Movie: Spiderman 3

OK, so I just saw the midnight sneak preview of Spiderman 3 at the Metreon. The theater was sold out, and we ended up in seats in the 3rd row. It was a little close, which made the action scenes hard to follow at times. And shits to the Metreon for crappy audio... the soundtrack was regularly pitchy throughout.

As for the movie itself... hmmmm. It was kind of a mess. There was so much going on, so many villians, so many little plots, and they were all poorly stiched together. The scenes didn't flow from one to the next very well, and a lot of the dialogue seemed written by a 10 year-old. Continuity was a problem... Harry Osborne has short-term memory loss at one point, yet he tells Peter "I wish I could remember more about my father." Wtf?! Did he lose ALL of his memories, or just the ones from the last 2 days?! It made no sense, and that's just one example of many.

The best parts of the movie were without a doubt the comedy bits... J. Jonah Jameson, Dark Peter when he's high on life, Harry Osborne when he's high on painkillers. Harry's line right after he breaks Peter's heart over MJ was phenomenal. The waitress walks up and asks, "How's the pie?", and his response: "it's sooo good." Not inherently funny, but delivered sooo well. And Venom's line as he's holding MJ captive and looking at her lasciviously: "My spidey sense is tingling. If you know what I mean..."

I think in the end, what made the movie work for me was the eye candy. James Franco and Topher Grace... O.M.G. Both are sooo hot. But after walking out of that theater I was shocked at the crush I've got on Topher Grace now. He looked incredible: fit, tan, great hair... and he was terribly witty with his lines. I keep fantasizing about how much fun he would be to date. I seriously had to google him as soon as I got back, and that's when I learned he's a total nerd, too... like me! hahaha. So while I crawl into bed for ~3 hrs of sleep before a day of volunteering at Habitat for Humanity despite my still-healing broken collarbone, I'll be thinking of him. Here are some pics of him to illustrate my points...