I like Peter Parker's dancing in "Spider-Man 3."

[Jayson1]

I think it's time to say it because I see it crapped on all the time when people talk about the movie. I mean the movie itself isn't really all that great but the dancing was not only not bad. but it might be the best thing in the movie. The reason I like it reminds me of something that MOvieBob critic said when he defended it. Peter Parker isn't suppose to look cool. He is suppose to be what a nerd thinks, looking cool would be like.

I like that idea because it makes sense. Just because he has new confidence because of the black goo doesn't mean his personality is going to be 100% different. He will still be kind of nerdy and awkward and kind of the sweet nice guy. He isn't all of sudden going to turn into jock sterotype. To me that kind of stuff looks like it would be fun and I wish I wasn't so shy or I had enough talent to do that kind of thing in public.


Jason

 

[theenglish]

That's the point of the scene certainly, but my problem with the movie is that why bother with the scene at all. The movie is already overly long and the dancing scene was just kind of pointless.

 

[Grendelsbayne]

Peter Parker is supposed to be an outsider who is smart and kind, insecure and awkward and talks too much. He is not supposed to be a bizarre dork who is literally painful to look at or watch. Which is why Maguire's performance was absolutely terrible from start to finish (not just for one dumb scene in the last film).

 

[Tosk]

I liked it. The idea that Peter becomes a lame version of what he thinks a bad boy is tickles me. He even uses antiquated threats like, "I'm gonna put some dirt in your eye."

That's the point of the scene certainly, but my problem with the movie is that why bother with the scene at all. The movie is already overly long and the dancing scene was just kind of pointless.

The same reason the "Raindrops" sequence is in Spidey 2. To show where Pete is mentally using a song montage. The film intentionally reflects that sequence. In Spidey 2 the onlookers are appreciative (Pete is in a good place), in Spidey 3 they are scornful. (Pete is in a bad place, even though he thinks it's a good place.)

 

[theenglish]

LOL--I can just imagine what the Venom entity is thinking once it realizes what a dork it has joined with. No wonder Venom can't stand Parker.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Eh, it was no Batusi.

 

[Saul]

Of all the things you could have done with the black suit Spider-man this wasn't one of them. The film was overstuffed enough. Rehashing a scene from Spider-man 2 was fairly lame and considering how little we see of Venom at the end this could have been sacrificed for something better.

 

[suarezguy]

The dancing scene/montage felt like another instance of the filmmakers wanting to do again, but more, humor that worked in Spider-Man 2 (yes especially the "Raindrops" montage) but this time it felt too out-of-place and excessive.

I did think the movie did a good job in its first half or so of showing why Spider-Man would end up trying to kill the Sandman, then it did an OK job with Harry but then the dancing montage felt like it was trying, wrongly and way too hard, to distract attention from that he just wounded and tried to kill Harry and it did make it harder to care about pretty much everything that happened later.

That he tried to kill Harry really shouldn't be followed up by a lolz goofy haircut and him annoying Jameson by putting his feet on a desk.

 

[Solariabsg25]

I never had a problem with it. Parker was acting in a way he believed would be really cool, but wasn't.

 

[Starbreaker]

I like that scene. I think the movie is ridiculous in a good way..

 

[LJones41]

I liked it. The idea that Peter becomes a lame version of what he thinks a bad boy is tickles me. He even uses antiquated threats like, "I'm gonna put some dirt in your eye."

I know what you mean. Thanks to the symbiote suit and his own idea of what it means to be "bad", Peter seemed to have this misguided belief that he was being "cool", while walking the streets of Manhattan. Even when he was "evil", Peter could not help being a nerd. Watching him wallow in this illusion of his "coolness", while oblivious of the contempt of passing women made this sequence one of the funniest in the movie. I think it also really showcased Maguire’s comedic skills.

 

[F. King Daniel]

The emo loser thinking he was cool was hilarious.

 

[Timby]

Best scene in the movie.

 

[Gaith]

Six or seven years ago, threads sticking up for not-so-loved (but still hugely profitable major blockbusters) were an everyday SF/F occurrence. Now they're oddities.

 

[theenglish]

Six or seven years ago, threads sticking up for not-so-loved (but still hugely profitable major blockbusters) were an everyday SF/F occurrence. Now they're oddities.

Hmmm, so were threads criticizing movies that had previously been highly praised and loved when they were released...