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Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Couldn't have ended sooner
I am a major fan of comic books. Spiderman is no exception to this. One may think that this is the reason I hated Spiderman 3 so much.
It wasn't.
Okay, so it is true that it couldn't have ventured further from the plots of the comic books. Gwen Stacy is Peter Parker's fiancé, not just a girl in his class who he saves. Harry doesn't turn into the next Green Goblin until after Gwen is dead and he himself is married with a child. Oh, and he actually commits suicide. Under no circumstances should Harry Osborn have been given a hero's death.
However, this movie was bad for other reasons too. MANY other reasons.
This is a simply a prime example of trying to fit too many plot lines into one movie and consequently not being able to thoroughly explain anything. Many people have remarked that Spiderman seemed to have lost his "spidey sense". This is actually true, though they film declined to explain why. Because the symbiote is from outer space, the spidey sense doesn't work with it. Hence, Peter cannot sense Venom. You grow attached to Sandman's daughter, yet at the end of the movie, she is still dying. Couldn't Peter have shown how much he truly forgave Sandman by somehow helping his daughter? I waited for lots of Venom action. I waited in vain. 15 minutes out of the 2 hours and 20 minutes had Venom. Talk about a disappointment.
However, even if none of these complaints were valid and all my corrections had been made, the half hour of EMO Spiderman was enough to make this one of the worst movies I have ever seen.
It would have been better if Peter had followed the trend of many Emo teenagers and decided that life was not worth living.
The Ultimate Gift (2006)
What was up with Equador?
I thought this was one of the worst movies I have seen in quite some time. I cry very easily during movies, yet this movie, which was supposed to be a tearjerker did not bring a single tear. I had several problems with it. I did not believe that Abigail Breslin's acting was quite up to par with what we have seen her do in other films. I also was very confused with the relationship between Jason and Alexia. She didn't like him, then she some what tolerated him, then she didn't like him again, then the second he comes back from Equador she's hugging him like they were married.
And don't get me started on his trip to Equador. I understand that he needed to find out the truth about his father, which still doesn't seem relevant to me, but getting taken hostage by drug lords? How did that advance the plot in any way? They never mention it again and it took up way too much of the movie to be so irrelevant.
The continuity was horrible. He was homeless for a month but he barely got stubble. He's taken hostage and grows a huge beard.
The first time Emily sees Jason is at his grandfather's funeral. However, what was Emily doing there to begin with? True, she's a patient on his cancer ward, but if every patient who was in his wing of the hospital came, it would have been a lot more crowded. I kept waiting for them to explain that. I waited in vain.
And I had problems with the scene where his ex-girlfriend came back. He just ignored her. This would have been the perfect opportunity for him to truly show how he had changed. He could tell her off for using him for his money. He could try to show her what he had learned in hopes of starting to change her too. Instead, he let her to into his bedroom and wait naked while he went for a walk.
As for his father's death, a plane crash is a plane crash. It wasn't like his grandfather had been flying the plane in which his father died. Seriously, no matter whether or not he just left for the sake of leaving, or left to take medicine to a nearby town, the crash itself was still an accident that could have happened either way.
In conclusion, save yourself the money and don't go see it. There are plenty of other movies that better handle the issues tackled in The Ultimate Gift. If you are that curious, wait for it to come out on DVD. I'm sure you won't have long to wait.