Could it be the end of Spider Man? No, it is the end of Sam Raimi!

Rating: 5/10 (3 January 2010)

Spider Man 3 is a very entertaining movie, I watched it several times later on TV, despite almost hate it, but otherwise it is a very scratchy movie and it doesn't take itself seriously, in other words, Raimi doesn't take it seriously. It seems that the script was written without so much thinking! The movie is really good when it comes to action scenes. The parts which Sandman fights Spider Man are great in terms of visual effect and editing. The scene which he is "born" was mesmerizing and even touching. In fact, that scene was unusual for such a movie. It was pure art. As for the flaws, the metamorphosis of Spider-Man and the genesis of Venom weren't handled well. The screen times of Venom and black Spider Man were short. I don't know is it necessary to say that the actor who plays Venom was a ridiculous choice! In the comic book, as I remember, after his costume gets black, Spider-Man realizes that he has some new powers. Then, he gives some of their enemies hard time. When he sees that it is evil and controls him, he tries to get rid of it. The black substance comes to the earth by a spaceship, it infects to it, but nobody realizes. And after an accident, it finds Spider-Man. The change of Peter Parker is mentioned by two ridiculous and pointless scenes; the bar scene and the street scene that Peter Parker dances! He looks untroubled, no anxiousness etc. It is like the movie makes fun of itself or Raimi makes fun of his own movie! Raimi decreases action scenes as much as he can, because, in these years, this is the trend! Less action, much drama, focus on characters instead! However, still the movie is satisfying as an action and as said very entertaining, it has demo scenes. The movie was not slow paced, but it suffered from less action, more drama and humor syndrome at times. And may be the final action was a bit lame! Some people glorify J. K. Simmons's performance, but if you ask me, his acting was overdone. He cannot make us believe that he is J. Jonah Jameson, he tries to be like J. Jonah Jameson. In other words, it is like he imitates that character, so cartoonish. Some visual effects are flawed, especially the scene which Peter Parker fights Harry Osborn at night and the scene which Spider and Sandman fights in the metro. In the first fight, two foes fight without mask which is also the reason of bad CGI and also a bad idea! Also, there are some seriously illogical moments in this fight which a human being cannot survive. We get bored of the routine accident scenes and especially Mary Jane in danger moments. The killer of Ben Parker is far fetched and even ridiculous. In the final sequence, there are also some very illogical moments which Sam Raimi call as "comic book reality" such as Sandman's impacts or the sticks trick.