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Movie: Spider Man 3

Last night Allison and I went with our friend James to see Spider Man 3. We went up to the Regal cinemas in Hooksett New Hampshire. I like the Regal cinemas because they have a cinema club and offer free popcorn Tuesdays, that is a good deal. Apparently James used to work at this theater back when it opened. I remember going there when I was back in College.we probably passed each other at some point.

The movie was a decent popcorn movie for the summer and weighs in at 2 hours 20 minutes. So it was long. There were some spectacular special effects. The story wasn’t too bad and I love the cameos by Stan Lee and Bruce Campbell. I love it when they show up in the movie.

Topher grace played a very good Eddie Brock. Though he did not get enough screen time in my opinion. I did like how they made the Sandman and they used him pretty well. I enjoyed how we finally get the full picture of the death of Uncle Ben.

What I found weird was how the black suit made Peter some sort of cheesy 70’s disco dancer on the street. So weird. A web comic that I read sums it up pretty well. Here is hos take on Spiderman 3.

All in all I liked the movie and it fits well into the Spiderman movie franchise. I look forward to each one when it comes out.

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Movie: Hot Fuzz

I went to see the movie Hot Fuzz today. This was from the folks who made Shaun of the Dead, a movie I have not seen. This is a British comedy that simultaneously mocks and celebrates with sweet homage to the buddy cop flicks like Point Break and Bad Boys II. There is also a send up to the “Bay Shot” – a shot where the camera circles in tight on the hero.

I loved this movie for the sheer hilarity of the situation. Here is this cops who is so good at his job that he is making the rest of the force look bad. His name is Nicholas Angel and he is reassigned to a sleepy town called Sandford. There he is partnered with the worst cop on the force and son of the chief.

But all is not well in this sleepy town, there are many “accidents” around and Nicholas eventually gets to the bottom of the mystery. I don;t want to give anything away but each accident is more and more graphic with large displays to spurting blood, the carnage is almost laughable in its over the top feel.

What really did it for me was that moment in every buddy cop flick where the good guys have had enough playing by the rules and they break out of their comfort zone and start to kick ass. The climactic ending was so funny that I could not stop laughing. I really liked this movie and thought I would but then had a sneaking feeling as I bought the ticket that maybe I would not like it, I am glad I stuck with the decision and watched the movie.

I really liked the transition/montages they moved the story along very well and it almost makes me want to see Shaun of the Dead.