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![The Amazing Spider-Man [Includes Digital Copy] [DVD] [2012]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6836/6836709_sa.jpg)
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Can you reboot a franchise that once held the record for largest opening weekend in history? Can you create something original using a character who was first introduced to the world in 1962?
Peter Parker, age 4, (played by Max Charles) is playing hide and seek one night when he discovers someone has broken into his father’s study. His father, Richard (played by Campbell Scott) sees this and takes some important papers, his wife Mary (played by Embeth Davidtz) and his son to the home of his Aunt May (played by Sally Field) and Uncle Ben (played by Martin Sheen). Peter is left in that home for his own safety and never sees his parents again. At least a decade later, Peter (played as a teenager by Andrew Garfield), is being bullied by an athlete named Flash Thompson (played by Chris Zylka) and has a crush on a student named Gwen Stacey (played by Emma Stone). When Peter returns home at the end of the day, bruised and beaten by Flash, he finds papers in his father’s briefcase that show he once worked with a man named Dr. Curt Connors (played by Rhys Ifans). Connors works at a company named Oscorp, so Peter disguises himself as an intern to gain access to the lab and, hopefully, Connors. Little did he know, the tour for new interns was led by Gwen Stacey. She knows immediately that the ID badge that Peter’s wearing belongs to someone else, but allows him to continue on the tour regardless. Peter sneaks away from the group and finds a lab filled with genetically-modified spiders that are producing biocable. As is often the case with people who bother animals for no reason, Peter gets bitten. Security eventually finds him and escorts him out of the building. While on the subway, he discovers that he gained far more than knowledge from his visit.
Now, I saw the 2002 Spider-Man film starring Tobey Maguire and the 2004 sequel. I liked it initially, but over time, I grew tired of it. I thought 2004’s Daredevil was a much better film, despite mixed reviews from moviegoers and critics. Not to mention, I believe Kirsten Dunst gave a less-than-stellar performance as Parker’s love interest, Mary Jane Watson. Not to mention the irony of having blonde Kirsten Dunst dye her hair red to play Mary Jane Watson and then having redhead Emma Stone dye her hair blonde to play Gwen Stacey. Forgetting all that for a second, this was a much better film than the one we got from Sam Raimi. Director Marc Webb and company have created something with a much darker, more serious tone, a better story, and a solid conclusion. I enjoyed this film very much.
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![Moonrise Kingdom [DVD] [2012]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6632/6632341_sa.jpg)
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Have you ever looked at someone and, in an instant, felt a powerful connection to them? Something that made you want to abandon your life and run away with them? Not me, but the same can’t be said for two teens at the center of the latest comedy from the mind of Wes Anderson.
It’s 1965 and, on a small, picturesque island in New England, there are two very unhappy children. One of them, Sam Sandusky (played by Jared Gilman), is an orphan visiting Camp Ivanhoe with his troop of wilderness-oriented Khaki Scouts. The other, Suzy Bishop (played by Kara Hayward), lives on the island with her parents, Walt and Laura (played by veteran actors Bill Murray and Frances McDormand) and three younger brothers. Walt and Laura (Murray and McDormand) are both attorneys who are struggling to maintain both their personal and their professional relationship. One year before the beginning of our story, Sam and Suzy meet backstage during a play which Sam is attending and Suzy is acting in. Despite the brevity of that encounter, the two find themselves inexorably drawn to each other and exchange letters during their separation. They vow to run away together the next summer. We fast-forward to ’65 and Sam has vanished from Camp Ivanhoe and done it without alerting his scout master, Randy Ward (played by Edward Norton) or any of his fellow scouts. The search is well underway before the Sheriff, Captain Sharp (played by Bruce Willis) is made aware of the fact that Suzy has vanished as well. When the young lovers meet again, Sam has brought a multitude of camping necessities while Suzy brought books, her cat, records and a record player. They hike and camp for days until finding a deserted cove and make camp, naming their new home Moonrise Kingdom.
