Spiderman 3- Good but not Great.

Rating: 8/10 (24 December 2007)

Spiderman 3 was released 3 years after Spiderman 2. Those past 3 years went by, with all fans wondering what will happen next. Once Spiderman 3 was announced, the hype built up. Every day went by, and fans knew that every day going by was one day closer to the release date of the movie. I was one of those fans, and I admit that I had some pretty high expectations for the movie. But the movie came out, I saw it the opening day, and I was disappointed. The movie seemed to rush into everything, especially at the end, and some of the things were way out of whack. A couple of flaw the movie had were... -Sandman- This guy was useless, when there was already a good enough plot behind Uncle Ben's death, they just had to change it around by adding him. He provided no real use, since it was just about Spidey going after him, and him caring for his sick daughter. POINTLESS! POINTLESS! -Harry's Butler- Suddenly becomes a physician, somehow, able to clean people's wounds and keeping the truth of Norman's death from Harry the whole time. -Venom- Not enough screen time, not big enough, not dark enough, not good enough for fans. -Peter going Emo- NO! NO! NO! He is not some emo punk once he gets the suit, sure it may enhance his darker qualities, but it doesn't need to give his hair and clothes a black punk style. It was the wrong way to go. -Harry- He was good at most parts, but I was mainly just disappointed in his look. Sure, the director may have wanted something unique, but he looks nothing like a Goblin. He looks more like some Super-Spy-Kid dude flying around on a hovering stick. And his father already left him the cool glider, but he still didn't take it. -Symbiote- No! It doesn't just come down onto the Earth Randomly, that is very inaccurate. -Spiderman jumping in front of the American Flag- That was just overall ridiculous and pointless.
There were some good things in the movie, such as the catchy jazz and it still managed to maintain it's humor from the last two, such as from Bruce Campbell or J.K. Simmons. The movie's effects were bad and good, for they looked fake, but they were the latest, and you have to give Sam some credit, since he waited for the Special Effects team for quite some time. Also they manage to make some of the things flow, and I thought the love story was well done, even though it may have had some pointless parts to it, but still, it managed to maintain goodness. I also think that there were some moments in the movie that made the audience have that cheerful moments, like when Peter saved someone, or when Peter holds up the old Spiderman suit again, or when Harry shows up to help Peter. I think the acting was nailed well also, I was surprised how well Thomas Hayden Church and Topher Grace portrayed their villains, when I thought, at first, that those two actors were not good at all for the spot. The movie did have good things, but it all doesn't seem to come together, but I think that it was our expectations that really killed this movie. I don't think the director realized how good the other two really were, so he decided to make something just for money, when we expected him to make it for an accurate good story, like the last two. But he probably didn't know that.
Overall I give the movie a 7/10. Sure it may have had some flaws, but once again, I think it was our expectations that killed the movie.