Darkside? Pah! More like a youngling!

Rating: 3/10 (4 June 2007)

I was somewhat disappointed with this movie. It was entertaining and worth a watch, but I was left somewhat unfulfilled. And here's why.
Now I'm not a comic book fan, though some of my friends are. The general impression they gave me was that Venom twisted things and gave them an evil tint. I was expecting Peter Parker to go a bit dark side. A bit Evil. Instead, he went Emo.
The fringe was the ultimate giveaway. I felt like slapping him. More worryingly, I felt that if I did, I'd get away with it. Spiderman wouldn't fire web at me - the only thing liable to come out of his wrists would be blood as he went off to write a song about my meanness.
I know you aren't supposed to like the guy when he's venomous, but I still wanted to respect him. Instead I hated him and thought him laughable. He annoyed the hell out of me. And that is not a good opinion to hold about the hero.
Sandman was neither here nor there really, and the guy who took over as Venom was equally annoying and unconvincing as spiderman. The only decent villain in the film was Harry.
Harry managed to hurt spiderman more than the others combined. In fact more than probably any of the other villains from the franchise combined. He, I respected. And when it came to the finale and he had to choose whether to fight fir or against spiderman, I was so unimpressed with the other 3 that I was following Harry all the way. Whichever side he picked is the side I was supporting, and that was the consensus opinion among my friends.
Quite frankly he had to die. Otherwise there would DEFINITELY not be a spiderman 4. There would have been a Harry Osborne spin off instead, and I get the feeling the studio didn't want to explore that direction. It's a shame. After being lame for 2 movies, Harry came good. I'd pay to see a Harry movie. Another spiderman - I'm not yet convinced.