What a mess. Spiderman 3 was the worst film I have seen for a long time. It was embarrassing. There was no story to speak of, just a series of seemingly unconnected events. The fight sequences were all effect and no emotion, as all the characters had become pathetic. There was no direction of the acting, any dialogue was superfluous, it would have been better as a silent movie. When Spidey gets nasty, is that meant to be funny? Because it wasn't.
There was potential in the cameo roles, but only the daughter of the manager of Spidey's apartment was special. Her added "goodnight" to Spidey was so good, it could have been from another movie. And who was the guy he meets in the street? They obviously didn't know what to do with the last third, so they just threw money at the special effects. But what a poor ending for a poor film.
Zodiac was interesting but not engaging. It did need two and a half hours to tell the story, but Roberts Downey Jr was the only character who was not one dimensional. The film lacked pace in parts, but the directing was great, as was the screenplay. The soundtrack was terrific with an original selection of tracks from the 60's and 70's. I had not heard Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" for years and it was a real blast form the past.
28 Weeks Later is strange film. I have to say it all seemed a bit amateurish. How not to make a sequel to the brilliant 28 Days Later. The first half of the film in Canary Wharf was inspired, but
it loses track when an ordinary chase in the second half centres on other locations which were interesting for a few seconds.
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