For once, I'm laughing with them...all the way to the bank

Rating: 8/10 (21 May 2007)

I may be in the minority, seeing as I was shocked to read all of the negative impressions on the third installment of the Spiderman series, and I found myself enjoying it more than the former two. This combines elements of campy humor consistent with the comic books, action and a mushy love story-turned-betrayal and whatnot, making it the sort of film you cross your legs real tight to avoid having to take a bathroom break and missing a moment. It was sheer entertainment, exciting and nerve-wracking with dialog that should be hovering from a speech bubble overhead. The second film had so many eye-rolling, lame, supposed-to-be-cute moments with formulaic elements and predictable story lines that I feared the worst when entering the theater, and I was delighted to find that instead of a continuation of this, we were faced with a script that pokes fun at itself and its roots justly, making the characters sympathetic and understandable instead of infuriating.
I give it an 8/10 because I enjoyed every second, and for once it seemed that the parts I was laughing at were supposed to be funny.