Let's Hope Batman Doesn't Follow This Franchise

Rating: 6/10 (12 June 2007)

The lightheartedness of the first Spiderman movie was entertaining. The seriousness of the second Spiderman was enthralling, and the third Spiderman movie was just disappointing. Let's hope that Batman continues its momentum and doesn't end the way of Spiderman.
The main complaint is the movie is too long and jumps around way too much. The relationship between Peter Parker/Spiderman (Tobey MacGuire) and Harry Osborn/Young Goblin (James Franco) is so erratic it's like watching a tennis match. They are trying to kill each other, they are friends, they are trying to kill each other, they are friends etc. It was exhausting keeping up with it.
Also, the scene where Peter Parker becomes the 'black Spiderman' is very distracting. I know it's vital to the story but how the director composed it was bad. There's 1970s pimp music as Peter walks down the street and watching Tobey MacGuire trying to act like a pimp and cool cat was so hilarious and awkward it took me out of the movie.
I just felt the movie tried to accomplish too much. I am not a fan of the comic books and I could tell the writers had a hard time concluding this series. There are hundreds of stories of Spiderman how do you condense it down to three films? I certainly understand the dilemma but the screenwriters and producers came empty with this film.
The special effects were certainly visually appealing but the story was a major let down to the previous two. Sorry Spidey, let's hope the franchise ends with this film.
6 out of 10.