Obviously, there is more to the story. There’s the revelation that two of the adult characters are involved in a clandestine relationship of their own, additional details of Sam’s life story are revealed, and his eventual confrontation with his former scout troop who see it as their responsibility to bring Sam back using any means necessary, including lethal. All this culminates in a scene that had me on the edge of my seat. More than likely, this film, like some of director Wes Anderson’s previous efforts, will fail to resonate with the viewing public. I, however, enjoyed it a great deal.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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![The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [DVD] [2012]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6388/6388532_sa.jpg)
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Do you have a plan for your retirement? A condo, maybe? Las Vegas, Miami, Scottsdale? What about India? It’s probably not your first choice. But then it wasn't the first choice for most of the characters in this film, and they still ended up there. Wanna know why?
Evelyn Greenside (played by Judi Dench) is a housewife who was recently widowed. In addition to her grief, her husband’s death has left her with massive debts. While discussing her husband’s account with a representative of her internet service provider, she causes an abrupt change in tone when she informs the person on the other end of the phone, whose Indian accent is easily noticeable, that her husband is dead. We are later introduced to a High Court judge named Graham Dashwood. Dashwood (played by Tom Wilkinson) is on his way to the most recent in what seems to be an endless series of retirement parties. He’s dreading the event a great deal and, rather than suffer through the festivities, he simply says, “This is the day” as a way of announcing his own retirement and then leaves the party without another word. Next, we have the Ainslies. Douglas Ainslie (played by Bill Nighy) and his wife Jean (played by Penelope Wilton) are exploring a number of less-than-enticing bungalows where they might spend their golden years. They’d hoped for something grander, but invested a large portion of their savings in their daughter’s internet business and have yet to see that business turn a profit. Muriel Donnelly (played by Maggie Smith) is a cantankerous former housekeeper who needs a hip replacement but finds the wait, cost, and personnel at her local hospital unappealing. All these characters are made aware, in varying ways, of a seemingly beautiful retirement community in India named The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful. However, when they arrive, they soon find out that Sonny, the hotel’s young and enthusiastic manager (played by Dev Patel), has misrepresented the accommodations at the hotel. He neglected to mention the hotel’s shabby appearance, failing plumbing, and non-functioning phone service.
Now I failed to introduce two other characters in the story. They are single by choice and have come to India looking for romance. Without cluing you in to the ending, the film avoids the obvious cliché of the two finding love in each other’s arms while still allowing them to find contentment. For that reason and others, I loved this film. There are twists, surprises, happy endings, not-so-happy endings. All that merely punctuates the brilliant portrayals offered by a cast that already has many on their respective. The inexplicably optimistic character played by former Slumdog Millionaire and now supporting actor on HBO’s The Newsroom, Dev Patel is a constant source of amusement. See this film.
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![Savages [Unrated] [DVD] [2012]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6697/6697072_sa.jpg)
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Can two men share a woman and stay friends? Can a small, independent group of marijuana dealers take on a Mexican cartel? Has Oliver Stone lost his touch?
We are given a brief history of two of the lead characters, Ben and Chon (played by Aaron Johnson and Taylor Kitsch) by their girlfriend and the film’s narrator O (short for Ophelia, played by Blake Lively). Ben (Johnson) is a college graduate who majored in business and botany. Chon (Kitsch) is a veteran who returned from Afghanistan with the seeds that became an extremely potent form of marijuana and the foundation of their successful business. Ben contributes a great deal of his income to worthy causes and travels extensively. While he’s away, O and Chon receive a video containing numerous severed heads and chainsaw. They fear Ben has been killed until he returns home a short time later. They had a scheduled meeting with the cartel and so, they go ahead with it. The cartel representatives propose that Ben and Chon join their organization, but rather than consider their offer, they say they take the time they’ve been given to consider it and make plans to flee the country. A DEA agent named Dennis (played by John Travolta) tells them that the partnership is the best option. They disagree but, before they can leave the country, O is kidnapped. Ben and Chon hear this directly from Elena Sanchez, the leader of the cartel who ordered it. Elena (played by Salma Hayek) tells the two men that she intends to hold O hostage until they honor the terms of their agreement. During that time, she’s held prisoner amid miserable surroundings and guarded by a cartel henchman who goes by Lado (played by Benicio del Toro).
