Spiderman 3 is a Dark Movie

Rating: 7/10 (2 May 2007)

I really loved Spiderman 2, I can say that. It was the perfect blend of fantastic action, compelling story, and believable characters. It was a light movie that got you excited and emotionally involved with the characters, I really fell in love with these characters. It was light enough that I could laugh, enjoy, and yell out "go spidey go" and leave the theater with nothing but joy in my heart. That was Spiderman 2, I gave it a 10. Spiderman 3 resembles a vampire movie. It starts off on a melodramatic note and yes folks it stays that way throughout the movie. By the end of the movie I was hating Peter Parker for his cruelty and pitying Mary Jane for her self-pity. Other reviews say things like "Peter and Mary Jane finally grow up". I'd say just the opposite, they become totally engrossed in their egos and become a bickering couple. The innocence of the first two movies is gone. I kept waiting for it to redeem itself in the second half of the movie but it just gets more and more unbelievably dark. Most of the movie takes place either at night or in some darkly lit sewer. The fun, colorful scenes of Spidy 1 and 2 is gone. It's a constant flow of anger, revenge, What happened? I must also ad that the villains wern't really very fleshed out. The name venom wasn't even mentioned and the whole concept of the black goo was vague and shallow. The finally was way to much to swallow, Raimi had to let go of his flawless character/storytelling to allow the Animators to step in and have their 20 minute cliché battle sequence that leaves one feeling like they just finished watching X-men 3. Yep, I hate to compare my beloved Spiderman series to the ill-fated X-men series. Really the only way to redeem this is by giving Raimi, Tobey, and Kirsten another shot with Spiderman 4. Left as it is, the series does indeed resemble the X-men series.