Spider-man 3 support review

Rating: 9/10 (12 May 2010)

I want to make a positive review for this movie. I have reading some of the reviews here and , for Christ sake, they are bad reviews!!! They seem to highly underrate this movie.
By most of the people (responsible for a 6 rating!!!) these are the flaws of the film:
-too many villains -crossing plots and subplots -cheesy humour(peter dancing) -too much Mary Jane and Peter Parker screen time -too less of Venom screen time/not the Venom we know from the comic books -worse music than the precedent installment -bad acting of Tobey and Kirsten
and bla bla bla.
Now, folks, let's all calm down for a moment.
I will take the points you have criticized one by one:
-too many villains: excuse me, have you seen X-men movies? The Magneto gang is always composed of at least 3 villains. The movie should have been 3 hours long to please everyone. You can't expect Sam Raimi to direct an all pleasing movie like The Golden Compass did and was weak because of that. He had chosen to develop interesting villains such as Green Goblin Jr. and Sandman. As for Venom, which I am a big fan, it's because of the fans that it was introduced and because Avi Arad sad so... Maybe a movie on Venom only deserves to be made, not a pointless reboot...
-crossing plots and subplots: for me it was a delight to see how Sam Raimi, which like playing with the audience and the actors, made a theatrical take on the conflicts. It is very refreshing and very rare these days to have a rich non linear script. Thanks to that, it was not predictable which is a good thing. All the actors were respected with a certain amount of screen time.
-cheesy humor(ex: peter dancing): give him a break! It was funnier than grotesque and many movies(comedies) can't even compare with the humorous tone of Spider-man 3! It was good comedy, perfect for Spider-man saga.
-too much Mary Jane and Peter Parker screen time: sorry, again but they are the most important characters in the movie!
-too less of Venom screen time/not the Venom we know from the comic books: Venom was forced as a character in this movie, so don't blame Raimi for giving him little screen time.
On the other side, indeed Venom should have been bigger in scale; saying that, Topher Grace did a perfect job in a movie that is made for a large audience: so, no gore or no "traumatizing" presence as in Comic books.
-worse music than the precedent installment: only with the black suit theme( Danny Elfman should never have left Spider-man 3...)
-bad acting of Tobey and Kirsten: it's like saying bad acting for Leonardo and Cate on Titanic: characters played by the perfectly matched actors.
Now, the good things:
I think the movie is marvelous, as a real Marvel film should be ;). It is the biggest and the most underrated super hero movie I know (but again, here Chronicles of Riddick gets only 6, where as it's one of the best sci-fi opera movies).
This movie stands on its own and is a darker, more complex, funnier and more action packed than the previous ones. Also, complex story means "not pleasing everyone". Let's not forget it's a comic book movie, so the 100 % logic approach don't do justice to it nor to it's magic.
Not have been nominated nor awarded with the Special effects Oscar is a real slap in the face to the SFX crew which worked on this movie.
The Sandman birth scene: the best and "poetical" special effects I have seen on a CGI character to date. I watched Avatar this year and it is still true.
The action and the mix with drama and humor make this movie an outstanding movie. the casting, the sets and the pacing were very good. The fights in the air were well choreographed, though I would have preferred a smoother take in the first Peter Parker fight (the same stunt coordinator from Jason Born Ultimatum, so...)
All the underrating is caused by the fact that some people take movies too seriously and seek a master piece in everything. It is a movie to enjoy, not to analyze. Go and see Elektra, Daredevil and Punisher if you think it's better!
The "citezenkane review attitude" (CRA ;) is a very common thing here.
You still believe Iron-Man is better? Well: not the second, because it lacked action, and let's face it, it is one of the main attraction in the Super-hero movies.