Category: Movies

Stripes (-)

Stripes (-)

Have you ever had one of those movies that you really wanted to see for a long time? Well for me Stripes was one of them. I remember seeing the trailer on the Ghostbusters DVD, thinking that the movie would be funny. Well if finally appeared on On-Demand this month and I have to say that it was not worth the wait. There was absolutely nothing funny in this movie! There came a point in the movie that I realized that the quality of the jokes were never going to improve. It was simply a waste of time, except for the women mud wrestling scene.

Activision dropped the ball

Okay when it comes to games based on movies the consensus is generally that they suck. The rare exception is the Chronicles of Riddick and Spiderman 2 the game. Now Spiderman 3 has come out, and so did the game. It took the same brilliant swinging system from last Spiderman movie game, and put it on numerous platforms making the area you can swing around much larger. Well they screwed it up.

Spiderman 3 is a horrible excuse for a sequel. The camera controls suck, you can’t climb a wall without it going utterly bonkers giving you a headache. The graphics look like ASS, even on a 360. The combat is decent, but nothing to write home about. Sure, swinging is fun, but swinging around for hours on end gets quite tedious.

From what I’ve seen of the Wii version it’s the same deal. Poor controls, bad graphics, and an almost worthless experience. If you want a superhero Sandbox game pick up either Spiderman 2, Crackdown, or Hulk Ultimate Destruction, but avoid Spiderman 3 at all costs.

Spider-Man’s Box Office Smash

It really isn’t to anyone’s surprise that Spider-Man 3 did well at the box office, it’s the sheer amount that it totaled which is breath-taking! It’s three day total is at $148 million! Smashing the previous top box office three day holder Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest at $135.6 million. Factoring in the world-wide box office earnings, Spider-Man 3 made $375 million since Tuesday. The budget for Spider-Man 3 was $258 million.

Amazing!