Spiderman 3. The inner struggle between good and evil. Venom, Sandman and Baby Goblin.
Dave found it physically painful to watch.
That was not to say Dave didn't enjoy it, it was just that Jean would squeeze his arm everytime there was a loud bang and there were a LOT of loud bangs. This helped make the film seem more realistic as Dave could really feel for the characters.
Overall it was a decent film and Dave did enjoy it, although it quite often seemed to try too hard to be dramatic whilst at the same time desperate for action scenes. An easy example, without giving too much away, would be Sandman. Everytime he spoke he was a loving and caring father, he didn't want to hurt anyone, he just needed to get money for his sick child, deep heart filled moments. Everytime he wasn't speaking he was pounding the c**p outa Spidey for no real reason and his moto of "I don't wanna hurt anyone" did not seem to apply to policemen, who after all aren't really people. Surely a guy made out of sand could find a much sneakier and peaceful way to collect a lot of cash in a short amount of time. But the overall pattern of the film seemed to be emotion, check, action, check, logic? need not apply. For example, what do you do when your girlfriend has been kidnapped and very soon faces certain death?
A: Calmly go home, pull out a box containing your good old faithful red spiderman suit and remove the suit very slowly, staring at it for a good minute or two to make sure the audience understands the deep emotional significance of it being a red suit and not a black one.
This was followed quite quickly by a scene straight from Futurama. "Kif, hold up that flag. Wave it a little."
The inner struggle evil Spidey was a bit of a let down. Considering the overall desperate attempt to cram pack the film full of action, they missed a Golden opportunity. Instead of showing some hardcore Spidey action of him catching thieves in his new evil don't really care if they die manner which would have fit in perfectly well with the story and have been cool, they decided to show Peter walking down the street pointing at people not caring that everyone was laughing at him. Well, it is rude to point, you go bad boy.
A final complaint which must be mentioned despite it being clearly too picky and petty, but what happened to Spidey's Spider Sense? Spidey seemed to be bashed in the back time after time and never seemed to see it coming.
Harry was great. Despite the movie being apparently about Spidey's inner struggle, Harry pulled the inner struggle thing off a lot better. Spidey occasionally came across as a bit of a spoilt child, whilst Harry always seemed to have some real issues. Jean really seemed to warm to Harry and therefore, despite his great acting attempt, Dave hated him and thought he should have been cut out of the movie all together.
A guest appearance from Bruce Wayne's buttler Alfred, pretending to be Harry's buttler, was an unexpected twist. His speach however gave him away, "Bruce, sorry, I mean Batman, I've been friends of your family for a long time, I loved your father, I love you, but you have to know Spidey didn't kill your dad, he was shot in a dark alley way by a mugger, who may or may not have been the Joker depending on which story you believe, but it was his own fault. What sane multimillionaire walks down a dark alleyway in a dangerous area at night? No, Spidey definately didn't kill your dad. He just brought your dads dead body home to lie him on the couch for you as a nice surprise for when you got home."
In summary
Emotion, check
Action, check
Logic? Need not apply.
But two outa three ain't bad.
Go watch it.
