Spiderman 3: 2 paws up

Oh man did I love it!

Please be aware that this might contain spoilers.

I think I enjoyed the 3rd Spiderman movie better than the previous 2. The characters were finally blown out to their full potential, except for maybe Mary Jane's. Peter Parker gets to be a little nasty, a lot mean and somewhat hateful after he gets the black suit. There was an element of humor still with Tobey trying to act like the big bad wolf. He just doesn't look the part.

On the other, Harry Osburn actually becomes a likeable character by the end of the movie. I also liked that this movie flushed out Peter and Harry's friendship, showed the downs and then the up towards the end, here Harry realises his father was wrong and decides to help Peter save MJ. I think killing him at the end was an unwanted meloncholy.

The Sandman, played byThomas Haden Church, was another villain that you could not completely hate. Especially after you find out he loves his little daughter who's dying and everythign he's done, he's done it for her. It doesn't condone his actions but it still brings a tear to your eye, especially at the end when he just flies away in a gentle swirl of sand.

Topher Grace, in my humble opinion, did an entirely too good job of being the true villain, Venom. You could feel the anger and hatred emanating from him as you watched him on screen. Gone was the sweet natured kid from That 70's Show. In his place, was a nasty, cheating man who you just couldn't find any reason to like.

Overall, a definite must-see movie of this summer.

Blades of Glory - 1 paw up

Eh, Ferrell deserved at least 1 paw

Blades of Glory had its moments, some funny, some dirty. Good thing was not all the funny things had been shown in trailers.

Really not much to say about it; wait till it come out on DVD; it'll make a good drinking movie.

Stuffed Crust Pizza - 0 paws up

No, didn't like it at all!

The crust was too thin.

The pizza cheese was too greasy.

The cheese in the crust was too salty.

Nothing spectacular.

Maybe that's why they are offering it at $5 off.

300 - 2 paws up

That's 2 paws up from me, meow!

Last night, I watched Jon Stewart talk about how Iran has taken offense to the movie 300 and it intrigued me. With so many Hollywood movies that portray other countries and cultures in many demeaning and insulting ways, I wanted to see what about this movie is so bad that a whole country is up in arms against America. So, we went and saw it today.

Iran, step down and step back. There is nothing in the movie that's culturally insulting. It portrays how a very proud, very few fought very bravely and died very much in honor to protect their way of life. The invaders were of course portrayed as evil, heartless butchers who wanted to kill the men and enslave everybody else. How is that different from other movies where brave countrymen fight against bloodthirsty marauders? The weirdly shaped men in the Persian army aren't even Persians. They are portrayed as slave armymen from countries the Persians had taken over.

I didn't recognize any of the actors' names but almost everyone was wonderful. Gerald Butler was commanding as King Leonidas and Lena Headey perfect as the beautiful and headstrong Queen Gorgo. The King's Captain, played by Vincent Regan, was loyal, brave and ready to sacrifice his oldest son because "he had others to replace him."

David Wenham plays a soldier, Delios, who's forced to leave the battlefield at the end so he can tell the story of the rest to the council back in Sparta. He portrays a brave and very eloquent storyteller, whose voice plays the background narrater. Dominic West who plays Theron, a traitorous Councilman, who sells to the Persians for money. He plays the unlikable character so perfectly you want to applaud when Queen Gorgo kills him for insulting her and the King in front of the Council.

If there was 1 character that could have been portrayed better, it was the Persian invading king, Xerxes, played by Rodrigo Santoro. There was something missing; he came across as effeminate; he had bunches of jewelry all over him, including his bald head. He just wasn't the strong, evil, plundering bastard he needed to be.

The musical score through all the fight scenes was beautiful and invoked thoughts of bravery and honor. The imagery was very old-photo like in sepia colors and graphic novel like in how the bloodspill was shown.