Spider-Man 2.0 Reviews, Critic Awards, Budget & Social Media "Villainy"- Page 2

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 3:46pm

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/2011/06/14/2011-06-14_spiderman_turn_off_the_dark_review_retooled_version_is_more_cohesive_streamlined.html

[Baileyboo]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 3:50pm

that's more like it!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 3:54pm

I certainly hope Spidey-Spokesman is consistent and criticizes the News's "poor taste" in releasing the review early.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 3:55pm

Joe Dziemianowicz is leaning toward positive in the Daily News review:

"Emerging from all that tangled drama, Spidey 2.0 is more cohesive, streamlined and funnier than before, and its thrills are still intact - though it is still weighed down by so-so songs.

"Spider-Man" isn't a great, gourmet meal, but it's a tasty diversion.
...
The reason to see "Turn Off the Dark" remains. The acrobatic aerial stunts and flying, particularly the 11 o'clock showdown, are dazzling.""
NY Daily News Updated On: 6/14/11 at 03:55 PM

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 3:56pm

Backstage is Positive
http://www.backstage.com/bso/reviews-movie-tv-reviews/ny-review-spider-man-turn-off-the-dark-1005230342.story

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 4:01pm

David Sheward waxes romantic in Backstage (thank you s&dm2):

"What an improvement. The tangled plot threads that made the new musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" a sticky mess during its record-breaking preview period have been unraveled and woven into an exciting web of wonder." Updated On: 6/14/11 at 04:01 PM

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 5:37pm

Okay, Spidey blasted the Hollywood Reporter.

Yes, what of the NY Daily News and Backstage? Then again if they release BECAUSE Hollywood Reporter had already released, they may have done it in the interest of fairness or balance.

Maybe give it up already, you can't spank everyone, or at least spank the guilty all at one whack, not piecemeal.

Tim Malloy of The Wrap will feel plum left out.
L.A. Times: 'Spider-Man' blasts Hollywood Reporter for running early review Updated On: 6/14/11 at 05:37 PM

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 6:17pm

Michael Musto of The Village Voice finds a mixed bag:

..."superhero sagas generally work best as movies because the fantasy element can be pulled off more persuasively, whereas here it's willfully theatrical, with multiple stunt people playing the lead role, and lots of strings showing.

But the sets are cleverly cartoony (a Chrysler Building effect is breathtaking), there are some very striking pictures, and the show ends with 15 outstanding minutes or so of swooping into the audience, Spidey landing in the aisle at one point to high-five the boy across from me. ... You leave on a relative high, almost forgetting the tangled web of unevenness that preceded that. Spider-Man is still an event, even if it comes off like a tone-deaf Tommy with aerial acts."
The Village Voice: 'Spider-Man' Review: I'm Buggin'! Updated On: 6/14/11 at 06:17 PM

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 6:33pm

Giving but two stars, Matt Windham of am New York condemns with faint praise:

"...Spider-Man 2.0" is no longer an embarrassing train wreck, painful bore, utter laughingstock or source of serious physical injuries.

But at the same time, it remains little more than a kid-friendly stunt spectacular with glitzy superhero costumes, bad songs and a few cheesy laughs. It's just an oversized, overpriced, longer version of what you'd find at a theme park.
...
much of Taymor's avant-garde theatricality still remains in the background, leaving the production with the schizophrenic impression of being the product of very different authors.

Bono and The Edge's score remains the show's weakest link. Their occasionally freaky, mostly generic rock songs have little theatrical flair, display no character development and just slow down the plot. Truth be told, the show would be a lot better without any of their songs."
am New York: 'Spider-Man 2.0' an improvement, but still lacks deep substance Updated On: 6/14/11 at 06:33 PM

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 7:03pm

Baz Bamigboye of the (Daily) Mail Online blathers:

"...now it seems to work-ish. Some have written that it's the worst show in Broadway history and I must say that's as over the top as some of the show's aerial stunts.

Believe me, there have been worst [sic] shows. A few are still running. Step forward The Addams Family for starters!

Spider Man's better than that."

[I decline to pull quotes from every review (like when they bore to tears) this evening. Others may feel free to do so.]
Spider-Man returns: Most expensive Broadway musical ever gets re-booted after a sticky start Updated On: 6/14/11 at 07:03 PM

[egghumor]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 7:11pm

I'm not sure why it's also included in the Spider-Man review "roundup" as well, but folks, the piece from the New York Daily News in this thread is NOT a review; it's a feature article about the Tony Awards and the post-Tony season that includes a few comments about Spider-Man. I assume Joe Dziemianowicz will publish a formal review of Spidey2.0 some time between now and tomorrow. Stay tuned...

[Luv2goToShows]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 7:16pm

love this line from Michael Musto, The Village Voice: The tonal shifts are uncomfortable, but what's worse is the fact that most of the times someone opens their mouth to sing, you want to reach for the Raid can.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 7:22pm

Hm, egghumor, i believe my quotes ARE from the NY Daily News review, though I can't find it now online.

Do you think it was posted early under another link (I found it via google) and was pulled when they realized it was early?

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 7:22pm

Mixed from the FT in the UK (3 Stars)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4a76632c-96a5-11e0-baca-00144feab49a.html#axzz1PIOHOcvL

[egghumor]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 7:26pm

That could well be, nondeplume. I'm not criticizing you, but just stating the piece currently appearing in the Daily News is not a formal review.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 7:34pm

EW gave it a C+
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20364394_20502553,00.html

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 7:48pm

Thanks to s&dm2 and to all who assist in posting; there are going to be a lot of reviews tonight.

Tom Geier of Entertainment Weekly approaches a pan:

"It gets full marks for spectacle -- Daniel Ezralow's aerial choreography and George Tsypin's sets deserve a curtain call all their own -- but only partial credit as musical theater.

As great as Turn Off the Dark looks, you can't hum the sets. Sadly, Bono and The Edge's score is a mostly lackluster collection of forgettable tunes that play like U2 B-sides. ...the lyrics are a consistently baffling, mumble-mouthed mush of pablum: 'If there's no such thing as sorrow, there's no such thing as time.' They sit there, advancing neither character nor story.
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...nothing flows. Scenes (and songs) still end abruptly, and the show lurches from anticlimax to anticlimax.
...
Though it's undeniably cool to see costumed heroes zip overhead, this Spidey just can't get off the ground."
Entertainment Weekly Review Updated On: 6/14/11 at 07:48 PM

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 8:05pm

Chicago Tribune - Positive
http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2011/06/this-time-spider-man-turn-off-the-dark-makes-more-spidey-sense-.html

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 8:23pm

I honestly don't think the Daily News article is a review. I think it's opening night hype. You can probably expect a real review to follow.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 8:33pm

Washington Post - Mixed to Negative (they like it better than 1.0 but are still not convinced about the show)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/theater-spider-man-turn-off-the-dark/2011/06/14/AGwZwBVH_story.html

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 8:40pm

Yes, Dolly, but you will note that my pull quotes are not from the article, they are from the actual review, which was apparently released early, then pulled, so "git cher" preview there--haha.

[bk]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 8:41pm

So that begs the question of why the Daily News article was posted here as a review.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 8:43pm

No bk, either the link was switched by the publication to correct the error or I pulled the review up from google and didn't realize it had a different link. No big deal. It then disappeared but there are the quotes above.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 8:43pm

A review was there, i read it, but now it links to an article, i guess they took the review down after the Producers of Spider Man started spitting venom at Hollywood Reporter

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/14/11 at 8:45pm

Oh, the drama!