Well, hello there, kind folks. If you’re visiting this blog of mine, I presume that you have a certain interest in the cinema. As for me, even since my early childhood, I have had a deep love of everything related to movies and television. As far as I can remember, I have been more at ease in front of a screen than in the yard, outside, playing. It is a great way to travel, though other people’s stories, without having to foot any kind of steep bill. Over the years, I feel that movie-watching has even fuelled my own creativity.

All that being said, I welcome you in my Cinephile’s Nest. I hope you enjoy it here, feel free to come back at any time. Here you will find reviews of current movies and older ones. TV shows also. Some classics that have remained some of my favourites, some that have disappointed me. I will use a very basic star (*) system to grade them from 1 to 5 (5 being sliced bread level). Remember, these are just my tastes. I will try to explain in each review what I liked about these particular movies, without giving spoilers.

Il y aura aussi des critiques en français pour les films francophones, car j'aime également le cinéma dans ma langue maternelle. Avant d'apprendre l'anglais, plus jeune, je louais des tonnes de films traduits en français, surtout ceux de Bud Spencer et Terrence Hill. Ma mère a eu le choc de sa vie lorsqu'un jour, dans la boîte d'un de ces films, Deep Throat avait malencontreusement inséré. Une expérience formatrice pour le jeune cinéphile que je suis.

Bienvenue à tous, amusez-vous bien.

I welcome you all here, enjoy yourself.

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

 Genre: Superhero
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church
Running Time: 139 minutes


 

All the while being overtaken by an extraterrestrial symbiote that alters his personality, Peter Parker must juggle Spider-Man’s newfound fame in New York, his rocky relationship with MJ and three new villains: his former best friend Harry Osborn; Flint Marko, uncle Ben’s true killer, who is turned into The Sandman by a freak accident, and Eddie Brock, a rival photographer at the Daily Bugle, who then becomes Venom.

While the visual effects are evidently still spectacular, this third installment in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man franchise suffers greatly from a lack of focus. There are too many villains, with too many switches and swerves also. It is like they tried to squeeze three movies into one. The acting is mostly good, though that dance scene and the teary-eyed stuff at the end was overly sappy for no good reason.

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