The Virgin Suicides

This movie tries to be really stylish and, um, “bold” or something… it almost succeeds, but only almost. There are a couple brief scenes in the movie, but even those just don’t fit. The narrator (who’s never really identified), treats the whole story like some kind of Shakespearean tragedy or something. Teenage boys are never so philosophical about beautiful girls living next door, they just want to see them naked. (Also, the movie’s sound was really annoying – very quiet dialogue with roaring music).

 

Spider-man 2

I was really quite glad to see they weren’t afraid to break the taboo of letting people in on spidey’s identity secret. I’m not sure that it was better than the first one – I actually liked the villan in the first movie better – I thought he was more complex… the villan in 2 was just a ripoff of the first one. But, for all the other stuff, I guess it was a bit better than 1.

 

Spider-man

I was expecting this to be your regular churn-em-out hollywood blockbuster. I suppose it was, but it was a lot better than most. Even though the plot was somewhat predictable (we all know what’s going to happen), it was kept interesting by good writing and good acting. Also, the villian in this movie was done really well – his character actually made sense, he wasn’t just “evil for the sake of being evil”. I also liked less-than-straightforward love story. As for criticism? Peter Parker is way too excited and not a bit freaked-out by his transformation. He reacts like it’s something that happens every day. Ho-hum, so I’m shooting webs from my wrists… big deal… Also, the special effects could have been more gravity-realistic, there are a couple scenes where spidey’s moves just don’t look “correct”. (And exactly where did he get that suit?)