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I saw Joxter, and that other guy from Xena (Brisco County Jr.) was the microphone guy at the wrestling match,
That would be the inimicable Bruce Campbell of Army of Darkenss fame. Like videodrome said, you're missing out on a great flick. BTW, that was the first laugh of the movie for me, seeing Bruce in that goofy Elvis gold lame get-up.
I dunno why I didn't like it as much as everybody else seems to. Don't get me wrong, I liked it--just not estatically so. Here's some ideas on why I didn't go all cocoo-for-coco puffs for it:
1) I saw it at a matinee with only 4 other people in the theatre, so maybe the lack of audience interaction made it less exciting.
2) I'm more familiar with the extroverted, smart-alecky Spider Man than the shy, introverted Peter Parker. The flick had alot of the latter and not alot of the former. In fact there was probably less than 10 lines of dialogue for Spider Man, but a whole hell of a lot of lines for Peter Parker.
3) As someone stated before, the relationship with MJ was the main plot while the Green Goblin was the subplot, as if it was the MacGuffin to make the flick. So it didn't have as much action as I'd hoped. Call me simple, but when I want a romantic movie, I see a romantic movie and when I watch an action movie, I want ass-whuppin' and lots of it.
4) It's more the nature of the character than anything Raimi & Co. is responsible for, but it was really (for lack of a better term) simple. I'm kinda in the Frank Miller camp in that I like my protagonists to be conflicted, walking inbetween the shadows & the light. So I guess this is kinda related to wanting Spider Man to be more of a smartass than the "Gee, gosh willickers!!" Peter parker in the script.
So there's my $.02. Iliked it, I thought it was good, but I don't think it's the best thing since the Polio vaccine. BTW, I didn't see Stan Lee (but I wasn't looking either). What cameo did he have? |
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