The Ups and Downs of Movies...

[Kane Knight]

Sort of a review thread, but not. I'm going to start with a single movie, and you can either add your own movie, or discuss the positives and negatives of what's already here.

My Choice: Spider-Man

Pros: One of the first solid Superhero/Comic Book movies. It's really hard to do them, even these days, so a major nod fot this.

Largely true to the comics. The only one that actually annoyed me at all was the webbing thing, and that was only minor.

Excellent special effects.

Toby Maguire is a whole lot better than I expected as Spider-Man/Parker.

Good interaction between characters.

Good plot (By comic standards).

The whole Schizoid deal between Norman and the Goblin was pretty awesome. I mean, when he starts talking to himself in the mirror and everything, it's just...

Cons: The Effects are excellent MOST OF THE TIME, but are also inconsistent. This annoys me when I see that fight during the parade. Suddenly we've gone from watching a big budget movie to the Power Rangers, and then back to a big budget movie. Same with parts of the flaming building scene.

Batman Syndrome: They killed off one of Spider-Man's greatest enemies in the first movie. It may have set up the Harry/Green Goblin thing, but it just kinda...Sucks. Hopefully, they don't go the way of Batman and kill off every interesting character they introduce...

Parker's still a little too mopey. Spider-Man is kinda teen-angsty, but he tends to cover it up with fast banter.