A fascinating rewatch in a post Hundreds of Beavers world. Compared to that movie's universally appealing sense of humor, this one is so ultra specific and so niche that I can see why it only majorly took off among my circle of friends. A couple stretches are a bit dryer than I (looking at you, cruise ship bit) and while there are so many comedic swings that still hit home runs for me, there are a surprising number of…
Cycles between one of the most compelling, devastating portraits of a morally shaken hero ever put in a comic book movie, and some of the most batshit insane structural and narrative decisions the genre has ever seen. The resulting mixture is so tantalizing, so impossible to look away from, that it honestly confounds me whenever I try to pinpoint a legitimate critical score for it. There is simply nothing like Spider-Man 3. I go into it excited for its legendary…
The funniest superhero movie ever made, and my personal favorite of the Raimi trilogy. It never gets old to revisit.
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Stunning. Way better for me as an adult than it was as a kid. The fact that Wall-E barely talks and yet manages to be one of the most well-realized and charming characters in animated history speaks volumes. The environmental message is well handled, the romance is believable. The weak villain is really the only thing holding this back from a perfect score.