After a long-standing struggle navigating through more than 10 tabs and a lost two paragraphs of insightful commentary that I can no longer reproduce, it is now official: I do not like Firefox as much as Opera. I am moving back. Sorry for ever doubting you, Opera my love.
“The fact is that if the fantastical is to flourish it must lay down the conditions of its magic and abide by them; otherwise, we feel cheated. (Tolkien knew this better than anyone.)”
Pardon me for quoting Anthony Lane the New Yorker film critic, but he is exactly right. Magic and superpowers, no matter how cool or powerful, isn’t worth much if you just let it happen without cause or consistency. In my case, the cause must be plausible (degree depending on how the movie treats itself as), and consistency is, well, consistency period.
The quote was taken from the author’s review of Spider-man 3, which I guess, shares some of my sentiments. The questionable powers developed in that movie are indeed inconsistent and haphazard, but that wasn’t the main issue. The movie, story-wise, just doesn’t work. Too bad, because the fight sequences really are impressive (and the Bruce Campbell cameo scene was hilarious). Sam Raimi has developed his art in this aspect, but in the process seems to have lost focus on coherence and characterization. Shame.
Spider-man 2 is still the best Spidey movie ever. David Edelstein agrees with me. Yes, another film critic, but what can I do? Once in a while they hit the nail right on the head.
