Just as Entertaining as the Others

Rating: 7/10 (18 July 2019)

With the recent release of Spider-Man Far From Home I feel like it is only fair to not forget what brought us here. Spider-Man 3 is known, worldwide, as a disappointing sequel which is too be expected, It would be an incredibly hard job to top Spider-Man 2 in terms of quality film making. However it is by far my favourite of the Sam Raimi trilogy.
I'm sure you are aware of the general population's view of this movie, it was one of the most discussed film topics of 2007. Critics slated Spider-Man 3 for its sloppy storyline, lack of character development (especially for the villains) and weak plot. But even through many viewings of this film I have never been able to grasp why this film is so hated. Sure, it doesn't treat are main characters perfectly, Harry gets amnesia within the first 20 minutes losing all of his development from the prior film and Mary Jane is frankly an awful person, which is completely out of character for her. Otherwise Spider-Man 3 feels just like the others, I believe it is much better than Spider-Man 1. Sam Raimi's direction is just as effective as it usually is and the comedy is perfectly on point here, which is an area the other films in the trilogy fail in. I still laugh to this day.
The Soundtrack is just as good as usual, it flares especially high when Peter first tries on the black suit, one of my favourite parts of the film. It goes without saying that the action set pieces are truly great, particularly the first fight scene between Peter and Harry, we know that neither of these main characters will die here because we have barely reached the ten minute mark but the added pressure with peter having to worry about losing the engagement ring keeps us hooked. One issue I have with the film is the introduction of another love interest for Peter, Gwen Stacy. She serves a purpose of cause, but there is not enough space for her here. We already have 3 villains and all of our main characters are changing dramatically. A common complaint is that there are too many antagonists, however they are not the problem. If they would just take out the character of Gwen Stacy entirely I think a lot of this film's problems would just fix themselves.
In Conclusion this film deserves more love, its a nice ending to the trilogy, it could have been a lot better but it could have also been a lot worse. We should be thankful of what we have here. Give it another chance before you bandwagon with every else.