Spider-Man 3 doesn't quite make the cut...

Rating: 7/10 (14 May 2007)

This review is completely based on my bias that super-hero movies ought to follow their comic book background...
There are too many story arcs to follow in this movie to do justice to any of them. The Green Goblin Saga should not have played such a major role in the film. From the look of the previews, and even the marketing this film ought to have centered around the development of Venom / black costume (the alien symbiote) as an arch-nemesis to Spidey.
Venom only shows up in the last fews moments of the movie, and for fans (of the comic book like myself), doesn't delve too much into the reason why the symbiote and Brock mutually create Spidey's most powerfully enemy.
In addition, although the special effects were pretty cool, the story was just too mushy. Can we all say Chick-Flick together! I much rather had explore more of the dark side of Peter Parker and why he eventually had to rid himself of the symbiote.
NOt all is lost however, if you are not a fan of the comic book, and only watched the previous titles SM1 and SM2 then this movie does satisfy your Spidey fix, but is not by all means the best in the 3.
In my opinion SM2 is the best of the bunch as far as storyline and special effects.
Let's see how SM4 turns out, given they hint to The Lizard, and potentially Carnage.