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Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Is this a joke?
Spider-man 3 was absolutely the worst Spider-man installment to date. It almost seemed like Sam and Ivan Raimi didn't even like Spider-man when they began writing it. Either they were thinking, "Good Lord I don't want to do this third movie but if we don't we'll be killed." Or they were thinking, "Making super hero movies is the best way to make money in this day and age. We don't have to make it good at all, just pay some people to come up with some cool special effects and plagiarize the 'Every movie cliché Hollywood has ever come up with' screenplay. We don't even have to write it!" The special effects weren't even that impressive. I've seen better CGI in a Final Fantasy game than they had in the movie. Acting was way below par for every character. It's almost as if the bad review that M.J. got was foreshadowing how bad Kirsten Dunst was going to play her.
Bottom Line: Worst movie of the summer three-quals, worst Spider-man movie, and right up there on the list of the worst movies I have ever seen. So bad that I almost want to think that those who made it intended it to be that way, which begs the question, Is this a joke?
Charly (2002)
Just horrific.
I gave this movie two chances and both times it let me down, even though I wasn't expecting great things from it in any case.
I haven't read the book as I usually try to steer clear of most sappy love stories, but from what I hear from everyone that has read it, it is wonderful. Because I saw the movie, I won't read the book. Jeremy Elliot plays a Sam that is totally unbelievable and impossible to relate to and empathize with. The other actors' characters don't stand out either. The one exception to this would be Heather Beers' Charly. Fun, lovable, and humorous, she almost manages to save this film, despite a few shaky scenes. The two stars that I gave go to her.
Be it known that I am a member of the church as well. The principles that the movie teaches aren't bad, but the movie sucks. I almost fear retaliation from the mormon populace for giving this film such a bad review. Good thing I don't live in Utah.
Bottom line: Horribly written, horribly acted, and like the majority of LDS pop culture films, and utter let down and complete waste of time.
300 (2006)
A Monumental Achievement in Film
This movie is one of those rare spectacles that has something so original, so fresh, and so bold, that I can only describe it as perfect. It had been so hyped up by everyone that I couldn't help but walk into the theater with the highest of expectations. Those expectations were obliterated. Visually it is stunning. When it ended I was the last one in my seat because I couldn't use my legs. It was an amazing thing to behold. But what makes this movie so great is that once you are able to get past the amazing visual effects, you realize that there is also beautifully written and wonderfully acted movie underneath. So moving was the passion for freedom of the Spartans that I was brought to feel the same passion for my own freedom. The lines were brilliantly delivered and Gerard Butler was perfect in his role, as were all the others of a phenomenal cast. When all is said and done, 300 takes the bar for it's genre of film and sets it to a hight that no other has reached.