I just came back from the theater, and I WILL defend Spider-Man 3 against all of those who had this one common criticism about the movie...

Rating: 7/10 (31 May 2007)

I'll try to write a comment as briefly as I could, and I'll start off by saying that I had such high expectations for the third sequel of Spider-Man. And one lesson I learned is to never expect too much from "things." Don't get me wrong, Spider-Man 3 was a great film, but it had too many flaws. A lot of the dialog was a little...cheesy, or should I say, corny. But I guess that's something we should probably expect from a comic-based Spiderman movie. Another thing, is that I didn't get that sense of spidy impression I got from the first two, which I really loved. The impression and mood I got from the third sequel was a little...twisted? But it could be just me.
On the positive side, Spider-Man 3 has some great special effects that had me jumping out of my seat. Another positive note is the movie's plot. I thought its story would be predictable, but it turned out to be full of surprises.
I have read many comments from others criticizing Spider-Man 3 of having too many things going on at the same time. Let me tell you this: THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE THIRD SEQUEL NEEDED. Imagine having to follow up with only one side of the movie's story. In other words, it would be BORING if the movie only centered around one villain or the main character.
People, making a third sequel to a great franchise is not easy! Nevertheless, it was done. How? The movie had all the extra side stories, which tied in maybe a little too perfectly, yet good enough to make the movie interesting and not as boring as it could have been.
So is the movie good? It's great! Is it better than the first two? No! But it definitely did well to hold up as a third sequel!