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The Prime Gig (2000)
Stephen King reference?
Vince Vaughn's character is named Pendleton "Penny" Wise.
A reference to Stephen King's It? Is our hero an evil, heartless predator like the others? Maybe it's a just a play on words. If so, you'd think he'd be smarter with his money. I suppose it could just be irony.
Regardless, I found the movie very predictable and am surprised at how gullible some of the characters in the film actually are. However, the ending is very realistic. Perhaps most people will frown upon the lack of closure, but it's not like other movies haven't ended this way.
Anyway, I didn't know if anyone else had notice the similarity in the character names. There was no mention of it in the trivia section for the movie.
Spider-Man (2002)
Not a Top 250 film
I got to see this at a sneak as well. Maybe if I had read the comics when I was younger I would appreciate the film more. No, I don't think so. Granted, Spider-Man was my favorite superhero when I was a kid. I had an action figure with a motorcycle, helicopter, etc. and Dr. Octopus. Now, I'd like to see Dr. Octopus in a movie. This movie, I feel, did not live up to its billing. I enjoyed and even laughed during the scenes where Parker is just learning the ropes of his new powers ("Go web go!"). But once he, or should I say a CGI, started swinging around I lost interest. It was too fake. I guess if the movie had come out about five years ago, the images would have wowed me, but it just didn't flow together. It did seem a little anti-climactic as well. Willem Dafoe was not used to his fullest potential. His Goblin was too impersonal (perhaps it was the ridiculously robotic outfit). Anyway, it's not a Top 250 film, but I guess the comic book geeks have spoken.