The Marvel Curse Strikes Yet Again

Rating: 3/10 (12 March 2008)

As we have seen in previous Marvel Comic based films that make it all the way to a trilogy (X-Men: The Last Stand and Blade: Trinity) Spiderman 3 holds true to the curse of the Marvel trilogies by ruining itself in it's storyline. We have Peter Parker, the man who saved the love of his life, and revealed his identity as Spiderman to his best friends in Spiderman 2. After watching the trailers over and over again, I felt as though this movie would be riveting, an edge of the seat, action packed, thrill ride that would keep me asking for more (that is what the previews said). But, instead I found myself watching Peter Parker dance to Sinatra-esquire lounge music and then watch him do the trademark emo hair flick. Alongside that, I found myself watching Spiderman battle as many villains as I had fingers on my hand. First came New Goblin, who vowed revenge for a father who hated him anyway, he was just too stuck up to notice it. And then we have Sandman, the runaway convict that managed to fall into an open nuclear reactor somewhere in the vicinity of New York City? And then the infamous symbiote comes into play and takes over Peter's body, where he finds himself in a battle with his emotions. Do you see where I'm going. This plot was rushed, the storyline farced. They lacked the ability to make good character development like in Spiderman 2, so they figured that they would add more villains in to fill the void. The storyline was too complex for any one movie. We had only 15 minutes of venom, when we should have had at least 30 to 45. This movie receives a 3/10 for the attempt to finish off a trilogy. One and a half stars for each of the amazing movies that proceeded this one, because if I could vote zero, I would.