I second that fireclown!

I reckon the reason why Sony are showing this all over the place before America is coz if they showed it in America first word of mouth would destroy whatever money it would make elsewhere... this is plain old damage control in operation folks...

And Spider-Man 2 was great filmmaking. Almost everything in that movie added to it's greatness, including the broom closet scene. If three sucks it's Kharma for what Raimi did to Elfman, although it will affect Raimi in practically no way whatsoever.

First, I'm still way irritated with Quint's habit of characterizing a review as a positive or a negative in the preface to that review. Let the fucking reviews speak for themselves and, if you don't think they're doing that well enough, don't use them.

Second, I'm kind of surprised at all the Two Towers hate. For my money, that's the best of the bunch (ROTK could've been better if Jackson had streamlined some of his twelve endings and Fellowship, while necessary, is largely just set-up).

And lastly, it seems like this movie is going to divide folks along the same lines they were divided on when the villains were first leaked. Some folks like Venom a lot (I tend to think of these follks as the kids who started buying comics in the 90s and who consider the cartoons canon). Some prefer the classic villains (I probably fall into this latter category). I think the Sandman, as described, sounds pretty perfectly adapted and like a very compelling villain. Venom seems to have been given appropriate screen time for what he is (I lump Venom in with Bizarro and Reverse Flash and Prometheus as some of the most uninspired villains of all time).

The only thing that sounds like a disappointment is the way they're using Gwen. I really hoped that Gwen would enter the franchise just in time for them to kill off MJ and truly distinguish this as a an altrernate reality kind of Spidey where events still end up being parallel to the comics we know. Sounds kind of like she was shoehorned into this.

Still, I'm very much looking forward to this movie.

I'll watch this for the fighting scenes - Spiderman - but that's it. Give me more Batman anyday! I would wait to just rent this but I am feeling the action will look better on the big screen.

As for torrents, the stuff I watch is anamorphic, AC3 rips from DVD. And I watch them on my Widescreen TV. Never heard of a home theater PC?

That may not be the official title, but Marvel Studios is putting the pieces together for a musical on the Great White Way starring the popular superhero.

Julie Taymor, who won Tonys for direction and costume design for the Broadway production of "The Lion King," will direct, with U2's Bono and The Edge creating new music and lyrics for the project.

Auditions are taking place, and a reading is scheduled for the summer. No dates for a Broadway opening have been set.

While the Spider-Man musical marks the first time a Marvel character has been the subject of a Broadway show, it's not the first time a superhero has hit the stage. Superman was in the spotlight of "It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman," which opened at the Alvin Theatre in 1966. Despite fairly positive reviews, it closed a few months later.

Spider-Man will next be seen on the big screen, when the third installment of the blockbuster franchise opens across North America on May 4.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

Rent it, watch it, maybe even own it.