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Author Topic: Spiderman 3 (2007) Phil Blake Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 558 From: esperance western australia Registered: Nov 2003 posted 05-03-2007 01:17 AM                        Well did did enjoy this film overall , the story was inline with the previous ones ,it was well made with balanced special effects/action scenes. Without giving the plot away i could sense a borrowed a theme from early sci film "Beware of the dark side of the force , Luke" . I feel they did drag the scenes along to slowly , maybe they were trying to really work on our feelings and emotions,which it did, but it could have been paced up more i will give it 3.5 out of 5  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 05-03-2007 04:28 AM                     Peter Parker battles complex social issues and supervillains. Same as the first two. Solid 3.5 of 5. Fun & forgettable. IMAX DMR looked and sounded great!  |  IP: Logged Alex Grueneberg Expert Film Handler Posts: 125 From: Chicago, IL Registered: Aug 2004 posted 05-03-2007 05:44 AM                        Wow, this is what we've been waiting for? I think its crap . The pacing is horrid, and right from the start the movie feels off. I might add that my hopes for the film were not all that high either. Honestly, 250 million and this is what we get? Talk about a disappointing start to the summer season.. The sound mix is fun though. And thanks Deluxe for some super low numbered nice looking prints. All five..  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-03-2007 06:00 AM                     To quote Mike Heenan Seriously, I kept waiting for this thing to end. It just droned on and on and on. Then reel 3 started! Ugh, it was a bore-a-rama. And then they couldn't decide how to end it, so even the damned ending droned on and on!!! I didn't find the prints anything special at all. The ones I screened came from Deluxe in LA on loop printers. I had one reel 6 that was bouncey, bouncey, bouncey! (The rest of the reels were steady though.) But in getting back to the movie review, this movie is a total waste of time. Maybe had they chopped an hour out of it, the show could've been decent. 1.5 out of 5  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-03-2007 10:36 AM                        quote: Brad Miller 1.5 out of 5 ALL RIGHT! Another mega-blockbuster! $$$  |  IP: Logged Jason Winn Expert Film Handler Posts: 131 From: Mesquite, TX, USA Registered: Jan 2006 posted 05-04-2007 02:55 PM                     I don't know what's wrong with you guys, but I loved it! I think it's the best Spider-man movie so far! I thought the pacing was just fine. I was worried it might be a little rushed with Green Goblin II, The Sandman, The Alien Costume, and Venom, but it didn't feel rushed at all. It had a great story mixed with amazing action scenes. I only had one disappointment with this movie. MAJOR SPOILER ALERT!!!! My only disappointment was that they killed off Venom at the end. I was hoping Venom would survive and then, in Spider-man 4, they would introduce Carnage and he would team up with Venom to fight Spider-man. But, it doesn't look like that's gonna happen. Other than that, this movie kicked major ass!  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 05-04-2007 07:28 PM                     Oh, they'll have to dream up new villans for the web swinger to fight with...since all of them died, and he forgave Sandman...(and that part of the movie when Sandman became a huge monster was a bit on the corny side - way too obvious of some bad writing there..) Maybe Jameson might be the next monster he'll have to fight with... I liked it, but won't buy the DVD of it ... 2.75 out of 5 for me.  |  IP: Logged Matt Fields Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 545 From: Ohio, United States Registered: Jun 2005 posted 05-05-2007 01:31 AM                     I've always assumed the next villian would be The Lizard (Dr. Conners). I love the Spidey movies and I really liked this one, but it is the least of the three. 4 out of 5.  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 05-05-2007 05:08 PM                        CINEMA: Cinemark Movies 12, Ames, IA AUDITORIUM: 7 PRESENTATION: 35mm/Mystery Meat Digital PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: None RATING: Three stars (out of four) You know...maybe one man CAN make a Spoiler. Presentation today may end up being one of the best I see this year. Really clean, solid, and in focus. THE PLOT: A love triangle is occasionally interrupted by a couple of villains done so poorly that one longtime fan of the comic book claimed (on another message board) this movie "destroyed my entire childhood". The villains are really incidental here. The whole Sandman back story was apparently conceived just for the movie. After the brilliant second movie, this one feels a lot like "hey, we've seen this before". The music really could have stood a refreshing. But the action is stellar, and there's lots of laughs too. The KSL "Movie Show" guys did nothing but complain about the movie...then gave it 3 stars. Yeah. One of those. What I overheard from the crowd on the way out was that opinion was split by gender. Men were mostly saying "I loved this part, but..." But women were going "GREAT movie!" It really is a Spidey chick flick. Kids seemed to be on board with the women. The room was about 3/4 full, easily the biggest crowd I've ever seen in this room for a matinee. And they're running it on four screens.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 05-06-2007 06:51 PM                        Caught the 12:40PM show today at Regal 15 in Shelbyville, House #8. The print looked pretty good overall, sharp and steady, didn't see any serious print defects, except reel #2 had about 15-20 seconds of "wavy line syndrome" which I haven't seen in a long time. Sounded great. It was ok. Met (but did not exceed) my expectations. It seemed like the different story elements were kind of haphazardly edited together at times. Reminds me of driving behind someone who speeds up, then slows down, then speeds up, then slows down. Very annoying. I'll give it 3 stars out of 5. Moderately entertaining, don't need to see it again, glad I didn't pay full evening price.  |  IP: Logged Jim Bedford Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 597 From: Telluride, CO, USA (733 mi. WNW of Rockwall, TX but it seems much, much longer) Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-07-2007 12:53 AM                        quote: Jason Winn I only had one disappointment with this movie. MAJOR SPOILER ALERT!!!! My only disappointment was that they killed off Venom at the end. I was hoping Venom would survive and then, in Spider-man 4, they would introduce Carnage and he would team up with Venom to fight Spider-man. But, it doesn't look like that's gonna happen. Come on! It's a movie. You don' t have to go to the funeral. When did the death of a character ever stop some filmmaker from bringing him/her/it back to life if it would sell tickets?  |  IP: Logged Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 05-08-2007 06:38 PM                     What the hell was that! That movie was the biggest waste of time I have ever seen, what the hell was with all that emo crap. ***Spoiler Start*** This film contains no myspace scenes ***Spoiler End*** This was boring, predictable, stupid, unbelievable characters, and if all the film critics in the world just saw the same movie as I did, Tobey Maguire might just end up a real emo. The popcorn was awesome!  |  IP: Logged Kara Tillotson Film Handler Posts: 87 From: Manistee Mi Registered: Jul 2006 posted 05-09-2007 09:37 PM                        Did any of you get S3 with a few reels done backwards?  |  IP: Logged Josh Rosen Film Handler Posts: 49 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canda Registered: May 2007 posted 05-09-2007 11:05 PM                    Overall I thought that it wasn't really as bad as many people seem to say it was. As a movie it was fine, It was average. But it definlty was not like Spiderman 1 and 2 where they were good, memorable movies that left an impression on you. quote: Kara Tillotson Did any of you get S3 with a few reels done backwards? Yah, most of the cans I got in were very mixed, some had more heads up, some had more tails up.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 05-10-2007 04:15 AM                     You usually have 1 or 2 that are tails out. For quality control, they usually take one reel and rewind it, checking for defects before sending out the whole print. And of the prints I saw being built up (I built up one and one of our managers built up a 2nd one at the same time), they both had just reel 2 tails out (too bad they couldn't have QC checked the reels that had actual problems).  |  IP: Logged

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