Now, regardless of what anyone might say about its historical accuracy, or lack thereof, I greatly enjoyed JFK. Same goes for Wall Street, Nixon, The Doors and Born on the Fourth of July. I thought Any Given Sunday was alright, but nowhere near as good as the others I’ve mentioned. I don’t know if this movie’s failure is something to be blamed on Stone, the actors or the source material, but the story didn’t really go anywhere and the characters were completely unrealistic. I’m not saying I won’t watch it again, but I certainly won’t pay for the opportunity.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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![Seeking a Friend for the End of the World [DVD] [2012]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6697/6697063_sa.jpg)
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What would you do with less than three weeks to live? Give up? Commit suicide? Take whatever you want from whoever you wanted and wave goodbye in the final moment? Think about it.
The first thing we hear during the film is that an asteroid is headed toward Earth and the last effort made to stop it has failed. We hear this over a car radio with a man and woman in front listening. The man, Dodge (played by Steve Carrell) says nothing as his wife (played by Carrell’s actual wife Nancy Carrell) leaves the car without a word. Dodge, an insurance salesman, returns to work the next day for lack of a better idea. The office is nearly empty and, while starting his car to return home, a coworker lands on Dodge’s windshield. His friends have embraced their fate by throwing a party in their home filled with drugs, alcohol, and free love. Dodge flees the party in terror and returns to his empty apartment. On another night, he wanders a local park, drinks Windex and passes out. When he wakes, he finds a dog tethered to his foot with the word “sorry” written on a Post-It note on his sweater. He takes the dog home and reminisces about a lost love until he’s interrupted by his neighbor crying on the fire escape. The neighbor, Penny (played by Keira Knightley), had just broken up with her boyfriend who caused her to miss the last plane home to her family in England. Despite their proximity, they’ve never spoken. So Penny (Knightley) takes the opportunity and hands Dodge some mail that was meant for him but placed in her mailbox. Among the many letters he didn’t get, there’s a letter from the same former girlfriend Dodge had been thinking about. A riot breaks out that evening causing Dodge to leave town and invite Penny along, claiming he knows someone with a plane who can bring her to her family. Along the way they encounter others making a final journey while they, meaning Dodge and Penny, develop a close relationship of their own.
This is not your typical comedy, obviously. Nor is it your typical end of the world film. In your typical end of the world film, e.g. Armageddon, Deep Impact, 2012, the world doesn’t end. The last great hope of humanity works and everyone lives happily ever after. And your typical comedy isn’t this gruesome. I call it that not because gory images are a constant in the film, but because they appear unexpectedly and startle the other characters and the viewers. Still, Knightley and Carrell play well off each other and their story is believable enough. As for the supporting cast, Martin Sheen, Derek Luke, and T.J. Miller among them, they all bring something to the story.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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What if you’d been told your whole life that you were destined for something you didn’t want? Worse yet, something you hated with almost every fiber of your being. How far would you go to change it?
King Fergus and Queen Elinor (voiced by Billy Connolly and Emma Thompson, respectively) have four children. Their triplet sons Hubert, Harris, and Hamish, and there oldest, a daughter, named Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald). Before her brothers were born Merida (Macdonald) bore witness as a bear attacked her family and took her father’s leg. Subsequent to the attack, Merida, much to her mother’s dismay, has grown into a free spirit who rejects her mother’s influence. This doesn’t stop her mother from offering tips as to how a princess must behave on a near constant basis, however. And when Merida hears the ancient tale of a prince who broke off from his duty and caused his kingdom’s downfall, she rejects it without a thought. So, even with her daughter’s objections, the Queen holds a contest for the first-born sons of nearby allied clans. The winner will receive her daughter’s hand. As the first-born of her clan, Merida competes and wins, causing a rift that is exacerbated when Merida destroys a tapestry and the Queen retaliates by throwing Merida’s bow in the fire. Merida flees to the forest in anger and follows a will o’ the wisp to a cabin. The old woman inside first insists that she is a wood carver but changes her tune once Merida offers a family amulet in trade for the witch’s services. The witch gives Merida a cake and tells her that it will change her mother, leaving out a few minor details as to the nature of that change and telling her only that the spell becomes permanent after the second sunrise.
