InTheWakeOfReason
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InTheWakeOfReason's rating
Mitchell & Webb have done some very funny material in the past. This film is, at best, mildly amusing.
The premise is amusing, in a black comedy way.
The characters are amusing, occasionally.
The script is amusing, in places.
Individually all of the contributors are capable of so much more and it is disappointing to end up with a film that aspires to be funny but falls short in so many ways. It simply fails to sustain any interest. Much of the humour is hackneyed and its predictability takes away so much of the punch that you find yourself hunting for humour that ultimately is not there to find.
Overall the best I can bring myself to recommend is if this comes round on TV and you have little else to do on a rainy day give it a try.
The premise is amusing, in a black comedy way.
The characters are amusing, occasionally.
The script is amusing, in places.
Individually all of the contributors are capable of so much more and it is disappointing to end up with a film that aspires to be funny but falls short in so many ways. It simply fails to sustain any interest. Much of the humour is hackneyed and its predictability takes away so much of the punch that you find yourself hunting for humour that ultimately is not there to find.
Overall the best I can bring myself to recommend is if this comes round on TV and you have little else to do on a rainy day give it a try.
Sam Raimi knows his craft and Spider-Man 3 is a great example.
There have been many 'critics' who have accused this film of being 'too complicated', or of 'trying to fit too much into a single movie'. It's a shame that people strive to simplify films, to dumb them down to mediocrity. Spider-man 3 contains many threads and the film is well paced as a result. Anyone should be able to follow the story with ease and the pace of the film is sustained and enriched by the intertwined stories. None of the plot threads is particularly challenging but they sustain the story which is, let's face it, all that matters.
Okay, the characterisations are not deep, but they are at least three dimensional.
One critic I read criticised Tobey Maguire's performance as Peter Parker under the influence of the symbiont. Sure, the performance lacks power, but it moves the story along and when I watch a comic book superhero story I'm not looking for depth, I'm looking for motivation, character and, above all, ACTION! Spider-man 3 delivers action IN SPADES.
This is a chewing-gum superhero comic book story and Raimi's interpretation captures this perfectly.
If you like fast paced fantasy action superhero web slinging sand blasted sky surfing love stories then Spider-Man 3 will be right up your street.
There have been many 'critics' who have accused this film of being 'too complicated', or of 'trying to fit too much into a single movie'. It's a shame that people strive to simplify films, to dumb them down to mediocrity. Spider-man 3 contains many threads and the film is well paced as a result. Anyone should be able to follow the story with ease and the pace of the film is sustained and enriched by the intertwined stories. None of the plot threads is particularly challenging but they sustain the story which is, let's face it, all that matters.
Okay, the characterisations are not deep, but they are at least three dimensional.
One critic I read criticised Tobey Maguire's performance as Peter Parker under the influence of the symbiont. Sure, the performance lacks power, but it moves the story along and when I watch a comic book superhero story I'm not looking for depth, I'm looking for motivation, character and, above all, ACTION! Spider-man 3 delivers action IN SPADES.
This is a chewing-gum superhero comic book story and Raimi's interpretation captures this perfectly.
If you like fast paced fantasy action superhero web slinging sand blasted sky surfing love stories then Spider-Man 3 will be right up your street.