futher thoughts on SM3

Not to belabor the point, but I have a riddle for you. What do you get when you take Conor Oberst:



And combine him with:



The answer really, really, really shouldn't be:



And yet, there you are.

Now, some people seem to think I hated SPIDER-MAN 3 (and why not, my posts were needlessly snarky, in an attempt to make an in-joke to those who remember the "gin and coke" debacle).

( Not so. Not exactly. More thoughts behind the cut... )

EDIT: The runaway box office success of this film is making headlines everywhere, and many people will argue what this means. Fans of SPIDER-MAN 3 will likely take it as validation of their movie, while critics may take it as further proof that movie audiences are dumb. For me, it's about two things and two things only:

1.) Excellent and all-encompassing marketing

and 2.) because SPIDER-MAN 2 was simply brilliant.

I think it's very, very important to remember and realize that second part above all.