Spiderman 90210

Rating: 2/10 (7 May 2007)

I saw this movie yesterday and I was completely disappointed. I wasn't expecting any shakespearian drama, but even for a mindless action flick the "plot" was horrible and utterly predictable. The characters (villains and heroes alike) were so one dimensional, they could have come from a soap opera - the characters motives are either nonexistent or worthy of a three-year-old. Sure, comic book characters are usually exaggerated, but the characters in this movie were so boring, I couldn't have cared less about any of them at the end of the movie. Well, and then there's the action sequences. I think movies these days try to heighten the tension by cramming more and more completely over the top stuff into action sequences, which, for me, actually makes more and more boring. Yeah, it's nice to be able to do things with cgi that are impossible to do in real life, but how about keeping the action at least remotely believable? That way you can actually get sucked in and feel the tension instead of thinking "That looked cool, but I don't buy that for a second". To sum it all up, this movie was a soap opera with superheroes and totally over the top action - completely unentertaining.