The death of the original Spider Man films

Rating: 2/10 (26 June 2014)

I love the original Spider Man and Spider Man 2 but this film is possibly one of the worst films I have ever seen. The film starts with Peter Parker balancing his life as Peter and Spider Man relatively well until he comes under the attack by his old friend Harry Osborne as the New Goblin, a new villain called The Sandman and an Alien Symbiote which eventually creates the villain Venom. Tobey Maguire as the lead is a mixed bag for me he is a good spider man and peter parker in all three of the films however, I believe he is a negative in this film with his performance turning to be gut-wrenching and hard to watch because of how bad it is. Kirsten Dunst is once again total rubbish as Mary Jane which is expected in my opinion. James Franco is pretty good as Harry and is more relatable then Peter even though his climax is fairly predictable. JK Simmons is great as J Jonah Jameson but it is a small role so not really a big enough positive. Sandman and Venom are both mixed bags as I think Sandman is a decent character in this film but he is hurt by the overall film. Topher Grace is pretty good as Eddie Brock but as Venom not truly as he is not Venom enough to give the character justice. Now the story is horrific, the film is all over the place with too many story's such as Peter and MJ's relationship, the love triangle between Harry, Peter and MJ and the Ben Parker death story and this is without the villains getting enough screen time. The script is pretty shocking throughout and is a pretty big negative. The main positive is the style as everything looks cool and every character has there visually cool moment. However, I believe it is substance over style and this film fails magnificently at nearly everything.