Official Spider-Man 3 on DVD thread!

No Freakin' Way?!?!!?

I'll hafta make a quick stop to CC tomorrow...

:wow:
 
LostSon88 said:
No Freakin' Way?!?!!?

I'll hafta make a quick stop to CC tomorrow...

:wow:
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I think it was for the Blu-ray release only. I would be very surprised if the 2-disc SE was $4.69, but that's a helluva deal for a new release that has a $35 SRP.
 
mclay18 said:
I think it was for the Blu-ray release only. I would be very surprised if the 2-disc SE was $4.69, but that's a helluva deal for a new release that has a $35 SRP.
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Now if only they can lower the price on Blu-ray players that would be sweet.
 
I was rather disappointed with the cast commentary on the dvd. A few interesting facts,but kinda boring. They should've just turned the mikes on in the studio and let all the actors say anything and everything. It seemed like they were edited down and only the most "interesting" comments were put into the dvd. Now,if anyone has ever heard the commentary to Raimi's other great hits,Evil Dead 2 and Army of darkness,now those were fun as hell to listen to. Raimi and Bruce Campbell together just crack me up!:woot:
 
sorry if this was already covered but i am not going to search through over 100 pages of posts to find out so..........

i heard that wal-mart was including a bendis written comic with the dvd that explained more about venom

is this true does anyone know and if so could you post pics????
 
yes, it's true and it almost makes me wish Bendis would have been one of the writers on the movie.
 
Spider-Girl™;13183243 said:
yes, it's true and it almost makes me wish Bendis would have been one of the writers on the movie.
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Yeah me too. The comic book gives details on alot of characters such as Venom,Sandman,Mary Jane, and J J Jameson ect. Its really cool.:word:
 
Stevens25 said:
I was rather disappointed with the cast commentary on the dvd. A few interesting facts,but kinda boring. They should've just turned the mikes on in the studio and let all the actors say anything and everything. It seemed like they were edited down and only the most "interesting" comments were put into the dvd. Now,if anyone has ever heard the commentary to Raimi's other great hits,Evil Dead 2 and Army of darkness,now those were fun as hell to listen to. Raimi and Bruce Campbell together just crack me up!:woot:
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I liked the commentaries quite a bit. The insight on the Vulture to Venom shift is fascinating. I had NO idea that Ben Kingsley was cast as the Vulture!

Gandhi Bird? He would be a perfect Vulture!
 
Spider-Man 3 Dominates the DVD Charts
Source: The Hollywood Reporter, Video Business November 7, 2007

The Hollywood Reporter says Spider-Man 3 ruled the national DVD sales and rental charts for the week ending November 4.

The third installment in the hugely successful superhero series, which grossed $336.5 million in theaters during the summer, ended the two-week reign of Transformers on the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart.

Spidey's pull was so great that a boxed set of all three "Spider-Man" movies debuted at No. 5 despite a $40 price tag.

On Home Media Magazine's rental chart, Spider-Man 3 generated estimated revenue of $9.7 million. Transformers slipped to No. 2 with $7 million.

On the high-definition disc charts, "Spider-Man 3" was an easy victor on Blu-ray Disc. On the HD DVD side, "Transformers" remained at No. 1 for the third consecutive week. Both titles are available only in their respective formats.

According to Video Business, the Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray Disc sold 130,000 units in its first six days on shelves.

The studio shipped about 400,000 Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray Disc units to retail for the title's Oct. 30 bow, making first-week sell-off about 30%. Sony said that does not include units bundled with the new $399 PlayStation 3.

That street week sell-off bested the comparable kick-off frame for Casino Royale on Blu-ray by more than three times. Casino Royale, which sold 40,000 Blu-ray copies in week-one sales, had been Sony's No. 1 performer in the format to this point.

The top-opening Blu-ray title across studios is believed to be Warner Home Video's 300, which the studio reportedly sold 250,000 units on the HD DVD and Blu-ray formats combined. It's believed about two-third, or 165,000, of 300 units were Blu-ray.
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http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=39129
 
Having finally watched Spider-Man 3 last night, I've got to admit it's not nearly as bad as some make it out to be. There was a lot of good ideas floating around in the movie, the stories of Peter, MJ, and Harry logically carried over from the previous films, and it had the unifying theme showing the importance of seeking forgiveness instead of seeking revenge.

