Are you serious???

Rating: 3/10 (4 May 2007)

I really liked the first two Spider-Man movies. This one, however, feels like they didn't really even try. Here's why.
The action sequences were good. They weren't great like the first two, but I think we all learned from the Matrix that the same effects get old by the third movie. The problem was that there were so few action sequences.
The movie is 2 hours and 20 minutes long. This is about an hour longer than it should have been. There were scenes that didn't even have any purpose, that somehow didn't end up on the cutting room floor. This is inclusive of all the singing and dancing. We could have gone our whole lives without all of that.
The characters didn't seem to be themselves. When spidey gets the black suit, Peter turns into some angry emo kid. I won't give anything away at the end, but suffice it to say that the ending is uncharacteristic of the people who are involved.
All in all there were parts of the movie that were supposed to be super dramatic and pivotal to the plot, but left the audience laughing at the cheesiness and awkwardness of them. Everyone let out a sigh of relief when it ended. Not because it resolved anything, but because we didn't have to be subjected to it anymore.
If you are a HUGE Spider-Man fan, go see it anyway. If you're just looking for a good movie to see check out Hot Fuzz instead.
Frank C