will and i were bored this morning, so we up and saw spider-man two together this afternoon. the movie was good and my company was great. my brother is so funny, he cah-racks me up.
i’m glad they portrayed peter parker/spider-man as less of a martyr and more of a so-average-he’s-almost-invisible guy accidentally turned purehearted-but-misunderstood superhero. there were moments when i just wanted something, anything to go right for peter. tobey maguire is a symmetrical division between conventional boy-next-door and clever, wise-crackin’, powerhouse superhero.
i can finally appreciate kirsten dunst in this role. there’s always been something about her that aggravated me, and i finally realized what it was b/c it works so well for her as mary jane watson. the tone of her voice and her facial expressions have an animated quality, the red hair adds to illustrated effect and there’s no question that she can act the cartoon character.
i think my favorite part was either the elevator scene, for its humor, or the train scene, for its inspiration, or the final rescue, when peter himself can finally save mj and not have to let the credit go to a masked mystery-man.
the best effect was not the web, not the fire, not even the touching human emotion effect of the rescued subway passengers. my favorite was the spider outline cutaway transition between scenes. even i know that’s a comic book classic. and i don’t care what anyone else says, the green goblin and his neon smog and flying saucer gave me the creeps. but doc ock was positively terrifying. i do have to say, i think spider-man should be one word.
quote of the day: “go get ’em, tiger.” – mj in spider-man 2
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