Kelly Macdonald is tragically underrated as an actress. I first saw her in Two Family House, an independent film released in 2000 and then in the 2005 BBC film The Girl in the Café. She had some recent success thanks to Boardwalk Empire, but nowhere near what she deserves, in my opinion. She does a great job as Merida, and I feel similarly about the job Connolly does voicing King Fergus. Thompson does well, but the role doesn’t have anywhere near the same number of lines, for obvious reasons. The story is highly entertaining, as is the music. I will say that the ultimate consequence of the main character’s actions leave a little something to be desired. Still, a great time.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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![Prometheus [DVD] [2012]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6668/6668035_sa.jpg)
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Who among us has never thought about the origin of life on Earth? There are competing theories, of course. Some take the scientific explanation and dismiss the moment of creation as inevitability. Others prefer the religious explanation that it was an omnipotent being that simply made a conscious decision. Still, there is no definitive answer. Or is there?
We open the film 77 years in the future where two archaeologists, Elizabeth Shaw and Charlie Holloway (played by Noomi Rapace and Logan Marshall-Green) have discovered depictions of the same star system among several cultures with no discernable connection. After they’ve secured corporate funding, they depart for that system in a massive spaceship being helmed by an android named David (played by Michael Fassbender) who is studying human history and language at the same time. When the ship arrives at its destination, David wakes the passengers who were placed in suspended animation at the beginning of the trip. They include our two archaeologists (Rapace and Marshall-Green), Janek, the ship’s pilot (played by Idris Elba), Millburn, a biologist (played by Rafe Spall), Fifield, a geologist (played by Sean Harris) and lastly, Meredith Vickers (played by Charlize Theron) who was sent by the expedition’s corporate benefactors to supervise and report back. Holloway and Shaw are on a voyage of discovery with no intention of using it for their own gain. David (Fassbender) and Vickers (Theron) are shown to have motives that are not so altruistic, but keep them hidden from their shipmates. None of them, however, were adequately prepared for what they found.
Now, I’d seen numerous previews for this film and was very excited about it. Call it poor research on my part, but I wasn’t aware of its connection to the Aliens franchise until the day before it was released. Still, I was excited. Having seen the film, however, I’m not impressed. Rapace and Marshall-Green’s characters seem overly naïve while Fassbender’s character makes several decisions that are never explained and delights in the consequences, despite being an android. The other crew members are well-acted, but nowhere near as relevant. The final reveal seems to be the hint of an upcoming sequel for fans of the franchise. It did nothing for me, however. It appears I’m in the minority, but I didn’t like this film.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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![What to Expect When You're Expecting [DVD] [2012]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6389/6389073_sa.jpg)
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If you’re about to take on the one task that you can never really be ready for, no matter what book you read, what do you do? You talk to people who’ve been there. Expert or not, they’ll have advice you can actually relate to.
In the beginning of the film, we’re introduced to a cast of characters too numerous to list. Among them, however, are Holly and Alex (played by Jennifer Lopez and Rodrigo Santoro) who are beginning the arduous task of adopting a child from abroad after experiencing great difficulty conceiving. Also, we’re shown the final episode of a Dancing with the Stars type of show and as one of the winning contestants, Jules (played by Cameron Diaz) becomes nauseous and throws up which, in this film anyway, can only mean one thing. Holly (Lopez) is concerned that, even with the wait they have ahead of them, Alex (Santoro) won’t be ready for the challenges of parenting and isn’t excited about the prospect. To help him, she sets him up with The Dudes Group, men with children and pregnant wives who tell the truth, offer advice, and commiserate. One of the founding principles of the group is that they do not tell wives or girlfriends what takes place during group meetings. Another, told to us by Gabe, a man who has children already is that they don’t pass judgment. Even as one child, who’s father is played by Chris Rock, welcomes Alex to the group by hitting him with a stick and seems to find an accident around every corner.
