3 greats stories mixed together into one becomes a lesser story...

Rating: 3/10 (6 May 2007)

*** Spoilers ahead *** To be quite honest I went into the movie knowing I was going to be disappointed.
When the movie first starts off it has a rushed feel too it. Too fast of a pace for the story the are trying to tell. The pace its put at basically tells the story as thus: Peter Parker gone Emo.
I loved the first two films, great writing, lots of character development, lots of plot development. Hell, even Peters secret crush that only the people who know him best, knows about is used in the plot. In the second one its a struggle to really discover who he is, and create a balance of characters between spidey and peter parker, while dealing with the holding the secret of a dying mans last wish causing a rift between himself and his best friend, trying to tell the woman he loves how he feels, and trying to come to grips with who he is.
Thats why everyone loved the first two movies. Not because of the action sequence, not because of the nerd getting the girl he loves, but because of the fact that spider-man symbolizes every person. He's the hero we all want to be, and the people we are in a day to day basis. He is our Ego and SuperEgo as Freud would put it.
This movie ignores that formula entirely. The introduction of the symbiont is a great idea to introduce Peter's Id, show his base desires which it feeds off of, and wrapping up the goblin saga is a great way to display that. To have peter go so far as to disfigure his once best friend, and then turn around and ask him, the new goblin who has inflicted so much pain in his life for help? come on. Facing the facts: Flint Marko should have been saved for a later film.
To be quite honest, this is what happens when you merge three stories of equal length into one.. you get a ton of decent crap. Decent none the less, but also crap. Between so many holes in the storyline, and so many flaws and so much fan disappointment, Thats what this movie is. You should seriously consider whether or not a few decent fight scenes and watching peter act like a complete ass for about 45 minutes is worth your 10 bucks when you see this movie.
Hopefully there will be a directors cut when the DVD is released.