Expected More.

Rating: 5/10 (8 April 2009)

I really liked the first Spiderman Film, and thought the second one was lacking. If anything I was hoping that the third Spiderman Film would be like the first and not the second and be a great film. I was disappointed big time.
A lot is going on in terms of the plot. Harry flies around on a flying disc as the New Goblin and gets his short term memory messed up after Peter Parker throws him into the ground. Parker then decides he wants to propose to Mary Jane. Meanwhile, a runaway jail escapee gets mixed up with sand molecules and becomes the Sand Man. An evil symbiote from Outer Space merges with Parkers Spiderman suit and creates an eviler symbiote version of Spiderman that is all black. Also, Mary Jane has issues with Parker, the true identity of Ben Parkers killer is discovered, and Parker gets sharp competition for his photography job.
First of all, I think the plot and story was bad. It had good parts to it, I think it is interesting how the Symbioate merged with Spiderman. ALso I liked how Parker decided to try to propose to Mary Jane. But there seemed to be too much going on. There were too many side stories and lame parts in the film that seemed to not need to be included.
In the second SPiderman film I complained that Parker was not Spiderman enough in the film. In this film I think that is an issue once again. Spiderman is not seen enough. It is all about Peter Parker once again, that was OK I guess for one film but it really disappointed me how in this film Spiderman does not show up enough again.
The Villains I think were too underdeveloped in this film. The Sandman gets an OK explanation, but not good enough. The Sandman was an interesting choice but I did not think that he had a good portrayal. You hear about his family and his motives resulting because of his family but it just seemed like something was lacking. Also I think that there were too many villains and with no development that is a major issue for me.
Venom also appears in this film. I like Venom a lot and he really is one of the greatest villains ever in Marvel History. Actually I think he is the best. But he should not have been second fiddle to any villain let alone THE SANDMAN as he is in this film. Venom should have been a major villain and in this film he is not in it enough. I liked what he looked like, but the guy playing him did a bad job I think also.
I did like how the Symbiote infected Spiderman and made him do bad things. But they should have built on that idea more.
THe action was OK at times also. Like when Spiderman was fighting the Sandman the first time it was pretty cool. Also I thought the fight with Venom looked cool at times. But nothing too spectacular.
So, I think this was a disappointment for the most part. It was OK at times, but should have been so much better. All I can say to finish, is that I hope that Venom gets to be in another film so that he gets the film depiction that he really deserves. I really do not strongly recommend this film, but it is not that bad either. Worth seeing once.