One Man CAN make a difference

Rating: 7/10 (5 May 2007)

Spiderman 3 was not your average Spiderman installment.
This movie was laden with some of the best effects, a venom of a villain and something that went a different way than the comic: A lesson in revenge and forgiveness. That's all of what Spiderman 3 is about... and that can be nice.
For those who want blood, and guts and hate and action, action, action - you might be disappointed in this film a bit. While there is blood and guts and action, action, action...this film isn't heavily laden with it. Instead it leans more on hate and revenge and what it can do to you if you let it overtake you. Even if you deem yourself ..."popular".
This may not fly with 'die-hard' Spidey fans, or fans of popcorn-summer excitement, but is a great message for the kids. And where I saw this there were TONS of kids aged 5 on up watching. They came in their Spiderman suits, Spiderman masks (I kid you not!) and Spiderman undies, etc. Should they have been there? Well, maybe the right question is: Could you have stopped them from wanting to go? That could be the point and why this installment turned out the way it did.
Venom and the Sandman were not as terrifying as they should have been and if it were made with the 'fans' of Spiderman in mind, they would have been. The last 20 minutes or so proves that. Their stories were not too developed but in the theme of this film, this was actually just fine. Sure they could have been better, and sure there could have been fight scene after fight scene with all the glorious blood and action but...this is NOT what this Spidey film was about.
You can't please everyone, but this installment seemed directed towards the younger audience while the first two was a bit more for the older teens on up. More flushed out characters, more mature theme and more action within the great special effects.
Spiderman 3 is a good film ... with a message.