Geek Nirvana

ChaCha and I went to see Spiderman 3 last night. Over 2 hours of Geek heaven.

I do have to say that this movie seems to be geared more towards the true sitting-in-the-basement-action-figures-collecting-D&D-playing die hard Spiderman fans.
Luckily for me, I happen to be one. Ok, so not that bad, but I used to read Spidey comics religiously from adolescence through my 20s.

It's an awesome film regardless, but "true believers" (wink to Stan the Man) will enjoy it tons more.

The visual effects were done flawlessly, and the acting was surprisingly good. I was very impressed, and recommend the movie to anybody that wants pure entertainment. You don't have to be a superhero fan to enjoy this. This is what action movies should be like.

That said, I only have 2 beefs about the movie:

*The first was about the Green Goblin Jr. I had a hard time taking it seriously because James Franco spent half his screen time as a spokesman for post-lobotomy patients (if you saw the flick you know what I mean) and the other half riding around on a jet-powered snowboard. Seriously. As cool as it was, and as much as I would LOVE to have one, it didn't push the dark & brooding image needed. In context, it almost seemed... well, silly. It would be like Clint Eastwood riding into town seeking revenge on a tricycle.

*The only other problem I had was there was too much going on. [WARNING: SPOILER ALERT]
Here are all of the main storylines going on at once..
- The Sandman, Flint Marko (POLO!), and his daughter.
- The Story of Uncle Ben's death
- The Symbiote and the black costume
- Peter getting emo
- Harry getting pissed and emo, then goofy, then vindictively evil, then honorable.
- Eddie (Topher Grace) and his own little issues, then Venom
- Mary Jane's fledgling career
- Peter's thing with MJ, then Gwen, then MJ again
- A weird little dance number
- etc
Too much. I understand why they had to delve, but at times it was hard to keep track.


Other than that, it was pure visual orgasm. It would be a crime for them not to continue the series. Hear me Topher?