Love this, love that, but where is spider-man?

Rating: 1/10 (18 October 2009)

What a hell was this? After first two good spidey movies we get this? Oh boy, where should I start.
Firstly, the biggest gripe. The whole love triangle subplot took about 2/3 of the film. I'm not kidding. It seemed the whole movie revolved around some adolescent boy-girl love drama. spider-man is a god damn cartoon character with lots of fights against cool villains and heroic moments and not some Casablanca! How many 9-12 aged boys want to see their idol kissing and whining for some red haired girl all the time? I'm an adult and even I don't want to see that crap.
Secondly, what a mess the script was. There is sandman who is poorly acted by some no-name no-personality actor. There is some black goo that turn people into evil spideys. There is green goblin junior with a grudge (I liked the actor though). There is red haired diva girl with mannerism that already start to annoy. Total mess. The black spidey was a cool concept and I liked it but I didn't like Peter Parker acting like some "cool" bad-ass guy. It was mostly embarrassing to watch and totally pointless to show to audiences (did they actually screen this movie to test audiences?). OK, OK we get it! He turns into a bad guy by the goo. I wanted to see black spider-man doing bad things wearing the suit, not Peter Parker with Hitler hairdo trying to score chicks! Also related to this: keep the damn spider-man mask on! People want spider-man, not Peter Parker with a suit.
Thirdly, the acting and dialog was sub par. Good ol' granma blasts clichés and "pearls of wisdom" like "man's gotta put girls needs before him". Right. Platitudes include things like "You're okay?", "Yeah", "Good" (aaand, cut!).
I wanted to see great thrilling action and witty dialog and inventive plot that would nail my eyes on the movie. I wanted to see spider-man, not Peter Parker and his personal love affairs. There was a lot of cheesy parts some of I just had to rewind. This movie is disgrace to spider-man canon and that's why I don't give any slack with my one star rating. I could give this easily 4 or even 5 stars but I just don't want to. I'm so disappointed. I want to end this with a positive note and say that at least the sandman was technically well made. Props for CGI team.