On a forum I regularly visit, someone created a topic asking which is better: 'Spider-Man 2' or 'The Dark Knight.' I seemed to be the only one defending Spidey. I mean, it's not people saying Batman is a better hero or that one movie is simply better, but it's people completely bashing all of the Spider-man movies, the Spider-man character, and saying Batman is just infinitely more cool.
This is untrue. From a technical perspective, sure, 'The Dark Knight' may be a better film, but I'm willing to argue that the second Spidey film is superior to The Dark Knight. Yeah. I said it. Watch me.
In order to prepare I'm going to watch each of them again over the next few days. Though I've seen Spidey 2 at least four times and The Dark Knight twice in theaters, I feel to judge accurately I need to refresh my memory.
Stay tuned.
12.24.2008
Coming Soon: Spider-Man 2 vs. The Dark Knight
5.15.2007
Very quick movie reviews:
Spider-man 3
Disappointing. Main criticism: it wasn't possible to distinguish between which parts were supposed to be serious, and which were supposed to be funny because the acting was so bad. I mean, I don't expect the greatest acting in a Spidey movie, but come on. Spidey 2 > 1 > 3.
28 Weeks Later
I would almost say this one was better than the original. . . . The first jump-out scare literally made my leg jerk so hard that I pulled a calf muscle, and consequentially felt like a moron. Either way, plenty of good moments, and even a few subtle throwbacks to the first one (i.e. the guy pushing in his wife's eyes with his thumbs, like Jim does in the first one.). A few plot holes, but whatever, still entertaining.
What If God Were the Sun?
Never heard of this movie? Probably because it was a Lifetime original. Why did I go out of my usual boundaries to watch a terrible lifetime movie? Because Lacey Chabert was in it. Sadly, not even she could save this movie. No plot coherence, two-dimensional characters, jumpy character arcs. . . no wonder it was on Lifetime.
Casino Royale
Okay, so I saw this in theaters, but I just watched it again on DVD. Still good--great, even. One of the better Bond movies.
A real post coming soon.
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