ilovemusic: star wars bd - presentation, very good picture, excellent sound 8/10

film 4/10 after all these years the changes luca$ made still suck and suck even more in high definition.

maybe after gorge has gone someone with balls will take out all the special edition sh it and present star wars as it was originally seen.

farcus:

ilovemusic: star wars bd - presentation, very good picture, excellent sound 8/10

film 4/10 after all these years the changes luca$ made still suck and suck even more in high definition.

maybe after gorge has gone someone with balls will take out all the special edition sh it and present star wars as it was originally seen.

couple of weeks ago I was watching this an gave up halfway through because I couldn't stomach all the cgi Lucas had added.
Sourced an original cinema release DVD and watched that instead - much much more enjoyable.

ilovemusic: star wars bd - presentation, very good picture, excellent sound 8/10

film 4/10 after all these years the changes luca$ made still suck and suck even more in high definition.

maybe after gorge has gone someone with balls will take out all the special edition sh it and present star wars as it was originally seen.

josephhinvest:
This very thing has been done, search for the "despecialized" versions of the original trilogy.
HD and remastered but the original cinema release.

Lizard1977: Amazing Spiderman 2 (3D) - 8/10

I really enjoyed this film.  I was pretty skeptical about the first one, arguing as many did that we didn't need a reboot so soon after the Tobey Maguire/Sam Raimi version.  And while Amazing Spiderman 1 was okay, it was pretty forgettable.  I went into the theatre on Thursday struggling to remember the plot of the first one, but thankfully it doesn't affect this film.

Andrew Garfield as Spidey is growing on me - and he gives a different take on the character from Tobey Maguire.  I think Garfield is a little more believable as the wisecracking webslinger, whilst still managing to get across a little of the intelligence that Spiderman is supposed to have.  Emma Stone as Gwen does a good job too, and there is definitely some chemistry between them.  The banter feels natural, not forced, and the moments of lightness and humour are well placed.  Overall, the films strikes a good balance of humour vs action vs drama.  The action scenes are very good, and showcase the acrobatics nicely.  3D is still a bit gimicky here, but isn't too distracting.

The only issues I had were with the pacing - it felt a little long and drawn out in places, and the villains' screentime is unbalanced.  Also, the film's denouement is resolved too quickly. and felt like the producers didn't want to end on a sour (or at least low) note.  I think I would have ended the film about 5 minutes earlier, and maybe played for an Empire Strikes Back-style lead in to a follow up film.  

Final thoughts - does anyone else think that Andrew Garfield would make a good Richard Dean Anderson/Macgyver replacement in any (god forbid) reboot?  I reckon he's got the same kind of charisma/easy charm that Rick Anderson used to such great effect in Macgyver...