Why the vitriol?

Rating: 7/10 (10 May 2007)

Briefly, I can't understand why so much fury is being vented at this film (though given the reasonable IMDb rating it can't be shared by more than a minority).
The 'Mask' dance scene IS completely laughable, even if it was meant to be funny, while I'm sure a far far better way of making Harry find out that Peter hadn't been responsible for his father's death could have been found. However much of the script, or 'moralising', isn't a lot worse than in the first 2 films - people making such negative comments seem to have either got bored of the tone of the films, or for some reason have come to expect the script to be some great work of literature rather than the comic book adaptation which it essentially is.
The special effects are very good, though some of the 'chase' action sequences are slightly hard to follow. There are too many plot lines but it is not a complete mess. Again this is a comic book adaptation and I don't think it would be in the film's best interests to attempt to fully and 'logically' explain everything that happens.
That said I did find the film a little disappointing after the first two and think the series has run its course. Unless a new director can do something truly unexpected I think this should be the final film.