Yay, I went to see a movie!

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(I have such problems with timing usually, unless I go with somebody.)

Saw Spider-Man 3 in the last first-run cinema it's in in my area - ouch. I liked it just fine, but I think I can see where people might have got restless with parts of the story. It's much more the character piece than super-hero action, although the Big Fight's pretty breathtaking in spots. There's some incredibly fast action in this film, which just highlights how much more brilliant the CGI artists have become with their constantly-improving tools.

And Toby can dance pretty wickedly. ^_^

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Also raided a series of Asian markets, including one I found sort of by accident and a new one really near work. *ahem* [lolcat voice] I can has ginger grater! [/lol] It's a blue kitty - I confess, I went for the cute over the strictly-utilitarian. Now... let's see what I might make with this stuff [rubs paws together, looks at stash consideringly].

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No new cute-dog pix this week. There's been fights and poo, neither of which you want to see. Bah.

Comments

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I have heard it alledged that Raimi did not care for Venom as a villian, being more of an "old-school" Spidey fan, and therefore most of the scenes developing the Venom storyline (such as Pete's 'Pimpin' Mack Daddy' routine) were therefore played for laughs. That sequence certainly had me cringing in my seat and covering my eyes.

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

That's almost unnerving, because as I was trying to quantify what seemed 'off' about this movie, I came up with 'it's almost like he didn't care, or was distracted'. Then I considered I was saying that about Sam Raimi and it didn't seem plausible.

That sequence certainly had me cringing in my seat and covering my eyes.
The interesting thing about that reaction is that I suspect that's exactly what we were supposed to do, both on a meta level and a sympathetic level. If Raimi didn't like that storyline, he transmitted perfectly his dislike and made us harmonise with him on it; also, we're supposed to be repelled by Venomised Peter, even as we say 'huh, he looks pretty hot that way, buuuuuut....'

I'm starting to think it was more subtly skillful than I first thought.