An Interesting Sequel

Rating: 7/10 (5 May 2007)

Overall, Spiderman 3 was very good. It offered some more insight into the characters of Spiderman and Harry.
Yeah, there was a little bit of cliché. Harry not remembering how Spiderman killed his father for about half the movie and Harry forgiving Spidey for being a jerk and blowing off half his face...
There was also one scene that was supposed to be really poignant, when Harry was dying, where everyone in the theater laughed because Tobey Maguire couldn't conjure up the tears.
That being said, it found a way to regain some of its depth from the first film and had more refined action than the 2nd. People say it was too convoluted, but it was a rather simple story to follow if you have half a brain. I'm sick of people asking Hollywood to dumb down its films just because some people can't keep up.
Falling somewhere between the first two films, it was a satisfying sequel. I would give it a score of 7.7/10... but I can't vote that number and it just wasn't good enough for an 8.