Spidey rules!
The last time Neil and I were in KL together were about 2 1/2 years ago, and in one of the night, we watched the famous Shrek movie and had such a great time.
So this time, since Shrek 2 had just been released in Australia, we thought we'd be able to watch it in KL instead, just for old time sake. And boy were we wrong! Apparently Australians were always lagging behind, when it comes to world-movies premier, and the movie we wanted to watch was no longer shown.
*Bummer* indeed.
So we ended watching Spider-man 2 instead, and *woah* what a ride it was!
True to what most of the critics had said, the second installment of the Spider-man franchise were truly one helluva fun-filled roller-coaster ride.
You see, the first one wasn't bad at all. In fact it was great.. But the sequel IS way much better!
I can't help but noticed there were a lot of homage to the old movies in the way the new Spidey movie was presented visually, mixing with the more recent CGI technologies of course.
There's the scene when Doc Ock's mechanical arms ran berserk at the lab, when he first unveiled his creation to the public, and all the lab assistants ended up being attacked viciously. But of course, all this were only shown through the shadows reflecting the scene, on the wall, ala the old B-grade horror movies in the 50s and 60s.
Then, there's the ever so talented Alfred Molina (whom I was so impressed when he appeared in the movies Chocolat, and Frida), this time bringing a strong credibility to his villain character, Doc Ock.
Besides that, there's also the ever-so-necessary sexual tension between Peter Parker and MJ Watson, whom both we all love oh-so-much.
Tobey Maguire's Peter Parker/Spider-man was so buffed physically in a such delicious way, yet Kirsten Dunst's Mary Jane character equally balanced it out in her strong yet sensual manner.
There's even a few surprises in store, in particular to the regular fans of Queer As Folk TV series (season 4 coming soon, yay!), when the actor who play the character Michael (who happen to be such a comic nerd) in that show, made his appearance as someone who bumped into Spidey (in his full gear) in an elevator.
Let's just say they also exchange some short remarks about the 'funky' costume and 'crotch'..
And I just wonder how many people actually get it, (ie. the QAF in-jokes) when they watch the movie the first time around?!
Anyway, we really had a great time watching the sequel, and I myself am definitely looking forward for the next one!
And the whole movie-experience just help us filled out our time perfectly, before we catch our early evening flight into Singapore too..
So this time, since Shrek 2 had just been released in Australia, we thought we'd be able to watch it in KL instead, just for old time sake. And boy were we wrong! Apparently Australians were always lagging behind, when it comes to world-movies premier, and the movie we wanted to watch was no longer shown.
*Bummer* indeed.
So we ended watching Spider-man 2 instead, and *woah* what a ride it was!
True to what most of the critics had said, the second installment of the Spider-man franchise were truly one helluva fun-filled roller-coaster ride.
You see, the first one wasn't bad at all. In fact it was great.. But the sequel IS way much better!
I can't help but noticed there were a lot of homage to the old movies in the way the new Spidey movie was presented visually, mixing with the more recent CGI technologies of course.
There's the scene when Doc Ock's mechanical arms ran berserk at the lab, when he first unveiled his creation to the public, and all the lab assistants ended up being attacked viciously. But of course, all this were only shown through the shadows reflecting the scene, on the wall, ala the old B-grade horror movies in the 50s and 60s.
Then, there's the ever so talented Alfred Molina (whom I was so impressed when he appeared in the movies Chocolat, and Frida), this time bringing a strong credibility to his villain character, Doc Ock.
Besides that, there's also the ever-so-necessary sexual tension between Peter Parker and MJ Watson, whom both we all love oh-so-much.
Tobey Maguire's Peter Parker/Spider-man was so buffed physically in a such delicious way, yet Kirsten Dunst's Mary Jane character equally balanced it out in her strong yet sensual manner.
There's even a few surprises in store, in particular to the regular fans of Queer As Folk TV series (season 4 coming soon, yay!), when the actor who play the character Michael (who happen to be such a comic nerd) in that show, made his appearance as someone who bumped into Spidey (in his full gear) in an elevator.
Let's just say they also exchange some short remarks about the 'funky' costume and 'crotch'..
And I just wonder how many people actually get it, (ie. the QAF in-jokes) when they watch the movie the first time around?!
Anyway, we really had a great time watching the sequel, and I myself am definitely looking forward for the next one!
And the whole movie-experience just help us filled out our time perfectly, before we catch our early evening flight into Singapore too..
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