Im an avid moviegoer, save for the odd low-budget or independent film I watch only commercial cinema be it from any country, needless to say I was eager to watch this movie before anyone and since my friend is in movie distribution I was invited for the preview of the film.
I was really excited when I saw the previews and even though I was well aware of the demographic appeasement policy of the studios, I didn’t scale my expectations down by too much, I’m easily satisfied no amount of material could take away the pleasure of watching such awe-inspiring special effects.
Or so I thought!
Heres the part where I justify the summary(guessing the demographics and their tastes take with a pinch of salt).
THE FANS - They will love the little details in this movie, cram enough facts and names in any comic movie and they will have an orgasm, any adherence to the comics will earn brownie points with them and from my research I’ve learned that movie has remained very true to the comic universe and even clear some plot holes from the earlier films. BUT whatever happened to the secret identity at least few thousand people know by now who spider-man is, and by killing of so many characters(goblin for one) they are definitely going to lose some advantage STILL THIS IS WILL BE THE SECOND MOST SATISFIED DEMOGRAPHIC.
THE CRITICS - Satisfying them is even easier than the fans prerequisites are 1) The movie should be long(140 mins in this case) however exceptions are allowed for foreign language films which are all good. 2)There should be long boring parts with lots of conversations and deep emotional moments, crying is a must AND BOY IS THERE CRING SPIDERMAN IS CRYING, MJ IS CRYING, HARRY IS CRYING, AUNT IS CRYING, HELL EVEN THE DEAD UNCLE IS CRYING, all this is OK right how else do you please the drama lovers BUT WAIT THERE IS MORE.
NOW THE BLOODY Villains ARE CRYING MAN VENOM IS CRYING GOBLIN IS CRYING AND EVEN SANDMAN IS CRYING even apologising for gods sake.
ACTING WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE CONSIDERED SUPERB IF THESE CRITERIA ARE MET.
BUT it is a big studio movie and with loads of action and special effects that distract from the interesting story of man torn between his 2 lives(sic) hence they wont give the super high rating.
Still this will be third happiest demographic.
THE ORDINARY MOVIEGOER(alomst me)- We don’t really care about the details keep us interested for 105 mins and we are happy, add in some more special effects, some more twists, some more drama and some more eye candy and even 120 mins will do.
BUT this movie is 140+ mins there are long stretches of drama and only these many big action scenes and not to mention no eye candy(KIRSTEN LOOKS HIDEOUS).
This demographic will be satisfied for now BUT NOT FOR LONG.
THE OPINIONATED AND NOSTALAGIC COMMERCIAL MOVIEGOERS - We long for more movies of the kind we like(in my case the simple action movies of the yesteryear’s the good guys were good, the bad guys were bad and bloodshed always followed, in between there was some drama, some hot chicks, and some sorrow but in the end the bad guy lost and there were celebrations), IN THIS CASE THIS MOVIE WILL NOT FIT INTO ANYONES IDEAL COMMERCIAL MOVIE.
BUT There are once again a fair number of awe-inspiring effects and 6-7 good scenes and we will never really find this movie bad(still gave the lower rating to discourage such movies and not raise expectations).
GREAT COMIC SCENE IN THE RESTAURANT.
We will be satisfied but have loads of opinions.
BLACKS WILL RAISE A CRY ABOUT THE LACK OF BLACK ACTORS IN THIS MOVIE(eventually).
AND NOW FOR THE MOST SATISFIED DEMOGRAPHIC.
THE CHICKS - If ever there was a chick flick that was parading as an action film this was one. 1) All the men are sensitive(a less offensive word) and cry(read earlier) women will get MULTIPLE ORGASMS SEEING SUPERSTRONG SENSITIVE MEN. 2)The women are strong characters with loads of advise which turns out to be true, all of them are loved by their men, HELL THEY EVEN ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO THROW A CONCRETE BLOCK TO SAVE Their MAN. 3)There are more kisses, romantic, and tearful moments then the most romantic film ever made.
YAY SPIDERMAN IS DANCING.
BUT Some people died and they should have reformed and lived liked that other villain
Still women WILL LOVE THIS MOVIE.
Must stop rambling so heres the verdict.
If you will give in to the hype then PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
-s read above, CHICK FLICK, not enough satisfying action, too much demographic appeasement, LONG BORING STRETCHES.
+/-s CHICK FLICK, you could be in the right demographic.
+s decent acting, MIND BOGGLING SPECIAL EFFECTS, something for everyone.
total 4/10(actually its more of a 5-6/10 movie but want to discourage such movies and pull down the hyper inflated rating, it met my highly lowered expectations).