tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post5917363835863003607..comments2024-03-24T20:15:00.996-04:00Comments on Critic After Dark: Spiderman 3 (Sam Raimi, 2007)Noel Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-79329179484217709922007-05-29T23:08:00.000-04:002007-05-29T23:08:00.000-04:00Noel, a respectable critic can write on whatever f...Noel, a respectable critic can write on whatever film he or she chooses, be it high art or Hollywood blockbuster. Each has its merits. But I'm not saying anything you don't know. ;)<BR/><BR/>Personally, I see and write (non-professionally) on mostly non-mainstream films but I also saw, enjoyed and wrote about Spider-Man 3.Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-47757635623934905302007-05-29T11:04:00.000-04:002007-05-29T11:04:00.000-04:00Some thoughts on the film<A HREF="http://journals.aol.com/noelbotevera/MyJournal/entries/2006/04/28/michelle-pfeiffer-as-catwoman-in-batman-returns-tim-burton-1992/1031" REL="nofollow">Some thoughts on the film</A>Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-19949348528504524772007-05-29T10:54:00.000-04:002007-05-29T10:54:00.000-04:00My favorite comic book into film adaptations have ...My favorite comic book into film adaptations have always been 2) Altman's Popeye, and 1) Burton's Batman Returns. Del Toro's Hellboy should be up there somewhere, if I ever bother to make a list that long. <BR/><BR/>People who've been reading me long enough are probably rolling their eyes about now--"so what else is new?" Also probably questionable that a respectable critic would go so far as to have a list of best comic-book adaptations, but I've never considered myself respectable, and if I have to bore everyone with a list I whip out at every excuse at least I bore em with a piddling short list, so I've got no problems on either count myself.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-60353049749133274272007-05-29T07:33:00.000-04:002007-05-29T07:33:00.000-04:00I think the Spiderman franchise is the best comic ...I think the Spiderman franchise is the best comic book to screen translation yet, including all instalments. My favourite was no. 1 but nos. 2 & 3 were quite good too, in my opinion. <BR/><BR/>As far as coincidence (symbiote landing near Peter), etc, this is pure comic book reality. I look at the films, not so much as films per se, but as comic book stories come to life on screen. Raimi has captured the essence of Spiderman in a way I find highly commendable. <BR/><BR/>Maguire (who I liked long before Spiderman, and prefer to see him in understated small films) plays Parker with just the right downbeat pathos, humour and other character traits. <BR/><BR/>As I mention in <A HREF="http://melbfilmblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/week-in-review.html" REL="nofollow">my short article</A>, my only real complaint about no. 3 was the length.Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.com