So, the big "
Spider-Man" movie came out on
Friday. I haven't seen it yet, but I will--the fact is, I never see a big
geek-
favorite movie on the first
weekend it comes out. Years ago, I was at the first showing of
Tim Burton's "
Batman" movie and was treated to the sight of far too many
fat men wearing
spandex Batman costumes. They at least had
capes to cover up some of the
unsightly bulges--Spidey's costume is much less
forgiving, both to the
fat man's frame and to the
unfortunate eye that must watch him pay for a
ticket in front of you. So I'll wait 'til next weekend or the weekend after that.
But that's not why the world's
geek population makes me
weep with
despair and
frustration.
Early
Saturday morning, on another
website I read occasionally, someone posted a mini-
review saying that he didn't like the "Spider-Man" movie very much. He said he liked some of the
acting, but he thought some of the
actors were too
hammy. He said he disliked the
dialogue, thought some of the
special effects could've been more
convincing, and just basically believed that the
film didn't live up to the
hype. That's all fine with me--a
movie review ain't nothing but an
opinion, and there's never been a movie made that's
perfect enough to satisfy everyone.
But as you might (or might not) expect, his review was quickly
answered by someone who angrily and
indignantly defended the movie. It was the best movie that had been made in years, he said; the acting was
Oscar-caliber, the effects were perfect, the
story was the best thing that had ever been put on the
big screen, and the dialogue, well, for god's sake it's a
comic book movie, the dialogue was
perfect for a
comic book movie! The reviewer, it was snarled, was
obviously completely
ignorant about
Spider-Man,
comic books,
cinema, and possibly every other
topic on the face of the earth! You could practically hear the poor guy
blubbering on the
keyboard he was so
angry that someone could dare
disagree with his
opinion on a movie.
But even that is not why the world's
geek population makes me
weep with
despair and
frustration.
The way almost
everyone else on the site jumped in to
agree with the second guy--
that is why the world's geek population makes me weep with
despair and
frustration.
Research: Just me, dammit! (and I learned my lesson when I got the same treatment after saying I didn't think the X-Men movie was so hot)