Peter Parker is a drippy, pathetic crybaby.

Where do I even begin? Stan Lee cameo was painful. The camera work in the scene where Aunt May comes to check up on Peter was annoying and took one right out of the story. And the "you can tell I'm evil now because my hair is different"? All it was missing was the goatee.

I could go on with the various story flaws, but I think they've been covered. But the biggest flaw, for me, was that the movie made Peter Parker totally unlikeable.

$80 for peace! Heh. I worked for California Peace Action.

It's what I hate about sequels in general. The only way they know to spice up a de-facto tired concept is to have the characters become horrible, and then turn on each other.

Spider-Man 3, Pirates 2, Empire Strikes Back, I could go on and on.



Bleh.

Oooh - just remembered that one of the trailers piqued my interest - "Across the Universe". Anyone heard the buzz on this? Interesting? Sucks? Seems like it has the potential to go either way.

I'm intrigued by the trailer but haven't heard anything about it.

Well, it's Julie Taymor. I've loved one of her B'Way productions (The Lion King) and hated one (The Green Bird). I loved her movie Titus... so therefore... I have absolutely no idea.

Her battle with the producers to get her cut released has become legendarily infamous around Hollywood in the last few weeks.

She does not have final cut on the film, so I'm betting it's going to be re-cut without her approval. But it's purportedly a confusing mess as it now stands.

"as it now stands" being her cut or the studio cut?

Her cut.


I haven't seen either, but I've no problem believing the producer's version that her cut is incomprehensible and too fvcking arty farty.

Can't Buy Me Love is one of my favorites, too. Young Seth Green, as Chuckie Miller, is awesome. So sad when they are all doing the African Anteater Ritual at the kiddie party, as Ronald/Donald goes to sleep on a burlap sack in the garage.

One Crazy Summer was rad! The cone dog had puppies with cones. Yes, the mean girls' faces did stick when the girl slapped them on the back!