All Good Things Must Come To An End

Rating: 6/10 (24 September 2009)

Why must all good things come to an end? After two very successful films, Sam Raimi obviously goes for a third, but the result is a little less than expected. Normally in this kind of situation, the trilogy situation, it is a new director that changes the film so much the third seems like a piece of trash compared to the first two. However, it is the same director for all three, so I guess Raimi just lost his touch. One thing I want to say right off the bat is the lack of Danny Elfman is unacceptable! I don't give a &*^% who Christopher Young is, he doesn't even come close to Elfman's greatness! What a poor choice, but is merely one among many. Another failed aspect of the film is its sorrowly failed attempt to become much darker. There is simply too many cheesy moments and humor for that to have worked unfortunately. Topher Grace and Thomas Hayden Church are excellent additions to the cast, but the story is too rushed to even enjoy it.
I feel James Franco's A-list acting was put to bad use here. He finally becomes the second Green Goblin and I actually enjoy the suit (but not the flying snowboard though). However, he spends most of the film in a pathetic amnesia. We do see a bit of his father's dark qualities once he does regain his memory, but like everything else in this film it isn't drawn to its full potential.
Sandman's creation is not even thirty minutes into the film and is so poorly executed it looks a modern version of a 50s sci-fi thriller. He just happens to a hop a fence and land in a zany "molecular rotator" or whatever it was called. Very unbelievable, too much for most I assume. I did enjoy the action but the villains just aren't built up enough here. The first two films had a single villain, allowing a lot of time for the audiences to "connect" with them so to speak. Sam Raimi tried to do overdo it honestly, but it could've worked. But instead of extending the run time, we get a movie that just isn't long enough to have all these new characters. It barely runs over two hours. One of my biggest issues with "Spider-Man 3" is Venom. The characters is my personal favorite and no less among fans. His screen time was pathetic to say the least. The best villain had no time to go deep into his character. He doesn't even mention his name!! They could've done so much more, certainly at the climax. It felt like it was just all big effects and an attempt to sell merchandise to the kids.
Well, I don't know if there should be a fourth or not, but Sam Raimi needs to get his ^&&* together!!