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Spiderman 3 Reviews

The reviews for Spiderman 3 have not been great, but will it matter? Here are a few choice reviews:

"... it's not a difficult movie to sit through. It's just difficult to enjoy." Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

"This overstuffed treat...drags in spots." Lou Lumenick, New York Post

"...I was so disappointed by the meandering storylines, sub-par performances and lackluster bad guys..." Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

"...suffers the waning of inspiration that so frequently infects the third installments of great series..." William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"...the film is a disappointment overall." Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

So how much money will the reported $500 million film make? Well making nearly $30 on the first day overseas and 3 times the advanced sales of SM2 here in the states are good signs that Sony will make it's money back on this film. [It is currently projected to make $800 worldwide at the box office] I think the real question is if this film is really this disappointing, will this be the end of the line for Sam Raimi/Toby Maguire in the franchise? I hope not. I would like to see Sam and Toby come back to Spiderman about 3 years from now, film the next 3 films at one time and release an installment in the summer's of 2011, 2012 and 2013. Hey it worked for the Lord Of The Rings guys and that was an unknown commodity so why not the biggest current movie franchise.

Labels: Movies

posted by TheWino @ 9:31 AM