg Mueller
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1687
From: Port Gamble, WA
Registered: Jun 99

posted 05-04-2002 12:05 PM

"Spiders spin their webs out of their back end instead of their wrists."

Boy you can sure tell who read the mags and who didn't
Peter parker made the gizmos that hooked on his wrists to shoot his webs from, like a gambler's hold out. They weren't part of his physical alteration, at least in the comic book.

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James R. Hammonds, Jr
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 931
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 05-04-2002 12:24 PM

And attached to these gizmos were little tubes that les straight to....never mind.

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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man

Posts: 4718
From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 05-04-2002 02:13 PM

It was well-received at our theaters. The kids liked it.

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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

Posts: 10973
From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 05-04-2002 06:25 PM

Actually, I did notice the back pack thingie and wrist tubes were missing from the movie. The physical alteration item where he actually shoots the spider silk out of his wrists just made me think of the farting webs thing. It might be funny for a parody. I have some old Spiderman comic books up in my attic, including issues #100 and #200. I wonder what they're worth now?

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Brent Mahaney
Film Handler

Posts: 43
From: Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
Registered: Dec 2001

posted 05-05-2002 04:53 PM

My single complaint about the film is that Peter Parker's character is a bit inconsistent with his comic book counterpart. The die hard fans know that Parker has always been portrayed as misunderstood, and he is also very quiet. He's usually thinking rather than talking. But at the end, we get a glimpse of his complicated nature when he walks away from MJ after she professes her love for him. Sequel time!

Raimi did an awesome job directing this monster movie. I thought the computer animation would be a joke, but it worked because of the way the camera is always moving and pulling your complete focus off of the CGI.

Very nice script, nice effects, great casting and acting. I loved it.

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David Stambaugh
Film God

Posts: 4021
From: Eugene, Oregon
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 05-05-2002 06:16 PM

05/05/2002, 12:15PM, Regal Cinema World 8, Eugene OR, #3, flat, SDDS-8 (YEAH BABY!!). Excellent presentation (better than ArcLight and for only $4.25, not $11.00!!

). Imagine: This fragile print has already been run through one of those antique film-destroying mechanical projector things at least 8 times and it hasn't been ruined yet!! Take that Steven Soderbergh!

(Don't tell Steven that reels 4 & 5 both had that wavy rolling line thing for a few seconds, or that reel 5 seemed to have soft focus but the rest of the movie was razor sharp).

I liked it a whole bunch. Worked for me completely. I've never read the comics, didn't know anything about the characters going in, didn't need to. The special effects work great, partly for the reason that Brent mentioned: You're looking at Spidey, not the CGI backgrounds. I think Roger Ebert must have had a boil on his ass or something the day he previewed this because the movie he saw and complained about is not the one I just saw. A perfectly good summer action blockbuster.

Now the question I have is if the box office holds up, is that space movie coming out in a couple weeks going to push Spidey off the best screens too soon? I guess we know the answer to that.

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Darryl Spicer
Film God

Posts: 3250
From: Lexington, KY, USA
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 05-05-2002 08:05 PM

if the movie had Billy Bob THorton, some well placed nudity, some sitting around on a couch talking or for that matter in bed talking, Ebert would have given it four stars.

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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

Posts: 12859
From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99

posted 05-05-2002 08:47 PM

All movies should have Billy Bob Thornton. Ebert likes it when people sit on the couch and talk because that's what he does best. You don't see him moving around too much, do you?

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Steve Anderson
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 168
From: Nashville, TN
Registered: Feb 2000

posted 05-05-2002 09:52 PM

Spiderman pulled in $114 Million (Est.)
This weekend!

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