Had So Much Promise But Fell A Bit Short

Rating: 7/10 (13 March 2013)

OK, the movie wasn't that bad as people have been saying, except the overall plot was a mess. The whole problem was incorporating 3 villains into one movie. It was a near impossible task because each character needed an ample amount of screen time in order to get established and work together. If one was left off screen for too long then the whole point of them being in the movie started to fade.
The butler coming in and telling Harry that "Peter didn't kill your father, it was his own blade that killed him" was a bit out-of-nowhere and hasty (this previously unimportant butler character all of sudden found the answer to Harry's father's death and he's an expert in identifying wounds?). It's like the writers needed to find a way to change Harry's villain status so that it wouldn't complicate things in the end, which does make sense in a way.
So while the Sandman and Venom are attacking Spider-man, with MJ hostage, here's come Harry on his glider who helps fight off the two villains and is now loyal friends with Peter and then dies at the end. Peter cries over his dead body, which was kind of awkward and silly but maybe I'm being a little harsh, his "best friend" died. But didn't Harry try to steal MJ away from Peter and now Peter acts like it's no big deal? The whole friendship thing between the two was a little too late to be believable.
What I also didn't understand was how the Sandman asks Peter Parker/Spider-man to forgive him for killing Peter's uncle because he did it for money and his daughter. This comes only a few minutes after Sandman was trying to kill Spider- man and now all of a sudden he's come to heart with his feelings.Give me a break!
There were some cheesy moments in this film, especially the part where the "possessed" Peter struts and twirls down the street like in Saturday Night Fever, to no good avail (he looked like an idiot). And Harry and MJ dancing to the Twist in the kitchen while making breakfast was really unnecessary. At times, I thought this movie should have been called "The Notebook: Spider-Man Edition" with all of this love affair and musical stuff going on, taking away from most of the real action. And the singing in the Jazz Club, Peter playing the piano (rather good) and after about 10 minutes away from the action I was like "What happened to Spider- man?".It turned into sort of something out of "Cassanova" which quickly died and became rather stupid. With a little more thinking and a much sturdier plot this movie could have been so much better. I felt like it was all over the place and couldn't concentrate on one thing for very long like a kid with ADHD.
And can someone please explain to me where that black goo came from? Outerspace? And why was it so interested in Peter Parker? The whole hype about Peter Parker becoming this evil Spider-Man didn't quite live up to my expectations. Sure, the black suit demented his personality but shouldn't this movie in the trilogy have been placed second, so as to give the viewers a feeling of darkness falling over Spider-Man and everyone else? There could have so much more to play off from an evil Spider-Man who has to work his way back from the "dark side" (yep, Star Wars reference) and the last movie could have been of enlightenment and Spider-Man returning back as a hero. Of course, that's been done too many times before.