A mixed bag and disappointing, but I still liked it for what it was

Rating: 8/10 (28 September 2014)

Everybody hates this movie for too many things going on, and Peter's little night at the Roxbury dance scenes. I completely agree that Spider-Man is a superhero and superheroes don't dance. It is completely unnecessary and is a big zero to the film even though it was sort of hilarious. However if they did not have him dance in the movie, I think it could have been a lot better and I think people could have like it better as well. This is a very mixed bag to say the least. However, I don't think having too many things is a bad thing because when you have more stuff going on it makes it more watchable. In Spider-Man 2, barely anything was going on and it was so boring to watch. In this one a lot of things are going and that is why I still liked Spider-Man 3 for what it was. The special effects are still outstanding as ever. I like the theme forgiveness in this movie and it anchors the film. I thought the cast is great. Kirsten Dunst is still good as Mary Jane. Thomas Haden Church is great as Sandman and I liked the subplot with that character. The CGI Sandman and the fight scenes between him and Spider-Man are awesome. I thought James Franco and Topher Grace stole the show. The conflict between Peter and Harry still works in the film. Franco helps anchor the film. Topher Grace as Eddie Brock fit perfectly as opposite Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker and did a good job. A lot of people were disappointed with Venom and I was too but I also thought that it was awesome when Venom appeared in the movie but was not the real Venom I was expecting. I liked Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen Stacy but was completely underused here. Tobey Maguire has some great moments and tries very hard. I enjoy watching him sometimes and liked his evil Peter Parker moments, but he is just annoying and was ridiculous with his punk hair. I also thought he was too nerdy and took spider man as a celebrity way too far. The climax of the movie: They did a great job of setting up the climax and it was awesome seeing venom fight spider-man for the first time as well as fighting Sandman at the same time as well. It became exciting as it went on. I love the set up: Spider-Man and New Goblin vs. Sandman and Venom; perfect. But it started looking like a cartoon and was disappointing. Venom did not look like Venom anymore and they should have came up with something better with the Spider-Man and Sandman ending. But it was still overall satisfying. Also, J.K. Simmons is still perfect and hilarious as J. Jonah Jameson.
The fight scenes, action sequences and special effects are even better than the previous films but it still looked like a cartoon. The cast makes it happen and I like that there was more plot lines and characters. But the dance scenes ruined the movie and Venom had barely any screen time. Maguire has great moments but is annoying and does too much.
This is a mixed bag. Spider-Man 3 is good but it is disappointing that it is just good because good is not good enough for a huge event movie like this. Has great moments but also has sluggish moments as well.
I still liked it for what it was. It just could have been great.
Overall: 7.5/10