Note however I said good ideas as opposed to good story. That's because, if you wanted to describe the movie, it would be "several good scenes in a mad, desperate search of a plot." If you actually listen to the commentary on the DVD, Sam Raimi is very close to admitting this. Turns out that they barely had a working script and that certain scenes were filmed even before a script had even been finalized, which meant a lot of last minute changes; for example, did any of you know that the film was originally going to have the Vulture as the second villain played by Ben Kingsley? or that Gwen Stacy was supposed to be the one Spidey had to rescue in the climactic showdown with the villains? No where is the desperation to try and fit everything all together no matter how convoluted more clear than in the last 25 minutes of the film, which, unsurprisingly, is when most of the worst moments of the film occur:

*Venom somehow finding Sandman and knowing all about his sick daughter (despite the fact that Spidey never even knew anything about this) and Sandman just out of the blue deciding to team-up with him.

*Then after helping to kidnap MJ, assulting police officers, standing by while Venom killed a bunch of them, and threating to destroy the city by becoming a giant sand monster, he then tells Spidey "I didn't want any of this. I only did it for my daughter" and begs for forgiveness? And Spidey lets him get away? Well forgiveness also involves owning up to what you did wrong and accepting the consequences bud.

*Or how about the explanation of how Flint actually killed Uncle Ben? He was accidentally bumped into by his partner and the gun "just went off?" Oh yeah, I'd buy that defense in court. It proved just what a really unnecessary idea it was to make Sandman the real killer of Uncle Ben.

*The TV news footage of the battle. It was appropriate the first time we got the news anchor and the female reporter, unnecessary the second time, and by the third time, it was "JUST SHUT UP ALREADY!"

*And then, of course, is Harry's butler. Seriously, that's the best Raimi could come up with for making Harry see the error of his ways? Call me crazy, but I suspect there's a deleted scene in which right after the butler tells Harry how his father really died, Harry nods, says "And you decided to tell me this NOW!" cold ***** him in the face, and starts strangling him like Homer choking Bart.

Other ridiculous moments:

*Peter and MJ are so busy making out they can't hear a meteor land no more than ten yards away.
*Flint Marko falling into the open particle disintegrator. You would think scientist how could afford to build such a device would at least cover it up.
*Dr. Connors saying he's not a biologist and yet happens to explain all about an unknown biological organism in great detail.
*Mary Jane's singing or lack thereof. "It's wonderful?" Oh no it's not.
*Emo Pete's dancing with Gwen at the jazz club to humiliate MJ.

But there were moments I did like:

*Peter and Harry's aerial battle above and around Manhattan. Best fight sequence in the entire film and certainly topped any of the Green Goblin fights from the first film.
*The Sandman's "birth," which has accurately been described as akin to the creation of the Golem. A SFX sequence that was mesmerizing, weird, and poignant.
*Peter's disastrous date with MJ at the French Restaurant. Perfectly captured just how utterly clueless how much he took MJ for granted. Plus, it was another Bruce Campbell appearance.
*Okay, everybody will think I'm nuts, but I actually liked the montage where Peter embraces his rather dorky dark side. His talking on the phone and barely listening to Doc Connors while making Chocolate Cake girl his obedient maid, shamelessly putting the moves on Betty, strutting his stuff and getting "whatever" looks from every woman he tries to impress--hilarious. Well, maybe I really didn't need to see that hip-thrust boogie he did when he left the clothing store, but even so...
*Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen Stacy. Too bad she didn't get much to do other than be a plot device.
*And I also liked how they emphasized the concept of Eddie Brock essentially being a flip-side of Peter Parker, and Topher Grace captured it pretty well, I thought.

All-in-all, I think Raimi and company should have re-thought much of the film before filming and turn 3 into two films rather than try to cram everything in all at once.
 
rashad said:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=39129
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Excellent. I wonder if the final DVD sales numbers are going to separate the individual SM3 DVD from the trilogy box, considering that, technically, people are buying SM3 as well when they purchase the box. Anyway, being number 5 on the charts with a price tag of 40 bucks - considering that all titles are or have been sold separately as well - is a great achievement.
 
stillanerd said:
Having finally watched Spider-Man 3 last night, I've got to admit it's not nearly as bad as some make it out to be. There was a lot of good ideas floating around in the movie, the stories of Peter, MJ, and Harry logically carried over from the previous films, and it had the unifying theme showing the importance of seeking forgiveness instead of seeking revenge.

Note however I said good ideas as opposed to good story. That's because, if you wanted to describe the movie, it would be "several good scenes in a mad, desperate search of a plot." If you actually listen to the commentary on the DVD, Sam Raimi is very close to admitting this. Turns out that they barely had a working script and that certain scenes were filmed even before a script had even been finalized, which meant a lot of last minute changes; for example, did any of you know that the film was originally going to have the Vulture as the second villain played by Ben Kingsley? or that Gwen Stacy was supposed to be the one Spidey had to rescue in the climactic showdown with the villains? No where is the desperation to try and fit everything all together no matter how convoluted more clear than in the last 25 minutes of the film, which, unsurprisingly, is when most of the worst moments of the film occur:

*Venom somehow finding Sandman and knowing all about his sick daughter (despite the fact that Spidey never even knew anything about this) and Sandman just out of the blue deciding to team-up with him.

