Undeserving of the hate

Rating: Null/10 (23 March 2012)

"Great" as in very entertaining, fun, but flawed definitely. I only saw this back when it came out, but now I see that Raimi certainly tried to do a lot more with this film. Part of its flaws comes from the way it all comes together, maybe in part due to it feeling way too rushed. Also, some of the dialogue is pretty bad. But overall, it definitely doesn't deserve all of hate it got when it came out, like at all. Yes, it's more messy, but damn it tries so many things that one can't blame it too much. Not to mention, there are a lot of great individual moments that are probably some of the best in the trilogy. It's incredibly funny as well, and Raimi infuses it with even more camp than before. Maguire and Franco are easily weaker here than in the first two though, and maybe it's because of the more dramatic material but they drag down some of the scenes. Dunst, on the other hand, stands out more than before. Here, because she also has more to work with, she manages to be the MVP of the cast, and it's not until this film that one can truly see how much she was needed in this franchise. Overall, a very good film, if not a great but flawed one/