Re: "Spider-Man 3" Review

Posted by B4tm4n on 2007/5/5 1:53:42

I just saw it and overall...enjoyed it, however I have to say it's the weakest of the three. It had great effects. The falling...Spidey using debris to speed himself up...well done. I really liked Thomas Hayden Church as Sandman and Topher Grace was a great Eddie Brock. James Franco showed a great range of personality, from vengeful to playful...well done. I have to say, though, that I think it did suffer from 3rd film syndrome. They tried to pack too much in, forcing too many coincidences. There was no need to tie Sandman to Uncle Ben's death. He's enough of a threat that Spidey would feel obligated to go after him. There would then be no personal reason to completely lose his temper, providing a perfect chance to show how the black suit effects his anger. I would have liked to see more reliance on the Spider-sense so when Venom does show up, it's obvious that he can hide from it. Since none of the actors have signed for a fourth, as far as I know, it seems they wanted to tie everything up and set up nothing for another sequel. It would have been better if they had introduced the black costume here and saved Venom for the next. I also had a real problem with Peter disco dancing down the street. They were trying to show his personality changing, but was way too campy for me. My other little problem is that Peter lives in New York with video cameras and cell phone cameras and security cameras everywhere, not to mention newspapers willing to pay a fortune for a pic of Spidey unmasked. With all that, Peter spent a lot of time in public, in costume, without his mask. But even with it's faults, I liked it. I give it a 7 out of 10. Not great, but definitely worth seeing.