Weaving an alright web

Rating: 5/10 (7 May 2007)

Last night I went with some friends to see the long awaited Spiderman 3. Being big Spidey fans, this was the movie we had waited 3 years for. As the Columbia logo appeared on screen and the Marvel Logo was playing, I started to get chills down my spine. The story goes that Peter is going to ask MJ to marry him. Yet at the same time Pete is being caught up in his own fame of being Spider-man. There are 3 villains this time around. We have Sand-man (Thomas Hayden Church); we see Harry as the New Goblin (James Franco) and my personal favourite Eddie Brock/ Venom (Topher Grace). I really didn't know what to think about the film as it tried to pack to much background stories into one movie. To be honest there should have been much more Spidey action. The third instalment is very dark and shows Peters dark side of Spider-man after he is hosted by an organism from outer space. The action and special effects were dazzling, with some great shots of New York. The film did not have that certain 'feel good' feeling like the previous two had. The Battle royal at the end of the film was an eye popper with great looking special effects and action sequences. Venom is just plain brutal towards Spider-man, witch I think is what his character is all about. All in all the movie was enjoyable with a very memorable cameo from Bruce Cambell, but just wish there was more of Spidey himself. Thanks for looking.