Classic, recent Hollywoodall special effects, no heart

Rating: 5/10 (8 May 2007)

*Spoliers*
I have to say, many of the reviews I have read, both "professional" and user, seem to hit the nail on the head. Many are saying this movie is way too long, and they are correct in a way. How can anyone put a time limit on a movie? If it is interesting, a 4 hour movie could seem like 2 hours, and keep us wanting more. The old adage of "time flies when you are having fun" more than applies here, but unfortunately this movie embraces the opposite effect. This movie drags on with uninteresting characters, and a very unremarkable plot.
Yes, as others have said, they should have stuck with one, MAYBE two villains, but with three villains and no interesting stories for them, the viewer simply doesn't care.
The Sandman is totally unnecessary. We find out that he is (possibly) the real killer of Uncle Ben, but then, lo and behold, it wasn't really him anyway, it was the partner to begin with, although he was involved, but feels sorry for what he did, etc etc. The whole reason for Spiderman becoming Spiderman is tampered with, and leaves you with mixed feelings about the whole event.
The same story with Harryhis butler tells him, well, it wasn't really Spiderman who killed his fatherit was his father himself. Well, let's just throw that whole interesting plot out the window of how Harry becomes the new Goblin. Harry now befriends Spidey and helps him save the day.
The symbiont (Venom) shows itself briefly in the beginning, then it seems like an eternity (maybe half of the movie) before it shows itself again. I can live with the mystery of not knowing where it came from and what its purpose is, but please, give it something more interesting to do than make Peter "strut" down the street making googly eyes at woman. I will say it was fairly interesting watching Peter's darker side some out in a couple scenes though (especially the bar fight scene).
I don't understand people who say that you shouldn't compare this movie to the other two. How can you NOT compare them? It's supposed to be a sequel to the previous movies, right? It begs to be compared. Let's compare the endings, shall we?
The ending of Spiderman - MJ, Harry, and Peter share a moving scene at the cemetery. Peter answers the question he poses to himself at the beginning of the movie"Who am I? I'm Spiderman". It concludes with a thrilling sequence of him swinging through the city.
The ending of Spiderman2 - Harry throws a dagger through the mirror, discovers Gobby's secret hideout (packed with all the pumpkin gadgets). MJ states "Go get um Tiger", then gives a slight look of concern presumably about the future.
The ending of Spderman3  MJ and Peter holding hands in a jazz club?!?!
Where is the "money shot" that keeps us wanting more? No suspense, no thrilling finish, no touching scene with even semi-interesting dialogue.
This movie had an "ending" shot more times than was needed (although none of them really interesting). It seems like no one could decide what the final scene should be, so they said "Let's lump them all in". Personally I thought, if there is to be no sequel, the ending of Mary Jane and Peter kneeling over Harry's body with the sunset in the back round was the winning shot, but no, it drags on a couple more scenes.
If there is to be another sequelwhere is the cliffhanger? If this is the end (which I highly doubt), what a way to go out with a fizzle.
However there probably will be another sequel. They will throw gobs of money at the actors again. All they would have to do is show up for their "blue screen" shots. The special effects department can do the rest. Heck, who am I kidding? With this franchise, they could show a hamster in a red and blue outfit, running around on an exercise wheel for two hours, and it would break all previous box office records because it had the title of Spiderman4.