Why the world doesn't need a Spiderman?

Rating: 4/10 (12 May 2007)

All right, I spent 100 bucks to see this one because I was desperate to see despite the bad reviews this movie has got? This is what I have to say- Spiderman 3 is a disappointment and a big one indeed. I wish to suggest few names for this movie-
Spiderman and Mary Jane. Spiderman and Baby Goblin. Spiderman and Sandman. Spiderman and Venom. Spiderman and the new photographer. Spiderman and Miss Stacy. Spiderman and Aunty May. Confused-man.
And the best one suggested by good old friend 'Arjun Shankar' Peter Parker and family. And really, that's what it is.
These are not just names but eight stories desperately clubbed into a 2½ hours movie by the movie makers. Anyways, here's what the movie's all about-
-Spoiler Alert-
A happy Peter Parker who is excited that people are mad about Spiderman. A tensed Mary Jane (MJ) whose stage career is in jeopardy. A confused Harry Osborne who is yet to decide whether he actually needs revenge from Spiderman. But he finally decides and tries to kill Peter Parker. As an amateur goblin, he fails and loses. Peter rescues him and Osborne suffers an interim memory loss (like a normal character in an abnormal Ekta Kapoor serial). He forgets that Peter is Spiderman and they again become friends. But soon he remembers everything seeing his dad's portrait (again an Ekta Kapoor twist) and is back to his abnormal bad.
Then we have a Sandman aka Flint Marko who appears from nowhere as Uncle Ben's real killer. He escapes from prison and lands onto a huge pile of sand where some stupid experiment in underway which makes him Sandman. Police tells Peter than Sandman is the one who killed Uncle Ben and Sandy and Spidey start dhishum-dhishum after that.
Then there is a piece of trash called Venom who lands onto earth like a meteor and coincidentally finds the luna (bike) of Peter to hide (Wow) . He then silently develops and later gets into the body of Spiderman. We have a new spidey now. Black suited, strong and a selfish spidey. MJ (on pressure from baby goblin) ditches Peter and the bad Peter begins to date a model called Stacy who is the crush of Peter's rival photographer Eddie. Peter hits MJ accidentally and feels guilty. He then quits the new suit. Venom tries to find a new identity and coincidentally finds none other than Eddie who for some reasons, was there in the church where Peter was quitting Venom. Eddie now becomes new venom and is looking to take revenge from Spidey.
Baby Goblin realizes that Peter didn't kill his father when his servant, after so many years, tells him that his father (green goblin) killed himself. Baby Goblin and Spidey now form a tag team and take on Venom and Sandman. And the tag team Champions are Baby Goblin aka Osborne and Spiderman. But Osborne sacrifices himself and dies. Sandman compromises with Spidey and goes away and Venom is killed by Spiderman's knowledge of resonance theory. Venom is susceptible to bell-like sounds and Peter gathers few alloy rods and hits them continuously until venom vanishes. MJ and Peter again start their relationship and the story ends with Osborne's funeral.
However, the few pluses are there in the movie. Osborne's character was a bit confused but James Franco who played the role has acted quite brilliantly. Unfortunately, we will no longer see him in future sequels (if tried). Thomas Haden Church (Sandman) was quite good as well despite his outdated character.
So, the final question that arises is, have movie makers left something for spidey 4? Maybe. For example, A tiny piece of venom is still left with Peter's professor. We don't know exactly whether venom has died or not. Sandman may return as Uncle Ben's replacement. Aunt May is still alive. Peter is yet to marry MJ to produce a baby-spidey.
On the whole, Spiderman 3 is a disappointment which may prompt filmmakers to make a sequel to end the series on a high note. You can definitely watch the movie for action but don't expect anything else. And yes I forgot. While watching the movie, I was thinking that MJ will come out as a sultry and super-sexy spider-woman but that obviously didn't happen.