Jonah is right, other than his parting shot at DC. Adam Graha-Silverman is right. John Podhoretz is just being silly.
Went to see the movie yesterday afternoon with someone known to you all. Loved it. It was pretty close to (though not quite) pitch-perfect as a movie. It included lots of easter eggs for the geeks (Stan Lee! “Spider-Man No More” complete with the cover shot reproduced exactly! The Doc Ock denouement! The cartoon “Spider-Man” theme song!) without letting them get in the way; it probably included more shots than even Daredevil did that were lifted precisely off the page, but here they were actually integrated into the movie. Wonderful performances all around. Kirsten Dunst is just right; she has the right kind of looks to be the idolized-from-afar daydream billboard ad without the passivity that could go with those looks.
I’m really not thrilled with the telegraphed direction of the third movie. Of the three possible villains they’ve got kicking around, they seem inclined to go with by far my last choice. And I think it will be very tough to top Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus, either in his performance or in the effects. (Vastly better than the lame suit of armor they put Willem Dafoe into as the Green Goblin.) But I should have a little faith, since things have gone so well so far.
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