Slog - Comments on It's Unanimous http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous Spider-Man 3 is a dog, and critics are scaling the heights of eloquence to sum up its awfulness. From the New York Observer: Bloated and stupid, this movie is so bad you can't even review it. Over- produced, over-publicized, over-designed, over-computerized and just plain over the moon, it's so preposterously overwrought with so many bewildering plots juggling simultaneously for over-emphasis, there's no entry point for criticism. You just stare at it, as you might a great big exploding pile of cow manure. From the New Yorker: In an early scene, a meteorite crashes to Earth, and from it crawls... Copyright 2008 Thu, 03 May 2007 13:01:42 -0800 Wed, 16 May 2007 04:17:02 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by monkey Not me. I learned my lesson with SM1 and SM2.

Transformers, however...

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707092 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707092 Arts Thu, 03 May 2007 13:11:18 -0800 Comment by Boomer in NYC Yetch. You quoted from the Village Voice? I need to go wash my eyeballs now.

]]> Boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707101 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707101 Arts Thu, 03 May 2007 13:17:11 -0800 Comment by David Schmader Sorry. But that skinny-jeans theory is irresistible.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707104 Arts Thu, 03 May 2007 13:19:39 -0800 Comment by DrewVSea I am no Spiderman fan, but your "Unanimous" headline is simply bullshit. As someone in the comments at Radar noted, Radar cherry-picked reviews; the film is actually liked by a majority of critics surveyed by RottenTomatoes.

]]> DrewVSea http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707105 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707105 Arts Thu, 03 May 2007 13:19:40 -0800 Comment by Levislade Thanks for the tip, DrewVSea; I was getting a little worried. A more important barometer would be how people who liked the first 2 movies feel about this one.

Here's the Rotten Tomatoes link (SM3 scores a 65): http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spiderman_3/

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707111 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707111 Arts Thu, 03 May 2007 13:25:31 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew It'll still make money and generate sequels, which is all that Warner Bros. cares about.

I hear that it's also the most expensive movie of all time ($300 million production and $200 million in marketing) finally knocking Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra off its inflation adjusted throne.

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707118 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707118 Arts Thu, 03 May 2007 13:35:17 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi I still can't understand why anyone liked the second one. The first one certainly had its entirely-the-fault-of-fucking-Sam-Raimi problems, but the second? Yeesh.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707124 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707124 Arts Thu, 03 May 2007 13:44:39 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Still seeing it with my son for his birthday. Woo Hoo!

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]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707130 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707130 Arts Thu, 03 May 2007 13:52:29 -0800 Comment by The Nose http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/spiderman3

Metacritic gives it a score of 60, which is about on par with Rotten Tomatoes. Positive reviews from the likes of New York Daily News, Newsweek, Hollywood Reporter, New York Post, Boston Globe, USA Today, and Rolling Stone.

]]> The Nose http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707135 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707135 Arts Thu, 03 May 2007 14:02:01 -0800 Comment by Zach You want to look at the RT "Cream of the Crop" rating - currently at 48%. Ouch.

]]> Zach http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707140 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707140 Arts Thu, 03 May 2007 14:20:26 -0800 Comment by Matt from Denver 4, 5, and 10 beat me to it. So much for unanimity. And I don't care about Spiderman 3 and don't intend to see it.

]]> Matt from Denver http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707141 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707141 Arts Thu, 03 May 2007 14:21:35 -0800 Comment by jackie treehorn @4 + @9

If a movie is below 70% at Rottentomatoes, I think most people realize it ain't gonna be that great. Watchable, but not great, and most certainly not 500 million dollars satisfy the whims of the fanboys great. The great thing about loyal fans, though, if you're a film studio, is that they'll go see your shitty movie thrice because they can't help themselves. I know from experience.

For everyone's reference, other movies scoring in the 60th percentile at Rottentomatoes.com include such gems as:

Miss Potter
Ali
Apocolypto
Jackass #2
K-19: the Widowmaker (this is a movie?)
Keeping the Faith
The Last Samurai
Legally Blonde
Out of Time
Reign Over Me
Red Dragon
Star Wars: Episode II
The Terminal
Unbreakable
Unleashed

An example of a movie that scored in, say, the 80th percentile at Rottentomatoes.com is:

Batman Begins

or

X2: X-Men United

So, Spiderman 3 will be no Batman Begins, but will probably be at least as good as The Last Samurai. With Tom Cruise. Remember how mind-bogglingly RAD that was?

]]> jackie treehorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707142 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707142 Arts Thu, 03 May 2007 14:21:56 -0800 Comment by Amy Jo Would it be stupid to leave after the Harry Potter preview?

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]]> sanitationstation http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707163 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707163 Arts Thu, 03 May 2007 14:51:21 -0800 Comment by 4 the Bois Tobey Maguire
Topher Grace
A hot sticky load in the front my pants

That's all I care about.

]]> 4 the Bois http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707179 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707179 Arts Thu, 03 May 2007 15:11:29 -0800 Comment by Boomer in NYC sanitationstation: I've decided to pretend Dreamy David Schmader™ is the essential source, and content myself with that.

4 the Bois: you read my mind. I'll be bringing extra underwear to the midnight screening.

]]> Boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707201 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707201 Arts Thu, 03 May 2007 15:26:43 -0800 Comment by COMTE Jackie,

K-19 was actually a fairly gripping suspense story based on an actual event. But, then, I'm a sucker for a good submarine flick.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707216 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/its_unanimous#c707216 Arts Thu, 03 May 2007 15:42:40 -0800 Comment by anna Its all the fault of Ain't it Cool, isn't it? Is anybody going to remember all these crappy CGI fanboy flicks 10 years from now? or are we going to be stuck with the Brett Ratners* of the future creating an even more diminished form of this schlock? to be watched on our mini cell phone/ipod hybrids?

*not that he makes them all, he's just the most shameless hack of all, extolling the crappiest Simpson/Bruckheimers of the 80s as masterpieces.

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Venom comic covers are baddass. How do you duplicate that?

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