ChildrenofSlayer wrote:

Mario Brothers film >>> Spiderman series

you deserve to be shot for saying this.

ChildrenofSlayer wrote:

JEW wrote: you deserve to be shot for saying this. You deserve to be flailed to the bone, have all your fingernails pulled out, stretched a few inches on the rack, be chemically castrated, get butchered by an axe murder, and have your corpse eaten for taking "Spiderman" over "The Mario Brothers". I don't mind anyone saying the Mario film sucked, or even that it was the worst fucking film of all time, but worse than Spiderman? Are you kidding me? Before your post, I thought the only people who watched and enjoyed the Spiderman film series were teenage girls. I'm serious. I had never met a straight guy who considered either film good, let alone great. The films had all the plot ingenuity and intelligence of Barney cartoons mixed with the pretentious, repetitive boredom of Raimi's attempts at serious dialouge. ("With great power comes great responsibility" was repeated a thousand times throughout the film....how has this not been made into a Brokeback parody yet?) To summarize, I usually couldn't give a flying fuck what films people like, but I make exceptions for two special types of assholes; people who liked Star Wars Episode 3, and people who enjoyed the Spiderman series.

was the entire beginning of your post really nessecary?

you really must not read the comics much if you feel this strongly about the spiderman movies.

ChildrenofSlayer wrote:

Mr. Bomberman wrote: I liked the Spiderman movies, and, I'm looking forward to the 3rd one myself... Okay, serious question; what aspects of the movie did you enjoy? Was it the hype of a beloved franchise you worshipped as a kid being made into a big-time movie with badass villians? The kickass CGI and action sequences? Toby Maguire and/or that annoying girl from "Crazy Beautiful"?? (I refuse to address her by her real name) I mean, I really have to figure this out. I understand why people like(d) Britney Spears, Nelly Furtado, Fergie, etc., even if such tastes were/are morally repugnant to me. But I haven't deciphered either "Star Wars 6" or "Spiderman". Help me out, man.

you're trying waaaay too hard man. how old are you?

ChildrenofSlayer wrote:

Dr. Jeebus wrote: , and both everyone I worked with and everyone that comes into the store that has seen the Spiderman movies liked them. So you're telling me that everyone you work with is a teenage girl? Unless they're of the fat, smelly, cosplaying persuasion, that's fucking awesome. You're a lucky man. Focus Obviously, everyone who enjoys a film doesn't have some complex, concrete reason they're conjuring up in their heads for why they like a film. They just flippin' do. And most of the time, I can figure out why, whether it be the existence of Holocaust deniers, rapists, or MCs that play obnoxious rap songs at parties, even though all three disgust me to my very core. But not with Spiderman. I just don't get it.

so you're insulting people for enjoying a movie now? that's really mature. you must be like twelve.


I enjoyed the spiderman movies because they took a comic book that I enjoyed, and adapted it to the big screen, and didn't fuck it up. it's that simple.

they didn't redesign all of the characters to be more realistic (x-men) they didn't say "fuck it" and do whatever they wanted with the source material (AVP, resident evil apocalypse) they didn't make a standalone movie and then slap a liscense on it that didn't fit just to cash in (your beloved super mario). it was an honest to god, simply put, movie based on a comic book.

the movie was made to appeal to comic fans, not cosplayers, not manly men, not women. anyone who actually reads comic books would understand that the romance in the movie was needed, and works. Peter Parker's family has always been an important part of who he is. why else would current spiderman have killed someone after they hurt his aunt may and put his wife in danger, and now roams the city in a black outfit seeking vengance? (back in black) why else would marvel zombies spiderman become a bawling baby whenever zombie tony stark mentioned how he ate his wife and aunt? if you aren't seing the movie because you're a comic book fan, then why are you seeing it? it's like going to see titanic when you aren't the least bit interested in a love story.

the campy cheese lines have always been a big part of spiderman's dialogue in teh comics, and it wouldn't feel like spiderman if raimi didn't include it in his script. Fuck man, the entire first movie was based on a story arc that ocurred in the comics (except in the comic, gwen stacy was killed on that bridge scene at the end, as opposed to spidey saving mary jane) The things raimi did change, were subtle, and nessecary to adapt the plot, but didn't ruin it.

and on the argument of the movie not being realistic in the vein of batman begins or x-men, it's a movie based on a comic book. it's a film about a man in a costume swingign around a city fightign badguys with super powers. batman begins worked because batman has always been a darker, more serious cahracter, and x-men.... didn't work.

I'm expecting you to reply with somethign along the lines of "your stupid and I disagree with you" except with more words taht you looked up in the dictionary to sound smarter, or at least more insults or threats to do graphic things. Either that or you'll fall back on pointing out my spelling errors.