Thursday, 6 June 2002
Spider-Man
So I finally saw Spider-Man yesterday in the midnight preview and I must say I liked it. From the trailers I had expected more action but the lack of it during the first hour or so didn't bother me in the least. I liked how they slowly developed the story and how you could see Peter Parker slowly getting to know all his new abilities and fooling around with his net.
I also liked the humor. One of the scenes I liked best was when that big brute (I forget his name) tried to beat up Peter in school. And that one time he tries to punch him but misses and everything changes to slow motion and Peter looks up and down his arm in astonishment with this delighted look on his face. Great!
And his first outfit (the one he wears at the wrestling match) is just so cool. Everybody had expected it to be the cool Spider-Man costume he had drawn in his sketchbook before. But this one was so much better :)
Well worth seeing a second time.
Also they had decorated Sony Center (where the movie theater is located) with a huge (at least 10m) blow-up Spiderman hanging on the wall at the entrance to Sony Center and a second, life-size, Spiderman crouching in the fountain in the middle. I took pictures but I'm not sure how they turned out yet as I didn't have my tripod with me...