Spiderman 3 seems to hit a new area of the franchise, maybe one thats ends nicely and shouldn't be over done.

Rating: 7/10 (7 May 2007)

Starting shortly after where Spiderman II left off, Spiderman 3 opens very quickly with little origin space for any of the main characters. We see where Mary Jane goes with acting career, and how Harry Osborne feels about Peter Parker, but we see very little of Peter Parker's status or personality.
Very quickly into the movie we are able to see the origin of the Sandman, and we see a very quick origin of Venom later on. But I feel both are very shallowly explained and just "seem to happen" without notice or enough pre-tense. For example the origin of the Sandman is displayed but not specifically told. The origin of Venom seems very like so even though it is easier to understand.
How Peter Parker becomes the "black suited" Spiderman is very shallow as well, another instance of a "just happened" kind of origin. The black suit origin is the hardest to understand of all characters in the movie even though it is supposed to possibly be the main aspect of the movie and the it's characters.
After Peter Parker / Spiderman comes into bonding with the black suit, his "real life" personality goes to hell. He becomes selfish, greedy, hateful, and seeks revenge all as side effects of the black suit which wrecks havoc upon all that is good about him and all good in his life, including Mary Jane. With enough conflict he decides that he does have to shed himself of this personality and does so with success.
Unfortunately, a rival seems to pick up this personality and wears it worse than Peter Parker himself. Of course this brings major conflict to the movie as we are finally introduced to Venom so that we can enjoy him for possibly 20 minutes.
The ending is extremely sad as the unexpected does occur. Maybe I even shed a tear.
The acting of this episode is very mediocre compared to the greatness of the first two film in the installment. The directing and story telling is at a even worse level. The fx are spectacular of course.
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