Ummmm.....

Rating: 6/10 (13 May 2007)

I truthfully feel like a neutral party in the debate of Spiderman 3. On one side, you have those saying how horrible it was; on the other are the optimistic, sunny, "it was amazing" fans. And truthfully, each team has valid arguments. However, this is one of those movies that you just can't label as plain good or plain bad, but have to look at in individual parts and then make judgments on each.
First off, I love the villains in this movie. True, having all three was a bit too much, but it actually came close to really working! The Sandman was really well played, and audiences get to truly understand his character to the point that they see all his layers. I felt like that was such a good story to incorporate and really emotional. As for Venom, his time probably was a bit short, but I did like how they portrayed the rivalry between Brock and Peter. The emotions Eddie Brock was feeling really came through, and though you hated him, there was understanding behind that hate. I loved how the church scene and how Eddie turned into Venom, as well as the mimic of this scene in the end when he was destroyed. And finally, who cannot love Harry as the New Goblin. There is so much history and charged energy there that any story line could carry. However, my only regret is that his enlightening felt a bit rushed; audiences were unable to rejoice in his return from evil and the rekindling of his friendship with Peter as the rest of his time in the film (and life for that matter) was mostly emotionless fight scenes. Give us a better reunion between these two best friends who were days ago trying to kill each other.
One thing that bugged me though was Peter's story. It kinda felt incomplete at times, as though he was being smacked in the face with a lesson but never realized it. The movie starts off with him as a pompous and self-absorbed jerk, continues to him becoming a emo idiot and then ends with him seemingly normal. There are no signs of maturing or a new found understanding within Peter Parker, and it definitely was noticeable. And just on a side note, the whole dancing, angry Peter was the most annoying thing I have ever seen. Only good thing to come out of it was from MJ's part.
I still don't know what to think of this movie. It is definitely the worst of the three, but they are certainly good aspects strewn throughout. As a whole, it was too much and too long, but it pulled this off better than most movies could. Somehow, things seemed to work, though you could tell that the boundaries were pushed to the extreme. SM4 is needed though, as the story as ended in this movie is no where near done.