horrible

Rating: 2/10 (10 January 2008)

I know I'm a bit behind the times, but I just saw this movie. I don't know very much about comic books, but I enjoyed the first two greatly. With Sam Raimi at the helm again, I expected nothing less than a good time. But this was really, really, really, really, I must reiterate another really, awful. The beginning was very promising, and then took about 90+ minutes to get somewhat exciting again. But even the end was numbed by the wretched romantic comedy that made up 3/4 of the film. It got to the point where I just wanted everyone to blow up without any closure whatsoever. Even the little things in this were bad. I know Stan Lee loves to make cameos in Marvel movies, but it was extremely forced and unnecessary in this one. Tobey Maguire is whinier than ever, save for a "tough guy" spurt halfway through that just does not work on so many levels. Apparently if a guy pastes his hair to his face and dance-walks around the streets, every attractive woman wants him. Kirsten Dunst looks asleep for most of the feature, but that's typical of her. If there was a show to be stolen, Thomas Hayden Church ran away with it. He did a good job, though I felt the character he portrayed didn't make much sense within the trilogy. The previous villains were masterminds gone wrong. The Sandman was just a criminal who got stuck in a pointless yet very convenient science experiment. Oh, and Venom showed up for about three minutes to bounce around a bit. All in all, this was really bad and a disgraceful follow-up to the previous two films. If there's anyone out there who hasn't seen it, spare yourself. Go to the video store, and rent Death To Smoochy. And that's that.