Roger Friedman talking to Lucas at an event:

Lucas told me he has seen all the summer movies since his company, Industrial Light and Magic, does most of the special effects. The only one they didn't work on was "Spider-Man 3." What did he think of it?

"It's silly. It's a silly movie," he said. "There just isn't much there. Once you take it all apart, there's not much story, is there?"

Well, it's not "Star Wars."

"People thought 'Star Wars' was silly, too," he added, with a wink. "But it wasn't."

This thread ought to be fun.

well... it was

not for nothing but he's got a point.... with the sandman storyline and the harry dancing the twist... what was there?

This thread is great! Got a laugh from me!

I agree with him. I mean, the whole series is about a guy who gets bit by a spider and can shoot jism out of his wrist.

Spidey 3 has more story than Sw1-3, but both were convulted.

Yeah, unlike the Oscar-worthy Howard the Duck.

I never really understand the whole "there's no story!" argument. There's always a story/plot of some kind... it just may not be complex or done very well.... but I don't see how Spidey has less of a story than Star Wars.

I guess Sam Raimi won't be inviting George Lucas over for dinner anytime soon....

Spidey 3 may not live up to its predecessors, but compared to Episodes I-III, it's freakin' Shakespeare.

This coming from the guy who basically stretched one prequel into three.

It's ironic Lucas would say that(besides the obvious fact that the prequels had NO FREAKING PLOT!!!) because Spider-Man 3's problem was that it actually tried to cram in too much plotwise even with a 139 minute running time.

I'd love to see a reporter ask Lucas which he found less believable. Eddie Brock turning from a whiny bitch into a raving psychotic in a matter of minutes or Anakin doing the same in Episode III? At least in Spider-Man 3, the symbiote provided a rational explanation for Eddie's turn to the dark side.

Anakin was a whiner in episode 2....

And in Episode III. Or did you forget about his little tantrum when the Council refused to declare him a Jedi Master?

Wonder what Frank Darabont thinks about "Spidey 3"

I think Ewoks are silly.

Anyone who'd name one of their characters "Kit Fisto" shouldn't be throwing stones...

I think that the Venom stuff was silly. Everything else was OK. Eric "Venom" Foreman was a joke.

thanks for that.... furthers my point

This scene owned anything in the SW Prequels.

My comments exactly!

This coming from the guy who not only created Jar Jar Binks, but a whole fucking race of them, and then made them the major plot line of a movie.

Chuck Norris' beard may hide another fist, but George Lucas' hides another ass.