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First was fine, but a bit corny. Second was the best. Third was drowned by the budget and Hollywood bullshit.
 
Why the first is good though? Casting was actually pretty damn good. Spidey himself could have been cast better, but since they went for the super dorky geek version of Parker, they picked the right guy for that. I'd of rather him been a bit more confident, sarcastic, and genuinely funny AFTER he got used to being Spider-Man. The way they did it, he always felt like an awkward dude. I hate the actress that played Mary Jane, but I cannot argue against the fact that she looks the part, and can act. Everyone else was cast super well. Goblin? Perfect. J.J.? Beyond perfect. Aunt May and Uncle Ben even sold their parts. The script manages to get Peter to turn into Spider-Man, learn with power must come responsibility, and face off against one of his most iconic foes fairly smoothly. It also sets up his relationships with his aunt, uncle, Mary Jane, and Harry Osborne. I mean that is pretty good for one movie. The second one definitely gets points because it was able to skip the origin and go right into the action. Still, the first one was about as solid as you can do an origin story. Iron Man and Batman Begins basically made the origin stories their focus, with a battle against an enemy kind of tacked onto the end, with varying degrees of success. Everyone knows Spider-Man's origin, and there isn't much else to delve into concerning it, so I think they were right in just trying to get through it quicker.
 
It was a damn good movie. Don't know what else to say.

I haven't been following X-Men, because Second Coming seems like its the climax of a bunch of arcs, and I just didn't want to go back and read a whole mess of stuff. However, I'm thinking of jumping in when X-Men #1 hits, and this "Curse of the Mutants" kicks off. Not because the vampire storyline looks particularly interesting, but it just seems like a good spot to jump in.  Only really plan on reading the Namor and X-Men books.
 
Here's the thing I'm confused about though. I would pick up Uncanny X-men as well, but it seems like its still doing Second Coming for the foreseeable future. I mean... does that affect whats going on in the X-Men book? I mean, how can it not? I don't really know what Second Coming is about, but if its such a big part of the X-Men universe, I don't understand how there can be a new arc while an old arc is still wrapping up.

I probably liked The Ultimates the best out of anything of his I've read. But its also the first thing of his I read, so its hard to say.

Because he gets handed off to just about every writer and artist, I can hate how some people depict him, but I have nothing against the character itself.

Is this a high school movie? Does anyone know that for sure? People keep saying that, but I haven't heard anything that points to it being in high school. Also, most of the actors they looked at were out of high school range.
 
I honestly hope its not in high school. We don't need another origin, we don't need another nerdy high school Peter Parker. The second Spider-Man was the best because he was able to just go out and be Spider-Man. Now we just need a Spider-Man movie where he can go be Spider-Man, and not be a totally lame nerd. Parker only starts out as a nerd, but he becomes a confident witty dude.
 
We've already seen the one side of him, lets see the other.

Is this thread even ABOUT Marvel? Or DC? Or in the real world?

dcbservice.com has the best price on pre-orders, but you have to order quite a ways in advance. Everything is about 40-50% off cover price, flat $5.95 shipping rate.
mycomicshop.com has lots of current issues and back issues at about cover price. No shipping if the order is over $50, which can be pretty steep.
 tfaw.com Their shipping cost is pretty high, and they only give you 20% off pre-orders. They carry few back issues at all.
amazon.com best price on TPBs. Free shipping on orders over $25 if you buy from Amazon. Seriously, their new TPBs generally beat used prices you'll find elsewhere.
 
Those are the sites I know and use.

I've noticed that the smaller post count someone has, the less they seem to care about when comic book movies deviate from the comics they are based on.
 
 
If you take any great movie, and rename it X-Men: The Movie, it doesn't instantly become terrible because it has nothing to do with the X-Men. In that same vein, if you take this movie and rename everything so it has nothing to do with the X-Men franchise, it won't instantly become a decent movie. So the reason its bad must lie elsewhere.