Pretty Good.(well just good really!)

Rating: 7/10 (19 April 2007)

I saw Spiderman3 the day before yesterday, and was really excited about seeing it. And yet again my anticipation was quickly deflated. It seems like every Spiderman movie catches me out like that. Anyway, the film is good. I know I started on a negative note, but it really is a solid film. The Sandman looks very good, and venom steals the show. It's a bit too long(as usual). There's a fantastic cameo from Bruce Campbell, which really nailed the Spiderman sense of humour, and it was good to see him again. The things that disappoint me are unfortunately rather important for a movie in that they are the two leading actors, Tobey Maguire fit the original part perfectly, but he has not matured, he remains the gormless, lost teenage geek. Kirsten Dunst turns out a very run of the mill performance, and has two rather unnecessary songs.
Overall, I wasn't massively downhearted as it really only is Saturday afternoon entertainment, and Spiderman has never been the kind of film you would look forward to watching again. Effects are good, villains are good. Spidey 3 is good, not great, but good.