Now, even as someone who’s never been expecting, the book of the same name was something I’d heard of before and as a result I would’ve known what this movie was about even without seeing the trailer. And, as was the case with He’s Just Not That Into You, another movie based on an eponymous self-help book, there isn’t much to see here. The characters themselves are exaggerated and the connections between them strain credibility and imagination. It isn’t offensive, though I might feel differently if I had or was going to have children, but it isn’t that entertaining either. There are some cheap laughs and shallow dramatic moments, but nothing that funny or insightful. If you are about to have children, skip the movie, read the book. And as someone who is beyond tired of hearing other people say “the book was much better than the movie” it pains me to say that.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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![The Lucky One [DVD] [2012]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6120/6120086_sa.jpg)
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Do you ever wonder about the big questions? God, destiny, the greater meaning of life as a whole or if there is one at all? Clearly Nicholas Sparks does. Whether that makes a good story or not is an entirely different question.
Sergeant Logan Thibault (played by Zac Efron) is on his third tour in Iraq when he and his fellow soldiers engage in a firefight. Logan (Efron) is spared but not everyone is so fortunate. Then, following the firefight, he sees something on the ground and, as he bends down to pick it up, there’s an explosion which takes the lives of even more of his compatriots. Still, thanks to the picture, he lived. While travelling in an armored vehicle discussing this, another soldier dies and, again, Logan doesn’t. He attributes this to the picture and, more specifically, the woman in it. So, after it becomes clear to Logan and his family that he brought home a good deal more than a photo, he decides it’d be better if he left and sets out, on foot, to find the woman who he considers his guardian angel. With nothing more than the photo and whatever was written on the back, he finds this woman more than one thousand miles away in New Orleans. Her name is Beth Clayton. Beth (played by Taylor Schilling) is divorced, a mother, on sabbatical from her career as an elementary school teacher and running a kennel with her mother Ellie (played by Blythe Danner) who’s recently suffered a stroke. Coincidentally, Logan left a dog with his family before going to war and came to Louisiana with said dog in tow. Also coincidentally, Beth (Schilling) is looking for help and offers the job to Logan immediately once she hears he’s a former Marine. She regrets that once she hears how he made his way to Louisiana but her mother (Danner) tells him he has the job and after that there was nothing to be done.
Of the seventeen novels written by Nicholas Sparks, this is the seventh to be adapted for the screen, the sixth I’ve seen, and the only one I’ve seen in the theater. The worst was, without a doubt, 2010’s The Last Song starring Miley Cyrus and Greg Kinnear. The best was The Notebook. As for its predecessors, Message in a Bottle and A Walk to Remember, I’d rank them somewhere in between. Many have commented that Schilling is too old to be playing opposite the former star of the High School Musical series, but as Efron is a mere three years younger than his co-star, I’d say it’s the least significant problem in a drama with many, many others. Others include the Homeric trek undertaken by the main character and the inexplicable manner by which he accomplishes what he set out to. Don’t waste your time. Don’t waste your money. Don’t see this movie.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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If you’ve ever watched a horror movie, you’ve seen characters headed for their doom after making an obvious mistake and asked yourself, ‘how could they be so stupid?’ What if your job depended on that very stupidity? Better yet, what if the world as we knew it depended on that stupidity?
