Why don't people like this movie?

Rating: 7/10 (10 May 2007)

Just went to see this movie tonight, and I gotta say I don't understand why people have a problem with this movie. It was an excellent movie with unbelievable action scenes and a very good storyline with good acting all around.
First off, I've seen a few people complain about the CGI being the worst of the 3. That has to be a straight-up lie as the special effects in this movie are invisible if you ask me. There wasn't a single point in the movie where I noticed that it was CGI (yes I know how much CGI was in there).
Next complaint, too many villains without enough back story. Let's walk through them shall we? Harry, a.k.a. New Goblin. His back story was pretty well filled out by the time this one started so none needed and basically none given. Flint Marko, a.k.a. Sandman. Not a whole lot of back story but enough so you know a bit about who he is and how he became sandman. Personally it was enough for me, he didn't feel like a cardboard cutout character. Eddie Brock, a.k.a. Venom (name not mentioned in the film). His back story is like the first hour+ of the film, with time spent both on what the symbiote is and does, and why Eddie isn't very fond of Peter.
Next complaint, lack of cohesion. Again I just don't see this here. Overall, everything came together by the end. No unintended loose ends here that I saw.
Okay... now for my only complaint. The only thing I didn't like was the section where they showed Peter on the street with music in the background, kinda like in 2 where they were playing "Raindrops keep falling on my head". For some reason this section in both films really bothered me, it felt completely out of place. But that's like maybe 5 minutes out of a 140min. film.
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Next complaint, too many villains. Yes, they had 3 villains in this film, but even if they had 3 just to make use of $250M I think they pulled it off. The reason they had 3 villains was so that they could use Harry as a villain early on but have him redeem himself in the end to help Peter fight Venom & Sandman to save MJ.
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Overall a VERY VERY excellent film. I enjoyed it immensely and even though it was long (140minutes), it didn't FEEL long, it felt just right. As good as the first, better then the 2nd. 9/10