It's not as bad as they're saying, Go and see for yourself!

Rating: 7/10 (5 July 2007)

After reading some of the comments and reviews on Spiderman 3 I was a bit shaky about watching this film at the theatres. But is it as disjointed as some say, a big-budget nothing as others did, or indeed too much romance and little time for anything else? Well, let me start with confirming that the film does feel rather disjointed. The conception and execution of the plans/plots of some of the characters seem to happen too quickly at times, at times without the usual intermittent change of scene; *wham* *boom* character flips from good to bad and vice-versa, now trying to destroy NY, the other trying to save it from oblivion etc... Regardless, it doesn't manage to ruin the film so I'd prefer to wait until the DVD version comes out to see if deleted scenes are re-integrated into the movie before the axe is dropped on its score.
It's quite clear that the Mary Jane issue is starting to consume too much time in the movies. Since the first film, the relationship between Peter Parker and Mary Jane has absorbed more and more time. Not only does she appear in over half of the last film but, as in Spiderman 1 AND 2, she is yet again taken hostage by the villain(s) in the final battle, offering us the usual 10 mins of helpless obstacle dodging, not only by Spiderman... but herself. Leave the poor girl alone for goodness' sake! Hopefully, the demise of Harry Osborn should make their relationship just a bit less complicated and less focused on. So, I don't agree that the 90% of the film feels like a Dawson's Creek re-run as said in one of the previous comments, though in one of the scenes (the one on the bridge where Harry's 'dark' plot starts to unfold) that aforementioned comment did echo in my ears for a bit, but it doesn't last too long, thank goodness...
I also don't agree with people who said that there were too many villains and that they were not given enough space and depth. At the end of the film it's clear that both Sandman and Venom will appear again if the saga continues, especially the latter one of course, so one should be safe in the knowledge that more will come out in the future. As mentioned above, there are indications that this film was transitory and that the end of certain long-standing issues could be followed by the appearance of new ones which could re-generate the series a bit. Having a character such as Harry so close to the superhero is a problem when making such a film as neither Peter nor Spiderman can ignore him, therefore their feud always demanded its fair share of space in all of the films, but now that it's settled (hopefully) the story can move on and open up a bit to new plots and characters and maybe a proper re-visiting of familiar, yet underplayed, ones.
To conclude, this film will not be universally loved or hated by Spidey fans. You'll just have to go and see it for yourself. Though scenes like the (looong) one where Peter shows off in front of all of New York just to show us how 'bad' he's become simply because he changed his hairstyle, wears darker clothes and is more open with the ladies make the movie stutter in places, but it's still a solid film which is worth watching.
So what are you waiting for? 7/10