elrenno
Lifetime Total
1+
IMDb Member
22 years
Reviews
Spider-Man (2002)
A real feel-good movie
It has all the elements of a classic movie: The struggle of good vs. evil, The underdog turned hero, Boy gets the girl (well, maybe not).
I give it two big thumbs up. The choice of Toby Maguire was an excellent one. He added just the right flare to the role. And Willem Dafoe makes for such a wicked bad guy.
My only complaint was that some of the special effects were a bit too much. They used a CG Spiderman a bit too often. Other than that, it had a terrific story line. It was told very effectively. And, having heard through interviews that Toby Maguire has already signed to do two more Spiderman movies, the lead-in to the next movie was blatantly obvious.
In short, the movie's well worth the time and money. I especially liked the ending. I had heard that they had to rework a few scenes following 9/11. One of them becomes very clear as Spiderman does a "fly-by" at the end of the movie past a very large American flag atop the Empire State Building.
Go see this movie!
I give it two big thumbs up. The choice of Toby Maguire was an excellent one. He added just the right flare to the role. And Willem Dafoe makes for such a wicked bad guy.
My only complaint was that some of the special effects were a bit too much. They used a CG Spiderman a bit too often. Other than that, it had a terrific story line. It was told very effectively. And, having heard through interviews that Toby Maguire has already signed to do two more Spiderman movies, the lead-in to the next movie was blatantly obvious.
In short, the movie's well worth the time and money. I especially liked the ending. I had heard that they had to rework a few scenes following 9/11. One of them becomes very clear as Spiderman does a "fly-by" at the end of the movie past a very large American flag atop the Empire State Building.
Go see this movie!
A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
Totally awful. I expected more.
As one of my favorite cartoon characters once said, "It was awful. Worse than awful. It reeked. It oozed badness from every pore...Well, maybe not THAT bad, but Lord it wasn't good." Loads of bad acting. I can't imagine why. Matt Dillon is a good actor. I was actually watching to see Ben Browder (currently of Farscape). Even he was less than stellar. I'll attribute it to bad writing (Ouch! And me an aspiring writer). At any rate, the plot of the movie was acceptable. I like a good murder mystery (even if it wasn't that much of mystery to the audience). This is definitely a movie that would have benefited from a better director, writer, editor, producer, etc.