Spidey Hit A Wall

Rating: 8/10 (13 June 2008)

Spider-Man 3 is the third installment of the series featuring everyone's friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man. However, this film was a little disappointing than the first two. The plot seemed to be all over the place with too many plots which were never resolved by the film's end. Peter's ego seems to have got the better of him and he is now taking the whole superhero thing in his stride. He is in love with Mary Jane, but their relationship begins to be abused by Peter, even when he is going to propose to MJ. Harry is all vengeance seeking and becomes the second Green Goblin, although his role is limited to that, as he is knocked into a coma briefly, loses his memory and reverts to his first films role before going back into revenge mode.
The movie's villains are disappointing too. Sandman was the best by far, the sand effects were stunning and unbelievable. I applaud the filmmakers for doing such a brilliant job. Sandman's role in the film has him as being the actual killer of Uncle Ben although it was an accident and now he is trying to get money to help his daughter stay alive. Green Goblin, cruedly named the "New Goblin", is there just for action and CGI scenes. The biggest letdown was Venom/Eddie Brock. They got everything right about him until he became Venom. Venom was introduced to late into the film and had only about fifteen minutes on screen before blowing himself up. In the comics, cartoons and games, Venom is a rather evil villain with a good sense of humour but in the movie, he keeps returning to Eddie's form and pathetically mocking Spider-Man. His humour is particularly terrible:
"Hey, Parker. My spider sense is tingling, if you know what I'm talking about!"
What does he mean if he knows what he's talking about? SPIDER-MAN INVENTED THE PHRASE YOU IDIOT!
Oh, and Peter's emo phase was rather embarrassing for him. All the emo-like people I know do not act like idiots, dancing down streets and pointing at every girl he sees. Gwen Stacey's role was rather pointless and limited, acting just as a damsel in distress. And MJ was damsel in distress once again and all she did to escape was too drop a concrete block on Venom's head. However, Harry's ending was marvellous. I do hope in Spider-Man 4, they improve their efforts. Potential villains for the next films include the Lizard, Kraven the Hunter, Vulture and Electro, so hopefully the film will be better.