decent

Rating: 7/10 (1 May 2007)

OK, so I definitely enjoyed this movie, but it really has its flaws. But, personally, I've felt that all the Spidey movies have big flaws. And their biggest weakness is their ability to adhere, in tone at least, to their source material. Spiderman has always had the worst dialog imaginable. Atrocious. In all mediums. And the trend continues here. Cheesy line after cheesy line are a constant source of irritation for me. But, I can get past that. Its other things that I found bothersome, and many things that I found to be fantastic. First, The Bad. When Pete acquires the simbiote (I hope I'm spelling that right) he becomes a much meaner and darker person. Or rather, a bad emo characterization of an actual person. Dancing greasily down the street? Hitting on every woman he sees? What the hell? Cant Raimi & Friends make a genuinely dark character? Apparently not, they turned Pete into some bad Emo band "I'm 17, depressed and want to kill myself, but only because it sells records" idiot. This segment of the film lasts for some time, and really drags down the pace. Also, not enough time was devoted to Flint Marko/Sandman. Thomas Hayden Church excels in the role, or the little he's given. Most of his characters time is spent as a hulk-like sandstorm. What little he does have is devoted to the worst writing in the film. Yet, still he pulls it off well. I wish they would have dropped the Emo stuff and spent some time on him. Now, the good. Tobey is good as always, as is the rest of the cast. I even enjoyed Topher Grace as Eddie Brock. The CGI is good, but for the $300,000,000 they pumped into the flick, I was hoping for a little better, but now Im just nit-picking. Venom looks great, and spideys fights with the Goblin are fantastic to say the least. Easily the best action of the film. Overall, this was exactly what I expected. Good, not great with some awful dialog's and some great fights.