Spider-Man 3 (2007) July 19, 2007
Posted by robwilliams1967 in : Action/Thriller, Fantasy, New Movies , 1 comment so farThe first Spider-man movie for me, alongside ‘Batman Returns’, was, and still is one of the great comic book movie adaptations ever, great story, characters you cared about and some great action set pieces.The second Spidy movie gained even more plaudits, except for me, yeah it was still great to look at but it was strating to get boggged down in Peter Parker’s private life, and more so, Mary Jane’s.
So we come to Spider-man 3, and I have to admit was wasn’t expecting that much, but over-all I was pleasantly surprised.Let’s deal with the major minus point this film has, one inherited from the previous film, Mary bloody Jane.This character spends the entire movie, moaning and complaining about how her career isn’t panning out as hoped, how Spider-man is too busy to pay her enough attention.Please, if there’s a fourth outing can we please kill this irritating excuse for a woman off!The scene in the restaurant when Parker slaps her made me stand up and cheer, yes that’s how much she annoyed me.Another minor niggle was that there were a lot of villains for one movie, I thought Venom was nothing more than Spider-man with nasty pointy teeth.Let’s limit the amount of bad guys so that the one’s we do have get plenty of time to smash things up,fight Spider-man and generally cause havoc. Now onto the good stuff, again the film is a visual feast, the scenes involving Sandman were spectacular and also the scene early on involving the crane.An appearance by Bruce Campbell is always a bonus, especially when his character is a snooty French restauranter.The action is fast and furious, yeas it does get a little bogged down with the amount of characters but this is two hours of fine pop-corn entertainment.
8/10
Bridge To Terabithia (2007) July 18, 2007
Posted by robwilliams1967 in : Fantasy, New Movies , add a commentJoss Hutcherson plays Jess, a lonely bullied kid who befriends the school newbie Leslie (the superb AnnaSophia Robb), together they invent an imaginary world, Terabithia, which they explore to escape the drab mediocrity of their school and in Jess’ case home lives.
I have to admit I was expecting something along the lines of “The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe”, but I couldn’t be more wrong.The film is set in small town in modern day America, Joss’ parents show very little love or affection to him, something he becomes more aware of when at Leslie’s house when they ‘help’ paint a room.The film also deals with very adult themes, that as a child bad things can happen, you can lose people you love and care for.
The two leads are excellent, and for two actors barely in their teens they should have promising careers ahead of them, my only criticism is that I wish Zooey Deshanel would put a few pounds on, she does look a bit skinny nowadays!
8.5/10