What a let down...

Rating: 3/10 (7 May 2007)

Alright so I'm gonna keep this relatively short and sweet. I had heard it wasn't very good, but took the plunge anyway. But wow, people really weren't kidding! The script really felt like it was pulled together by a few 10 year old comic book fans. The inclusion of three villains (Sandman, Venom, and the new Goblin) was just too much. Plus Blacksuit Spidey. All the stories sort of started and then just dropped off in a really unfulfilled and half-baked fashion. Raimi really should have just stuck to the Symbiote and the new Goblin (if he really wanted). The Sandman added nothing to the story. But the villain overload is something that has been discussed over and over.
What I'd love to mention is the obscenely stupid inclusion of Petere's little...emo phase. That was just dumb on so many levels. I don't know if that was supposed to be a joke or what, but it was a completely unwanted and unnecessary 10 minute interlude.
The romantic thing was muddled and annoying as well. I don't need to get into that as well as the fact that it's been discussed time and time again.
In short, the first two movies were not masterpieces, but enjoyable fun...this however was a disgrace. It was pulled together from the brains of a million little fanboys with no apparent oversight by someone wishing to pull together a coherent story. I really don't even think they tried. I was also really saddened to see that Sony doesn't learn it's lesson and has signed up for three more movies. Ugh. Sequels really are death.