*Then after helping to kidnap MJ, assulting police officers, standing by while Venom killed a bunch of them, and threating to destroy the city by becoming a giant sand monster, he then tells Spidey "I didn't want any of this. I only did it for my daughter" and begs for forgiveness? And Spidey lets him get away? Well forgiveness also involves owning up to what you did wrong and accepting the consequences bud.

*Or how about the explanation of how Flint actually killed Uncle Ben? He was accidentally bumped into by his partner and the gun "just went off?" Oh yeah, I'd buy that defense in court. It proved just what a really unnecessary idea it was to make Sandman the real killer of Uncle Ben.

*The TV news footage of the battle. It was appropriate the first time we got the news anchor and the female reporter, unnecessary the second time, and by the third time, it was "JUST SHUT UP ALREADY!"

*And then, of course, is Harry's butler. Seriously, that's the best Raimi could come up with for making Harry see the error of his ways? Call me crazy, but I suspect there's a deleted scene in which right after the butler tells Harry how his father really died, Harry nods, says "And you decided to tell me this NOW!" cold ***** him in the face, and starts strangling him like Homer choking Bart.

Other ridiculous moments:

*Peter and MJ are so busy making out they can't hear a meteor land no more than ten yards away.
*Flint Marko falling into the open particle disintegrator. You would think scientist how could afford to build such a device would at least cover it up.
*Dr. Connors saying he's not a biologist and yet happens to explain all about an unknown biological organism in great detail.
*Mary Jane's singing or lack thereof. "It's wonderful?" Oh no it's not.
*Emo Pete's dancing with Gwen at the jazz club to humiliate MJ.

But there were moments I did like:

*Peter and Harry's aerial battle above and around Manhattan. Best fight sequence in the entire film and certainly topped any of the Green Goblin fights from the first film.
*The Sandman's "birth," which has accurately been described as akin to the creation of the Golem. A SFX sequence that was mesmerizing, weird, and poignant.
*Peter's disastrous date with MJ at the French Restaurant. Perfectly captured just how utterly clueless how much he took MJ for granted. Plus, it was another Bruce Campbell appearance.
*Okay, everybody will think I'm nuts, but I actually liked the montage where Peter embraces his rather dorky dark side. His talking on the phone and barely listening to Doc Connors while making Chocolate Cake girl his obedient maid, shamelessly putting the moves on Betty, strutting his stuff and getting "whatever" looks from every woman he tries to impress--hilarious. Well, maybe I really didn't need to see that hip-thrust boogie he did when he left the clothing store, but even so...
*Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen Stacy. Too bad she didn't get much to do other than be a plot device.
*And I also liked how they emphasized the concept of Eddie Brock essentially being a flip-side of Peter Parker, and Topher Grace captured it pretty well, I thought.

All-in-all, I think Raimi and company should have re-thought much of the film before filming and turn 3 into two films rather than try to cram everything in all at once.
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Yeah, I think if it wasn´t for the ridiculous dance number out of the store, maybe the montage would have worked.

And I think Topher actually works for the purpose he has in the story, of being the darker version of Peter - which I think actually fits the purpose of Venom more than an older buff guy, not that it´s not fun to make fun of Topher, hehe...
 
Apparently the people who hated this movie still went out and bought, for it to do that well.

Still, it's Spidey, so I expected it to kick total ass on he sales charts...which MORE than guarantees a Spidey 4, and that makes me happy...:woot:
 
shinlyle said:
Apparently the people who hated this movie still went out and bought, for it to do that well.

Still, it's Spidey, so I expected it to kick total ass on he sales charts...which MORE than guarantees a Spidey 4, and that makes me happy...:woot:
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Well, when it was in theatres, I truly hated the movie, because I didn't like anything about it, and the lighting in the theatres, it always makes the movies so dark, but then I watched it again, and I kinda made sense to it and once it hit the DVD, I bought it, watched it again, and it was okay I guess, I know I could've done a better job, lol, but then watched all three back-to-back and really enjoyed it as a whole.
 
So how did Spidey 3 sell, compared to the Spidey 2 DVD? Is there a way to compare that?
 
Blader5489 said:
She used to be hot.
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Yeah, then she started doing drugs. DRUGS MAKE YOU UGLY! SO IF YOUR'E HOT DON'T DO IT OR NO ONE WILL WANT TO F*** YOU! EXCEPT OTHER UGLY PEOPLE!
There, I think I got my point across the world. :oldrazz:
I'm getting the DVD tommorow.
 
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