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Spider-Man 2 Reviewed [updated]
Update: 06/30 15:42 GMT by T : This article has been pulled; the Spider-Man 2 review which appeared here was reposted without credit or permission from chud. (Read it in its original context.) We welcome original feature-length articles, but not plagiarism.
Trinity dies in the end.
Oops.
No weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men.-Ronald Reagan
Some reviews of Spider-man 2 have mentioned that Sam Raimi is not all that comfortable with CGI ... which means that he tends to focus more on the human element rather than the blockbuster aspects of a movie. Given the depth of Peter Parker as a character, this seems like a reasonable trade off that helps make this better than the "typical" comic hero movie ...
_Why_ did he have to point out Kirstens droopy eyelid?! I never noticed it before, but now it is bothering me. damn you!
Saying Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders.
No, you are.
Now let's try to keep our posts on topic instead of flaunting our opinions as if other people really give a damn.
You must be new here.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
> For example the excellent train fight takes place on an elevated train in a part of the city where there are no elevated trains -- but it doesn't matter. The film makes it work, so that you don't even think about it
HOW THE HELL SHOULD I NOT THINK ABOUT AN ELEVATED TRAIN LINE WITH A DEAD END THAT WOULD THROW A BRAKELESS TRAIN RIGHT INTO FIFTH AVENUE!?!?!?!?!?!?!
also, they transformed spider-man into super-man!
- add eyeglasses to alternative identity. check
- not a smart ass. check
- CAN STOP A FSCKING TRAIN WITH ITS BARE HANDS! check
oh! the humanity!
Bonch, dude, you just spent 3 hours writing a review of a 2 hour film....
Kinda makes you wonder doesn't it?
There are two kinds of people in the world: Those with good memory.
When will the Indian version hit theatres in America?
Creative Demolition
I don't remember the exact progression (which came first, GG or HG?), but I do know that Harry takes up the mantle of the Green Goblin. The Hobgoblin was someone else (Googled for it). I thought there were only three Green Goblins (though I couldn't remember other than Norman and Harry). It looks like there were four of them. There were also four different Hobgoblins. Apparently villains in the Spider-Man mythos like to recycle old ideas (see the page above, there are several different iterations of a number of villains).
True, she's been a lot of mediocre teen-movie fare, but to claim that she hasn't had a better performance since Interview with a Vampire indicates to me reviewer hasn't seen Drop Dead Gorgeous.
What is this, Fark?
It's kinda like Drew Barrymore always talking out the side of her mouth.
You don't notice it until it's pointed out to you, and once you notice, you can't tear your eyes away from it.
Inconceivable!
http://www.chud.com/reviews/spid2.php3
seems to me bonch just copy/pasted this article in its entirety, without giving any credit to the chud guys, who did the real work!
Thanks. Now you've done it. You've destroyed two perfectly good sex-pots with your nitpicking... Thanks.
;-)
May you both rot in hell.
So, overall, in the things I've seen her in she's been a pretty good performer. I certainly can't recall a performance where she's been a shocker.
In any case, bad directing can make even the best actor look bad. Natalie Portman, besides being achingly beautiful, is a fine actor, and let's consider just how wooden a performance she gave in Attack of the Clones. It'll be interesting 20 years from now to interview her about working with Lucas; I think she might be less than complimentary.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo
--Andy Finkel (J. Klass?)
Bonch, aka Overly Critical Guy, who keeps proclaiming he hates the bias of Slashdot and all the people the comment here, has submitted a review here. Talk about interesting personality conflict.
I didn't know trolls submitted articles these days.
Trolls submit articles.
But trolls don't write articles.
THIS REVIEW IS PLAIGARISM, PURE AND SIMPLE
bonch (38532) did write this review.
Unless bonch's name is really Devin Faraci, "bonch's" review is cut-and-pasted from chud.com.
Opinions on the Twiddler2 hand-held keyboard?
It appears that one of the basic requirements for writing a film these days (and I like to write) is to have not only no knowledge of science
It's a friggin movie about a highschool student that has the powers of a spider!
and you're banging off about realism?!
While you got the gist of the story correct, you are off on the names/details. Algernon is from the city, and he has invented the concept of "Bunburying". He has created an imaginary friend that lives in the country named Bunbury, who is often incapacitated. Algernon then has an excuse to go to the country (where he ends up with Jacks young ward). Jack is from the country, and creates the persona of Ernest so that he can end up meeting a girl he has fallen in love with. Ernest, if you didn't guess it, is the same as Bunbury. Long story short, both Algernon and Jack end up taking on the differing persona of Ernest, and the two women that they have fallen in love with end up in a tangle of confusion, because of the mix-up of having two Ernests. The play is a social commentary on many things, not the least of which is the foolishness of a name (which some here would do well to recognize), and was definitely put in the movie for a reason, in my opinion, if not for more than one.
Speak for yourself... Kathy Bates is one fine piece of ass.
Kathy Bates is at least three fine pieces of ass.