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ForteBass:
Who in here said they had that problem? Please do not rant and rave at people over things that haven't been said... at all.

0bsessions:

--- Quote from: thepugs on 07 May 2007, 08:27 ---Just enjoy the movie for what it is, and read the comics for the actual stories.

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And for those of us who looked at it on its own merits and still didn't think it was all that great? What of us?

As someone else pointed out, nobody was bitching that the problem was the fact it differed from the comics. The problems for me resulted from poor acting from the two lead actors and an overabundance of camp from what was supposed to be a a rather dark movie.

Beyond that, it should hold at least a good deal of similarity to the comics. Take for example Catwoman. If you're going to change so much that the property is no longer recognizable, why even bother paying for the license?

If I was upset about "differing from the comics" I'd bitch about the fact that Harry wasn't addicted to LSD and was riding a glorified flying snowboard as opposed to applauding the incredible job James Franco did with the role.

If it was just about the comics, I'd bitch that Eddie was originally a reporter who didn't even work at the Daily Bugle to begin with and I'd be bitching as to why the Sin Eater was nowhere to be found or the fact Topher Grace is a rather small guy. But no, I appreciated that they got the true spite that's always been the essence of the character.

It's not the fact that MJ is like Gwen for the sake of it that bugs me, it's the fact that MJ was a painfully boring and two dimensional character in this movie and she sucked any excitement out of every scene where she had a speaking part in the movie.

Maybe, instead of telling people how their reasons for disliking the movie are wrong, you should contribute something to the thread such as your own opinions of the movie.

thepugs:

--- Quote from: 0bsessions on 06 May 2007, 18:25 ---In these movies, she's portrayed as weak and mousish, more akin to Gwen Stacy in the comics. Meanwhile, Gwen in the movie was so much like Mary Jane in the comics, it was disturbing.

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Yes, people are complaining about the differences between comics and movies.

Obsessions, I didn't say that your opinions weren't valid.  I don't even disagree with you; I'd have liked to see a bigger Venom, or the Sin Eater or the Lizard, or even the Chameleon, and I dislike that they're killing off the significant villians.  I do think you did the movie justice by analyzing it without relation to comics before addressing those issues; it just seems a little out of place, talking about the comics.

And I did enjoy it as a movie, I do agree that MJ was a fairly weak character this time around, I didn't like Gwen Stacy as a character, and I thought that a lot of the evil/confident Peter was too over the top.

RobbieOC:
It was a fun movie. It wasn't perfect, but it was fun.

I thought Venom was great. I would have liked to see more, but I think what they did with him was fine. Sandman has always been a more interesting character to me than Venom, so I'm glad he got lots of screen time. Since both villains were perfectly cast, I had no problems with the way they were handled.

I do wish that they had had Doc Conners mention something about the sound to Spidey instead of him figuring it out on his own. In the comics it was Reed Richards that figured it out, and that's basically the role Conners has played throughout the series. The scene in the church was great.

And the butler. Oh, the butler. It was so bad I can't dislike it. I know it doesn't make sense ...or does it?

I wish they had cast Topher Grace as Peter Parker from the beginning.

doki:
meh.  the three stooges chase scene was AWESOME, Harry came good, Sandman came good,

Venom got maybe half an hour then was destroyed.  not fucking happy
I mean as a whole i enjoyed it, and yes, Topher was much better than i thought he was gonna be, but for christs sake.  Venom was an AWESOME character, deep, complex, and absolutely batshit insane.  here he was just an angry kid.

while i understand the main mission was to show the struggle WITHIN peter, Venom should have been allowed to escape

thats all i got right now

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