Short answer: Little bits of dialogue added help clear up some problems with choppiness and fuzzy motivation in the original. Extra scenes in both Spidey-Doc Ock fights. Completely different elevator scene. More obnoxious butler. And a hilarious J. Jonah Jameson scene that may be worth the price. There are still plot holes and the Peter/MJ dialogue still makes me wince, but this is a smoother, more exciting version.
Even shorter answer: yes.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I want it, but does anyone else besides me notice the upside-down J on Toby Mcguire's face? IT DRIVES ME COMPLETELY CRAZY! All through BOTH movies he's had that and I don't know what it is or why it's there!
Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :
Chris, thanks for that review.
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
Here's the Jameson scene, from after he has Spidey's costume.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Regarding the near absence of Spidey cracking wise in the films, I think it's a problem of the difference in format. In a comic, Spidey doesn't have to worry about catching his breath or holding still long enough for a quip to be clear. Yay for stationary, frozen moment in time panels where it's actually possible to speak an entire -paragraph- while plummeting.
It's harder to do that in live action. The action almost -has- to pause for a good quip to be pulled off.
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
I can live with a quieter Spider-Man, but Peter's stunned/awkward silence in every single scene just makes me want to slap him.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Toby's like that in every movie. He'll always be that crazed-looking geeky kid from Pleasantville.
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