Not so good, not so bad

Rating: 7/10 (26 May 2007)

We know expectations are built from past experiences, so I do not blame myself for having high expectations with this third installment of the Spiderman trilogy.
The movie was quite long and had three villains. It had its good moments. I loved the chase sequence of Peter Parker & Harry Osborne, who is our new Green Goblin. I absolutely admired the special effects during the formation of Sandman. My heart went for Topher Grace and his justification to embrace the suit of Venom. Wish Venom could have come much earlier rather than when the movie was approaching its climax. The cameo from Bruce Campbell as the French Maitre and Simmons' act as the fiery editor were both hilarious and adorable. I laughed out loud during the camera purchase scene between Simmons & a kid. I also laughed when Peter Parker gets an "attitude" and goes dancing through the street. And, Bryce Dallas Howard looked stunningly beautiful; very different from her past roles in the pathetic "The Village" and horrible "Lady in the Water".
Now about the moments that pricked me. I felt the movie rushed with its story and at times applied sudden brakes. I could not help but compare the emotional tunes between this one and the last two movies. This one falls flat on its face and I felt the emotion was shoved up purposely in the movie. The characters did not develop and just when something surprising should have happened; it did not. The memory loss and regain of Harry Osborne was very B-Gradish. There was way too much Mary Jane in this one. Kirsten Dunst looked beautiful, but I was there to see my comic book in action. I get all my emotional feed from other movies. They could have cut some of these scenes and put in the minutes for Venom & Sandman or even JJ Jameson! Sudden disappearance & reappearance of characters seemed liked fillers. Example, the chief, Eddie Brock, Gwen Stacy...the list goes on. Actually, all the characters disappeared and reappeared in irregular intervals. That is where the movie lost it. It did not have the flow.
The special effects win hands down in this movie. The rest of it was not so good, not so bad.
6/10.