Five college students, Dana (played by Kristen Connolly), Curt (played by Thor himself Chris Hemsworth), Jules (played by Anna Hutchison), Marty (played by Fran Kranz) and Holden (played by Grey’s Anatomy’s Jesse Williams) are all packed and ready for some much needed rest and relaxation in a remote cabin in the woods (I know, the title was no help in predicting that). Separately, two men in a corporate facility whose nature is not fully explained are gearing up for a series of operations taking place worldwide and one happening domestically that determines the future of their employment. While en route to their secluded cabin, our college students stop for gas and are more than moderately spooked by the station attendant who tells them that tragedies have befallen more than one of the previous owners. Still they press on and the attendant, Mordecai (played by Tim de Zarn) relays that to the two men in the corporate facility (played by Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford) while they laugh at the man’s ghoulish demeanor which he maintains long after the collegians depart.
There’s a good deal more to this story, but to reveal any more would give away too much. What I can tell you is that I enjoyed this movie immensely. The relatively unknown cast members serve their purpose and the more accomplished professionals, namely Whitford, Jenkins, and a largely unseen Sigourney Weaver add an entirely different dimension to a film that might otherwise be cookie-cutter from its inception. If you enjoy horror or enjoy a good parody, you will enjoy The Cabin the Woods.
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4 out of 5Great superhero film
By Treydle
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Can you reboot a franchise that once held the record for largest opening weekend in history? Can you create something original using a character who was first introduced to the world in 1962?
Peter Parker, age 4, (played by Max Charles) is playing hide and seek one night when he discovers someone has broken into his father’s study. His father, Richard (played by Campbell Scott) sees this and takes some important papers, his wife Mary (played by Embeth Davidtz) and his son to the home of his Aunt May (played by Sally Field) and Uncle Ben (played by Martin Sheen). Peter is left in that home for his own safety and never sees his parents again. At least a decade later, Peter (played as a teenager by Andrew Garfield), is being bullied by an athlete named Flash Thompson (played by Chris Zylka) and has a crush on a student named Gwen Stacey (played by Emma Stone). When Peter returns home at the end of the day, bruised and beaten by Flash, he finds papers in his father’s briefcase that show he once worked with a man named Dr. Curt Connors (played by Rhys Ifans). Connors works at a company named Oscorp, so Peter disguises himself as an intern to gain access to the lab and, hopefully, Connors. Little did he know, the tour for new interns was led by Gwen Stacey. She knows immediately that the ID badge that Peter’s wearing belongs to someone else, but allows him to continue on the tour regardless. Peter sneaks away from the group and finds a lab filled with genetically-modified spiders that are producing biocable. As is often the case with people who bother animals for no reason, Peter gets bitten. Security eventually finds him and escorts him out of the building. While on the subway, he discovers that he gained far more than knowledge from his visit.
Now, I saw the 2002 Spider-Man film starring Tobey Maguire and the 2004 sequel. I liked it initially, but over time, I grew tired of it. I thought 2004’s Daredevil was a much better film, despite mixed reviews from moviegoers and critics. Not to mention, I believe Kirsten Dunst gave a less-than-stellar performance as Parker’s love interest, Mary Jane Watson. Not to mention the irony of having blonde Kirsten Dunst dye her hair red to play Mary Jane Watson and then having redhead Emma Stone dye her hair blonde to play Gwen Stacey. Forgetting all that for a second, this was a much better film than the one we got from Sam Raimi. Director Marc Webb and company have created something with a much darker, more serious tone, a better story, and a solid conclusion. I enjoyed this film very much.
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November 10, 2012
Not on Sony's payroll. Or anyone else's for that matter. As for Sam Raimi, I have great respect for his work as the writer/director of "Evil Dead 2", "Army of Darkness", and "The Hudsucker Proxy". The "Spider-Man" film series, on the other hand, turned webbing into something that just came along naturally with the spider bite and turned Mary Jane Watson into a damsel in constant distress who spoke in a whisper most of the time. Whether Dunst was chosen by Raimi or forced on him by the studio, I believe the film was worse as a result. As for having a pleasant day, while it has little if anything to do with you, that seems unlikely. At any rate, I appreciate you saying that you respect my opinion and find my comments well-written. Perhaps you could submit a question with regard to a film on which we are of like minds. To sum up, feel free to respond or not and thanks for the input.
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