DroolingforGwen said:
Harry Potter- the children matured, so they will naturally be better
SW- acting and SW just don't go together... A New Hope was as good as it would ever get...
Back to Spiderman... is Dunst going to screw this one all up with her Broadway sh:t... is Tobey going to lose interest in this one??? We don't know... but I think it will depend more on the story than the actors... hopefully the story will bring out their full potential...
Regardless of how you feel about the acting in SM1 or SM2 (it seems you're more concerned with the writing than the delivery of the lines actually)... there are some potentially encouraging things in SM3:
1) the symbiote, and its effect on Peter, and those around him he loves, and hates.
This should allow Tobey, and the rest of the cast, a chance to "stretch" out of the tired and true role they have been playing.
2) the story. Having a dramatic story (life and death), can make the acting seem much more vibrant and alive, like in LOTR movies, etc. And SM3's story should be much more dramatic than what we got in SM2, or SM1. And hopefully, they'll have the balls to give us... Death.
3) While not crazy about the villain (Sandy), or what would not have been my first choice to play Brock... Church can bring a dark/brooding side to his performance, and some of the early reports sound encouraging on this front... as long as I try NOT to imagine him as Lowell.
Topher, while again, would not have been my first choice to play Brock (assuming that is, as it looks, who he will play), intrigues me with his potential. He's that kind of quiet brooding actor, that can surprise you given the facade he has.
Do either of them measure up to the greatness that is Dafoe in general, and Molina as Octavius... No. Not yet at least. But both intrigue me enough to raise my interest.