Spiderman 3

I am a film nerd, which means I generally don't like the new modern Hollywood Blockbuster. I worked hard to keep an open mind as this summer movie season approaches us. I was going to avoid the glut of comic book sequel movies that will be dominating the theater this summer. But I figured if I am telling my film students that they need to keep an open mind about the movies I show in class, I need to keep an open mind about summer blockbusters.

I am not opposed to mindless popcorn fun. Plenty of my favorite movies were the mindless popcorn form of their year. But this new wave of Hollywood summer films are reminicant of the films of late 80s with all explosions and effects. However instead of having NO PLOT, these new hollywood films have too many plots. One for each potential demographic that will be slurping down giant sized drinks in the theaters this summer.

On a cold Monday night I headed to the local theater near my cottage with an open mind to see Spiderman 3. I wanted to like it. I forgave everything I could until we got to Sexy Emo Peter Parker and I started to laugh so hard I had to get up and walk out of the theater to stop myself from bothering the people around me.



Here is a photo of Emo Sexy Peter Parker right before the most ridiculous and incomprehensible plot point I have ever seen in a major hollywood release. It's right around this scene where Peter Parker suddenly because an expert at Jazz Piano, dancing, and being sexy all because of a dark suit.

Please Hollywood. Simple 2 hour mindless summer fun is all we want. Is that so hard to do?