Well... it was okay...

Rating: 6/10 (10 May 2007)

I used to read the comics when I could as a kid and loved the animated series. The first two movies did a great job of conveying the spirit of Spiderman, whilst taking liberties with certain characters and story elements. I let things slide because the movies looked great, were cast well and well... it's Spiderman!! So it goes without saying, even though I am about to say it, that I was supremely looking forward to seeing Spidey again. The character of Venom was one I liked from before. Not that I liked the guy, I just liked the transition, the Black suit, Eddie Brock etc... But in Spidey 3, I just wasn't buying it. A meteor "conveniently" lands near where Peter and Mary-Jane are making out and making me throw up (a huge element that also bugged me about this movie, I'll get to that). Something black crawls out of the tiny meteor and attaches itself to Peters bike back to Peters' apartment... then it does nothing for like 45 minutes... what was it doing? Messing with the door knob? So eventually we get the Black Spiderman, but do we? What does he do as Black Spiderman that makes him so mean? Break a camera and wet some sand? Ooooooh he's so mean. Most of "black" spidey isn't black spidey at all, it's black Peter Parker. All floppy hair and unnecessary dancing. So I was holding out hope for "Venom" or as he's know in the movie Topher Grace with bad teeth It almost seemed to me that they were rushed post production and because if I was disappointed with Black Spiderman, I was disgusted by Venom, sorry, Bad Teeth Topher. Don't get me wrong I like Topher Grace a lot, I just don't think he was right for this role Especially given the fact that it was so poorly executed. They should have introduced Eddie Brock in the second movie, given that rage time to simmer, make him more likely to wanna see Parker dead over a period of time rather than a couple of days.
The movie should have revolved around Spiderman, the Black Suit and Venom. Not Peter Parker and Mary-Jane, come on!!! Who cares?! We wanna see mind blowing special effects here, killer action with carefully thought out character building. They had enough time to put it all in but they put way too much into making us wish Mary-Jane would fall out of that cab. We got BTT (Venom) for the last 10 minutes but 90% we saw Eddie Brocks face, why? We know who it is.
*Possible spoiler* One more gripe (that I'll mention here anyway), what was the butler waiting for to share that little chestnut with Harry? An invite from the Queen? I hate when they throw convenient things into movies to help move the plot, really gets my goat! *Possible spoiler ends*
What did I like? I like the crane sequence. I liked Thomas Hayden Church as Sandman and the character of Sandman as a whole. He was portrayed well but didn't need to be in this movie, which is unfortunate. I like the special effects overall although some of the action was too close up and I could hardly tell what was happening.
Oh wait, ONE MORE GRIPE!! What the hell happened to Spiderman's "Spidey Sense"? A lot of what happens in this movie could have been avoided if he had remembered to turn it on. Oh wait it's always on? And even Eddie Brock knew about it? Hmm now that is odd?
I gave Spiderman 3 a 6, but that may go down after writing this Oh dear