The formula that could have saved Spiderman

Rating: 6/10 (7 May 2007)

By just following these simple steps, the recipe for disaster that is Spiderman 3 can be saved.
Step 1. Remove the Sandman character, as there was no need for it in the film. His motives were weak (saving his daughter)? His actions were none like that in the comic books- as a hardened criminal, not the big softy portrayed. You snuck his character into his uncles death scene... now you can sneak him out.
Step 2. Focus on Venom as your main villain, but involve more back story on the birth of venom, not just some blob that randomly drops from space and just so happens to want to symbian itself to a suit.
Step 3. Replace Topher Grace with Scott Caan. The character Eddie Brock was a muscle bound, cocky Olympian who when he wasn't taking photos, was always working out. I also found it inaccurate that when Tobey wore the suit, he was the same form, but when Topher wears it, he became twice the size. Besides, Scott Caan is always up for picking a fight with anyone.. he was born for the role of Venom.
Step 4. Stop with the "chick flick" everyone crying bit. Every, I mean, EVERY character cried before the end of the film. The movie is based on a comic.. "THERE's NO CRYING IN COMICS.." At least not this much.
Step 5. If your going to do cheesy dance sequences that have no relevance to the movie.. Hire Jim Carey and call it "The Mask 3". Bruce Campbell is all the comedic humor the series has ever needed, otherwise stick to the formula.. - Good guys kick bad guy ass.. Insert witty one liner.. Done.-
Step 6. Remove the final scene and create something for a "hero". The whole basis for the character is that they are super(HERO'S) that save the public from crime and avenge justice. Fighting each other on a construction building had no relevance to saving anyone but Mary Jane. The first movie introduced the role, it's villain, and created the hero that you looked forward to seeing save the day. The second film took it one step further (ie. the train scene- The best comic hero sequence I've ever seen) and made Spiderman not only save a few lives, but those of the whole city in the end. But in this third installment, there is no major threat to the community, except for the cheesy crowd shots and news reports to a finale that was nothing but personal vendetta for the "super" hero's.
All in all, these steps could have saved the film and possibly worked itself into a fourth and fifth reprise. But for the first time, I am actually hoping these don't happen, just like a certain Batman series that went to hell after the second film. Leave well enough alone.