OK, this is going to be unpopular, but I have to say that this announcement made me feel a nasty little bit of satisfaction, considering that Raimi has been GOD for the past eight years, and the Spiderman series has been treated as holy and untouchable -- as well as a bludgeon against what I'm a fan of: the Star Wars saga.
I'm also glad to see critics actually say negative things Saint Peter "The Great" Jackson's latest flick, Lovely Bones, considering that criticizing Saint Peter has been a felony punishable by death for almost a decade. I was sure Lovely Bones would sweep every awards ceremony out there, simply by virtue of being directed by Saint Peter. Certainly that got the bloated, pretentious King Kong all kinds of praise, including hypocritical gushings about how it being filmed almost entirely with bluescreen was "revolutionary" and "pushed the boundaries of filmmaking" -- hypocritical since the same people were pissing and moaning about Revenge of the Sith being filmed almost entirely with bluescreen just months before: then it was a sign of "laziness."
Yes, I enjoy seeing untouchable idols get knocked down, especially when those idols have been used as bludgeons against things that I like. Yes, I am just that childish. Sue me.
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on 2010-01-20 07:19 pm (UTC)I'm also glad to see critics actually say negative things Saint Peter "The Great" Jackson's latest flick, Lovely Bones, considering that criticizing Saint Peter has been a felony punishable by death for almost a decade. I was sure Lovely Bones would sweep every awards ceremony out there, simply by virtue of being directed by Saint Peter. Certainly that got the bloated, pretentious King Kong all kinds of praise, including hypocritical gushings about how it being filmed almost entirely with bluescreen was "revolutionary" and "pushed the boundaries of filmmaking" -- hypocritical since the same people were pissing and moaning about Revenge of the Sith being filmed almost entirely with bluescreen just months before: then it was a sign of "laziness."
Yes, I enjoy seeing untouchable idols get knocked down, especially when those idols have been used as bludgeons against things that I like. Yes, I am just that childish. Sue me.