The worst of the Spider-Man trilogy by far.

Rating: 4/10 (6 May 2007)

The first two Spider-Man films were textbook examples on how to bring a comic book to the screen. The third...however, is something of a disaster. Although it's not in the realm of Batman And Robin, it's vastly inferior to the two films that came before it.
The main problem it would seem is the attempt to use two quite major villains (in the comic books) leaving both with little time to make much of an impact. In addition, Sam Raimi seems set on turning the franchise into a straight forward comedy with the poor decision to include scenes such as Peter Parker (aka Spider-Man of course) dirty dancing in a disco. Yes, that's right - we spend several minutes of the film being forced to watch Peter Parker dancing as though he's in Saturday Night Fever.
Added to this is poor writing. At one point a character whom we'd never met in the previous two films suddenly appears and spouts several minutes of dialogue relating to a key scene in the first movie. Imagine, if you will, that upon watching Return Of The Jedi, an old man suddenly shuffles up to Luke Skywalker and says 'I was hiding behind a pillar when Darth Vader told you he was your dad. Don't worry - he's a good guy. Just believe in him and everything will be alright....' Yes, it's that bad.
If you've never read the Marvel comics, you might possibly enjoy this and dismiss it as 'okay'. You'll be amazed by some of the action sequences, laugh at the cameo by Bruce Campbell as a French waiter and wonder why people bother reading comics if they're written like this. If you've actually ever had any affinity for the character of Spider-Man, you'll be angered and confused by some of the decisions made here (especially those involving Eddie Brock and Gwen Stacy).
Disappointed.