Ending the Series on a Sour Note

Rating: 6/10 (28 November 2007)

This movie was pale in comparison to the other two. The problem: Too many villains. Despite what Hollywood thinks, not always a good thing. In the first two movies Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus were well-developed and given depth. In 3, the villains were only plot contraptions, especially Venom... who was reduced to an "evil Spidey" (what's with Venom being a little wimp and shooting black webs) and a paradox to give the whole "choice" message contrasting the character's revenge ideals. The Sandman plot was uninspired and cheesy, despite Sandman being the best developed villain in the movie. The New Goblin was even disappointing despite all the preperation in the other movies. Like I said they were just plot contraptions rather than characters. I think they should have left Venom out of the movie and focused on the other villains, maybe some other minor villain (they wasted one of Spidey's best adversaries by tossing Venom in)and the symbiote (the real villain of the story) and save Eddie Brock's transformation for the end as an opening for Spidey 4. Now who are they going to use for Spidey 4? The Vulture? The series is over and ended on a bad note.