Too many cooks spoil the broth

Rating: 2/10 (28 December 2007)

So, what did I think? Spider-Man was great. Spider-Man 2 was better. Spider-Man 3 was... wait, what the hell was this? Anything but good anyway.
The film was packed with so many unnecessary subplots that it was just a mess, some dodgy CGI in places - that chase scene near the start with Peter and Harry in the air? Horrible! Wooden acting, too many villains and cringe-worthy attempts at comedy - J. Jonah Jameson wanting a camera gag? Peter dancing in the streets? I can see why people would enjoy it (senseless, campy fun), but I just felt they made such a mess of it. I think they tried to cram far too much into one movie. It would have been perhaps better if they only introduced the Venom idea at the end of 3, and then developed that into Spider-Man 4 instead of having Venom, Sand Man and Harry in the one film because so much could have been done with the Venom/Symbiote thing that it could have been a whole movie. Unfortunately, in was all crushed into the one.
For me, there were only two redeeming qualities: Raimi's masterful direction and Bruce Campbell's genius cameo. Still, these aren't going to help this horrible wreck of a movie. So many missed opportunities. Spidey 4 better be an improvement... but to tell the truth, that won't be hard.