date night
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anotheranonYesterday D. and I went on a "date" - dinner and a movie. Movie: Spiderman III; dinner: Thai Farm. Reviews of both: good :)
The movie selection was a no-brainer - D. thoroughly enjoyed the first two and I did as well (though I don't have the childhood comics background to appreciate fully). I liked this third installment - lots of action and glamour; my only objection is that it tried to pack 1 1/2 stories into one movie when one would have been fine: 1 1/2 villians (Venom doesn't get nearly as much screentime, but he has larger teeth - maybe that evens it out?), 3 redemption stories (one good, one rushed, one felt "tacked on"). Some hard-to-explain plot holes (towards the end everyone seems really keen to forgive everyone else), but I didn't exactly expect a deep introspective relationship movie.
The strong points: the action was fantastic, and Tobey McGuire made Good Spiderman and Bad Spiderman equally believable (his Peter Parker is such a nice boy that his black-suited disco dancer alter ego is downright greasy). I gather that Spiderman lore dictates that Mary Jane is the perfect "girl next door" and if so Kristen Dunst nails it (pretty but believably so, sweet but not saccharine). And, BTW, the action and effects!
Neither of us had been to the restaurant but had passed it multiple times and decided to give it a whirl. Good interior ambience and I admit I wasn't adventurous with my order (Thai fried rice with seafood), but D. commented on how fresh his was, and perhaps we will go again :)
Given that there are so many good restaurants nearby we're toying with the idea of eating a swath through the nearby "sit down" restaurants we ignored when D. wasn't working. Slowly, of course, but surely :)
The movie selection was a no-brainer - D. thoroughly enjoyed the first two and I did as well (though I don't have the childhood comics background to appreciate fully). I liked this third installment - lots of action and glamour; my only objection is that it tried to pack 1 1/2 stories into one movie when one would have been fine: 1 1/2 villians (Venom doesn't get nearly as much screentime, but he has larger teeth - maybe that evens it out?), 3 redemption stories (one good, one rushed, one felt "tacked on"). Some hard-to-explain plot holes (towards the end everyone seems really keen to forgive everyone else), but I didn't exactly expect a deep introspective relationship movie.
The strong points: the action was fantastic, and Tobey McGuire made Good Spiderman and Bad Spiderman equally believable (his Peter Parker is such a nice boy that his black-suited disco dancer alter ego is downright greasy). I gather that Spiderman lore dictates that Mary Jane is the perfect "girl next door" and if so Kristen Dunst nails it (pretty but believably so, sweet but not saccharine). And, BTW, the action and effects!
Neither of us had been to the restaurant but had passed it multiple times and decided to give it a whirl. Good interior ambience and I admit I wasn't adventurous with my order (Thai fried rice with seafood), but D. commented on how fresh his was, and perhaps we will go again :)
Given that there are so many good restaurants nearby we're toying with the idea of eating a swath through the nearby "sit down" restaurants we ignored when D. wasn't working. Slowly, of course, but surely :)
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Date: 2007-05-07 11:25 am (UTC)Hate to say it, but he seriously needed a shower during bad!Spidey. Blech!!
Overall, I liked SMIII too, my sister and I saw it on Saturday and thought it was well done but was seriously heavy handed with the morals at the end.
And seriously, Spidey needs a wash for about 2/3rds of the movie.
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Date: 2007-05-08 01:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-08 03:39 am (UTC)