I saw Spider-man 3 last night and was disappointed. Not because the movie wasn’t good, but because it failed to capture my imagination. I wasn’t drawn into a state of disbelief to a point where I actually thought a man in a spider suit doing flips around NYC was entertaining.
I left questioning whether action hero movies can still entertain me, which makes me sound lame. I want to be entertained by superheroes. I want to want to play ninja like I did after seeing the original TMNT movies years ago – jumping around in the woods with a stick hitting things and screaming, “Cowabunga.”
I’m hoping there isn’t a sequel, and I will think a lot harder about paying to see another action hero movie. Sad, but true.