Thoughts on Spider-Man 3

[captain_slinky]

I won't actually talk about The Movie here for fear of "Spoilers", but I will let you know I had an AWESOME time. Just as I expect to have an Awesome Time when I go to see Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer, despite what advance reviews may say.

Why?

I've got an entirely new attitude towards Marvel Movies, and I owe it all to that ONE SCEENE in Ghostrider.

You know the sceene. (SPOILER AHEAD FOR GHOSTRIDER FANS WHO MAY NOT HAVE SEEN THE FILM) Old Cowboy Ghostrider burns off his one last burst of Ghostriderness on what? Not fighting The Forces Of Evil That Ghostrider Will Need All The Help He Can Get... oh no! He transforms for one final, glorious time so he can keep Ghostrider company while riding accross the desert to the techno-fied "Ghost Riders In The Sky".

See, Marvel Movies aren't about great stories and developed plots and logic and believable characters; that's what The Comics are for! The Marvel Movies are more like an animated, full-motion POSTER than anything else. They're made to LOOK cool and invoke thoughts of the comics that they were inspired by, regardless of how illogical or contrived it may seem once it's on the big screen.

I use the term "Poster" just because that's the only other medium I can think of that's like this. Thionk of any comic-related poster that you've ever seen; the classic Mike Zeck "Punisher" poster where The Punisher is standing against a grafitti-covered wall, his mouth open and foaming like a madman, firing an M-16 at an unseen enemy who is aparently shining a large spotlihgt on good ol' Franky Castle. Why a spotlight? Why the grafitti? Why the foamy mouth? Dunno... but it sure looks cool! I'LL BUY IT!

'Nother example, think of Alex Ross' Justivce League painting. When was the last time The LEague all got together and said "Okay gang... enough of this Saving The World; we gotta go stand in a white room and puff out our chests!"

It's all just made to be very pretty. And I think it's TOTALLY Mission Accomplished!

Comments

[supernovame.livejournal.com]

See, I know exactly what you mean. Like Spider Man the movie should have Spider man things in it, not necessarily be anything that makes sense as long as it has the cool fan things in it. Like Aunt May offering cookies or flapjacks at least once. Spider man making corny jokes while bouncing around the screen. At least one McFarlane-esque pose. A Villain named after an animal or mythical beast. Mary Jane has to say "Tiger" at least once. Spidey has to almost get caught changing into his costume or losing his civilian clothes at least once. Preferably mention "With great power comes great responsibility" at least once. Finally he needs to almost lose, or actually lose, come as close as possible to dying or something worse and then make a dramatic comeback. If you have all these things then it can be considered a great movie, but may not make much sense story wise.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Don't forget the obligatory cameo by Stan "The Man" Lee!

[supernovame.livejournal.com]

You know, he seems to show up in any movie semi-related to comics or has someone from comics involved with the movie. Wasn't he in the last superman movie?