Spiderman 3 - Batman and Robin is no longer the worst Superhero film ever...

Rating: 1/10 (6 May 2007)

Brothers and sisters of IMDb
After so many years of trusting your judgement in categorising the "truly awesome" over the "truly awful" in the world of film, I am shocked and stunned by your rating of this absolute stinker of a movie. How enough of you have voted it into the region of 7/10 is an utter mystery to me and in writing this article, I feel like the only sane voice in an insane world.
Just to say it out loud - this film was to the Superhero genre what David Hasslehoff is to pop music - an embarrassment. (Sorry Hoff, you are a legend but only the Germans are tone deaf enough to buy any of your records - stick to TV, the camera loves you).
I for one did not go to the cinema yesterday and part with nearly £30 (allowing for fiancée in tow and the usual mortgage to buy a small coke and popcorn) to see a horrendous love story, crammed full of nauseating schmaltz about the love between a man and a woman, a man and his friend, a man and his aunt, a different man and his sick daughter, a spider and a gooey black alien, etc. etc. I paid that money to see Spiderman kick some ass, rescue a bunch of people, throw around some really heavy stuff with his super strength, and generally save the day.
Don't even get me started about the "humour" that was attempted within the film. On what felt like at least a dozen occasions I found myself sliding out of my seat, trying to hide myself from the rest of the audience in case anyone recognised me watching the worst film of 2007 (it would have been the worst film of the last decade, were it not for "The Thin Red Line" - 1998).
For anyone planning to make a Superhero film from here on in, do yourself (and more importantly the rest of us) a favour, and do two things. First, watch Batman Begins, then, phone Christopher Nolan and ask him to Direct your movie. That is the kind of gritty, action packed film people want to see, with an excellent script and perhaps most importantly, a plot.
I was going to end this article, Spiderman R.I.P., but Batman was salvaged so there is hope, but the current franchise has certainly sent Spidey towards the plug hole.......