Not living up to the hype.

Rating: 5/10 (6 May 2007)

Of all the story-lines that work perfectly with that of Venom and the Symbiont, Sandman had to have been one of the worst choices. The reasoning behind choosing that villain? I'm not quite sure. He didn't really add anything new to the story, besides deciding that he was actually the real killer of Ben Parker.
Although very enjoyable to the eyes, this movie lacked a lot of punch. It seemed to be the same recycled scenarios all over again. Some normal person gets involved in some accident and causes them to become a super villain. Check. Peter Parker trying to exact revenge on the man who killed his uncle: Check. Peter Parker trying to convince Harry that he did not kill Norman Osbourne: Check. Some catastrophe with falling objects about to land on people: Check. Mary Jane, Peter Parker, and Harry Osbourne love triangle: Check. Mary Jane and Peter Parker's love on the rocks: Check. Mary Jane struggling to make a name for herself: Check The movie climax being spiderman trying to rescue Mary Jane from some device or contraption: Check.
I think that this movie could have done a lot more with it's budget. For example, one of the main reasons I decided to go to the movie was the idea behind the Space Shuttle crashing into the George Washington Bridge. Alas, this never happened and they had decided to go with a much more half-assed approach of a tiny asteroid crashing. Even Venom was a let down. The main reason why he was such an amazing bad guy was because he knew how to really get under spiderman's skin. He was so full of hate and vengeance that he did everything in his power to destroy Spiderman and Peter Parker. He got right under spiderman's skin. He called himself a poison to Spiderman, which is why Eddie Brock and the Symbiont nicknamed themselves Venom. There was however, a lot of cool effects and stunts preformed in the movie. This kept it entertaining, but like I had previously mentioned... the budget could have been used better in places.
For the record, lose the dance scenes, lose the emo hair, lose sandman and an unnecessary storyline. Add more venom, add more character development to venom, hit us with stuff we have never seen before (ie. the shuttle crash), and DEFINITELY keep Bruce Campbell. Besides that, the movie was entertaining but I do have to rank it the worst in the series so far. It did not live up to it's budget, nor it's hype.