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Blindy. had this to say about Tron:
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Kirsten Dunst is a dirty cunt.

1. Harry
Harry represented what the loss of a father figure could do. Any time Uncle Ben's killer has come up in the series, Peter becomes obsessive, violent, cut off from the world...exactly like Harry. Harry's spent the better part of two movies obsessing over destroying Peter/Spidey for what he thought Peter did to Norman. Ultimately, Peter had to recognize and overcome that cyclical turnover of hate begetting hate. In Harry forgiving him, Peter was able to forgive himself.

On the other hand, Harry couldn't have been the primary or sole "villain" of the movie because it would have rather quickly turned into a rehash of the conflict with the original Goblin. I thought it was fairly obvious that was what they were getting at when "Norman" told Harry to attack Spidey's heart. Again.

2. Sandman
Sandman in the movie was a guy who let circumstance force him into making bad choices. Imagine a world where Peter didn't learn from the death of Uncle Ben, or had learned the wrong lesson. Whereas Harry's reflection was that of a victim turned victimizer, Sandman's was a victim turned into a self-perpetuating ongoing victim. Marko was used to hating himself for his choices and having everyone else hate him, and in doing so it excused him to keep making bad choices because it wasn't like he had any other choice. Spidey fell into a similar trap in Spidey 2, as you might recall. Unhappiness with the choices Peter hadn't taken responsibility for making were putting him in very literal danger.

When Peter forgave Marko, he was breaking another cycle. Rather than the "wrath cycle" of Harry, in this case he was breaking the "Perpetual victim of circumstance" cycle he had set up with himself. He forgave Marko, which put Marko in a position where someone who he had done wrong wasn't going to help him perpetuate the self-fulfilling prophecy situation.

3. Venom
Venom is the threat of what Spidey could become, plain and simple. Become addicted to your power, overplay your hand constantly, snap to conclusions, win by any means necessary...you name it, that's Venom. You have to divorce yourself from the "kinder, gentler" Venom that Brock ended up becoming in the comic books. (Lethal Protector my ass!) Brock was always intended (in my opinion) to be the literal and figurative dark mirror of Peter. That's why there were so many deliberate parallels.

Peter's defeat of Venom couldn't be complete, because (here comes the message!) Peter will always, ALWAYS be tempted to go a little farther, push the border of right and wrong a little harder. And at the same time, Peter understands the temptation and wants to try and redeem/rescue Brock from himself.

So. That's my analysis on the villains. As for Gwen Stacy, she was there to fill a set role...she was there to make the idea that Peter was seeing someone else plausible enough to mess with MJ. Simple enough. Nothing more, nothing less. Convenient female character. As for the Goblin's disintegration bomb...uh...Sandman is made of sand, so when exposed to a high end incendiary (dunno if the goblin bombs are thermite or napalm or what) sections of him got glassed and/or detonated. Water? In the comics, there are very few things at Spidey's disposal that can slow down Marko. Water is the big one. Big explosions are another. Marko has to focus to retain shape. Water makes it near-impossible, and big explosions make it hard to hold it together. Marko is one of the few villains of Spidey's who doesn't regularly spend time locked up. Too hard. My big beef there was the flying sandstorm thing...someone's been watching too much Sandman. Oh and Venom constantly revealing Brock's face? Mainstay of the comics, folks. My big beef was Brock suddenly having big sharp fangs.

Please tell me he talked like that.

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Mr. Parcelan had this to say about Knight Rider:
Please tell me he talked like that.

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And that interpretation is great and all, Deth, but ultimately pointless. You have to go reaching to really find that message. Too bad you have to go reaching through a mound of shit to get to it.

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Mr. Parcelan said:
Venom revealing Brock's face seems like it would have been fine. Venom routinely shifted between the two. "We are Venom."

Please tell me he talked like that.

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The movie portrayed it more like the symbiote simply being a tool that hungers and has little actual control over its actions beyond bonding with someone. Brock seemed to be completely in control. I might have missed it but I never heard the name "Venom" spoke once.

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Mortious.
The movie portrayed it more like the symbiote simply being a tool that hungers and has little actual control over its actions beyond bonding with someone. Brock seemed to be completely in control. I might have missed it but I never heard the name "Venom" spoke once.

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Inferno-Spirit had this to say about dark elf butts:
Kirsten Dunst is a dirty cunt.

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Agree

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Greenlit probably says this to all the girls:
He didn't.

And that interpretation is great and all, Deth, but ultimately pointless. You have to go reaching to really find that message. Too bad you have to go reaching through a mound of shit to get to it.

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Funny...I more or less pieced it together in the five minutes or so after the movie...perhaps you went in expecting little and as such got exactly what you anticipated?

What really pissed me off was the lack of good trailers. A Shrek 3 trailer with about ten seconds more footage and the same Pirates 3 trailer I've been watching for weeks were the highlights. The rest were for movies that I do not have any interest in seeing and couldn't fathom why they were being shown with Spidey 3.

I had a few minutes of free time so I whipped this up.

I found evil Peter's funky dance HILARIOUS.

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Mr. Gainsborough stopped lurking long enough to say:
How's the pie?

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Sooooo good.

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Out of a possible 10, Blindy. scored a straight 1 with:
Sooooo good.

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Whoa, I just noticed that after Harry disappears, the guy in the background has GREEN SKIN OMG

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Everyone wondered WTF when Bajah wrote:
Whoa, I just noticed that after Harry disappears, the guy in the background has GREEN SKIN OMG

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But he's black hahah

Or the fact that Venom was twice the reduced size he was supposed to be, the movie over all was quite enjoyable to be frank. I enjoyed the bit with Bruce Campbell then again I am from Quebec.

Oui?

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We were all impressed when Elvish Crack Piper wrote:
Dr. Conners?

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I was confused by his appearance in the films, since Connors hasn't become reptile...though if they really are planning on releasing three additional Spiderman films, with or without Tobey Maguire and Sam Raimi, then I'm sure he'll be used eventually.

As for Spiderman 3, I think the movie could have actually been pretty good if the entire Venom plot was eliminated. Sure, there's the marketability of "The Black Spidey Suit" and Venom in general, but it's all unnecessary. Any theme about Peter's "dark side" is fulfilled by the Sandman and Harry characters- both of whom had something reasonably tragic happen to them, giving them reason to resort to supervillainy. The Topher Grace Eddie Brock, however, merely lost his job for committing journalistic fraud- hardly giving him any of the audience's sympathy, especially since Brock was already being set up as an asshole from his introduction on. Shit, even Connors turning into Lizard would've served as a better third-villain plot device- at least Connors is likable! I don't think anybody gave a shit about Brock in this movie.

Topher could have been a good counterpoint to Tobey had he been given a writer worth a shit.