Staggering

us$148 million dollars. that’s ‘148’ followed by six zeros. in three days.
in case you are wondering, that’s how much the third spider-man movie made in its opening weekend. this is, as you may guess, a record, which in the long run in great because I like the franchise and this type of reception (i.e. the profitable kind) greatly increases the probability that there will be a forth or even fifth installment.

honestly though, i have to say that i liked the first two movies better. my initial complaint is that there seems to be too much going on in the movie for any one of the different plot devices to be truly played out. by my count there were 3 separate villains and thus 4 separate plot devices (3 bad-guy plots and spidey’s personal life plot) to blaze through in a relatively short amount of time.

now i still recommend that all the spidey fans get out and see it... if for nothing else as to see venom on the big screen. oh... and about that... i really have not been impressed by cgi in the past few years. jurassic park’s t-rex, blew me away, but lately it seems that the technology has become so prevalent that it just seems to blend in (exhibit a: the last 3 starwars movies) and to me... that’s kinda, well... meh. this movie however has some stellar effects, not just venoms webbing and symbiotic suites movements but also how every grain of sand on the sandman’s body behaves appropriately... just awesome.

so there you have it, on geeky chindians review of what is arguably the most successful comic book movie to date. take that as you see fit.

in other news, i am apparently an omnivore.

out.