Holy crap y'all. Spiderman II is officially the best movie in the world. It was, to quote a fellow nerd, "flawless." *wink*
And to quote another fellow nerd, "the guy that played J. Jonah Jameson deserves to win a fucking Oscar!" Something that you kids probably didn't know about me is that I aspire to be J.J.J. when I grow up. And to get onto a tangent I've explored before, it makes me angry beyond belief that Kirsten Dunst will never be mine. My god, at the end when she said "Go get 'em, Tiger!" I nearly died. *swoons* And I'm not going to devulge any of the story because I want to be nice tot hose who have yet to see it, but suffice it to say that at one part I shed a man's (or, rather, a nerd's) tear.
For those of you who don't know, I've been a rabid Spidey fan since I was a kid. I was always into comic books, but no other book spoke to me in the same way that Spidey did. Even as a kid I remember thinking how much more depth of character Spiderman had than most heroes, and how much more intense the relationships between people, hero, villian, and family, were in the Spidey books. I suppose it's because I could always relate to Spiderman better than to any other superhero; true, he has superpowers, but unlike many superheroes he is emotionally vulnerable. Much of the story of Spiderman is how he copes with the duality of his nature and his responsibilities to himself, his family, and the world.
Wow. I just had a nerdy moment. My favorite theme in literature is duality of character and the conflict, both internal and external, that it creates. And you know what? I honestly think that it all goes back to my days of reading Amazing, Spectacular, and just plain old Spiderman in my youth.
I had a stupid grin plastered on my face for the duration of the movie, and I'm still excited beyond belief. And, through some cosmic weirdness,
Vladdic and I were watching it at the same time as Flux, Maximillian, and Scopitone were watching it out in California. Needless to say, right after I got out of the movie I called them to engage in some healthy nerd babble. We are the coolest people alive.
Anyway, I'm off to bed now because I actually have to get up at a reasonable hour tomorrow. It's my first day at work!
Hopefully, the phrase "Go get 'em, tiger!" will circulate happily through my dreams. Yes, I'm a dork, and no, I wouldn't want to be any other way.
And to quote another fellow nerd, "the guy that played J. Jonah Jameson deserves to win a fucking Oscar!" Something that you kids probably didn't know about me is that I aspire to be J.J.J. when I grow up. And to get onto a tangent I've explored before, it makes me angry beyond belief that Kirsten Dunst will never be mine. My god, at the end when she said "Go get 'em, Tiger!" I nearly died. *swoons* And I'm not going to devulge any of the story because I want to be nice tot hose who have yet to see it, but suffice it to say that at one part I shed a man's (or, rather, a nerd's) tear.
For those of you who don't know, I've been a rabid Spidey fan since I was a kid. I was always into comic books, but no other book spoke to me in the same way that Spidey did. Even as a kid I remember thinking how much more depth of character Spiderman had than most heroes, and how much more intense the relationships between people, hero, villian, and family, were in the Spidey books. I suppose it's because I could always relate to Spiderman better than to any other superhero; true, he has superpowers, but unlike many superheroes he is emotionally vulnerable. Much of the story of Spiderman is how he copes with the duality of his nature and his responsibilities to himself, his family, and the world.
Wow. I just had a nerdy moment. My favorite theme in literature is duality of character and the conflict, both internal and external, that it creates. And you know what? I honestly think that it all goes back to my days of reading Amazing, Spectacular, and just plain old Spiderman in my youth.
I had a stupid grin plastered on my face for the duration of the movie, and I'm still excited beyond belief. And, through some cosmic weirdness,
Vladdic and I were watching it at the same time as Flux, Maximillian, and Scopitone were watching it out in California. Needless to say, right after I got out of the movie I called them to engage in some healthy nerd babble. We are the coolest people alive.
Anyway, I'm off to bed now because I actually have to get up at a reasonable hour tomorrow. It's my first day at work!
Hopefully, the phrase "Go get 'em, tiger!" will circulate happily through my dreams. Yes, I'm a dork, and no, I wouldn't want to be any other way.
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foust2583:
thats alot of rant for spiderman, but it deserves it. I really enjoyed the movie and as a fellow nerd myself i salute sam raimi for actually making movies based on comic books that are actually good. ohhhhhhhhh i have to ask, did peters professer have one arm??? cause if he did that means hes the lizard im guessing, and i think that jamesons son is gonna be venom in the next one, that would be the fuckin shit. 
the_alchemist:
I too have loved ole' Spidey since a young age. My dad has the very first appearance of Spiderman in (I believe) Action Comics. He showed it to me when I was a teenager and he said he was keeping it for me until I was ready to take care of it. It was still in it's original wrapper, un-opened! I'm almost 33, you think he'll give it to me yet? Hell no! The bum. 
