How to make a bad sequel in so many steps...

Rating: 5/10 (4 May 2007)

Possible Spoilers After two previous movies, neither of which I was a huge fan of (though SM2 grew on me), I figured the filmmakers would know what worked and what didn't. Thus Spider-Man 3 should and would be amazing..? Wrong.
With a two and a half hour running time, the filmmakers stuffed too much into the film and the pacing was off.
The melodrama and Shakespearean story of Harry Osborn was ridiculous.
The 'Singing in the Rain' sequence in the second film threw off my experience. The filmmakers topped that in this one. It was neither amusing nor necessary.
The action scenes were well done but ran too long and detracted from the overall story, which I felt was lacking.
The script, written by Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, and Alvin Sargent was relatively light and packed with one-liners for a film that, with its dark and serious nature, I would've expected to take a more serious tone.
Hopefully the filmmakers and Marvel will realize that this franchise has run its course. If they do decide to make another film (which I hope they don't) they will realize what did not work in these last couple films and remedy them.
Again, these are just my opinions on the movie. If you disagree, that's totally fine because these are all just opinions.