A very flawed film, but still has heart, and great moments.

Rating: 6/10 (21 December 2018)

Spiderman 3 is such a weird movie. The first 30 minutes are an absolute mess with the lazy Introduction of Venom, Peter fighting Harry (The new Green Goblin) and Harry getting amnesia, peter preparing to propose to MJ, Sandman's very weird origin(how can you confuse a bird with a human, and why is the dialogue hilariously unnatural in the lab), but good motivations, the Spiderman festival, Gwen Stacy and more.
The issue with this movie really is how cluttered it is. There's 3 villains being the unnecessary Venom, the underdeveloped Sandman and the underused Harry. Harry should've been the focus of the film. He's been set up since the beginning, but then he gets amnesia and it becomes a mess.
Sandman could've been great. His motivations make sense, and he's not really a "bad guy" but we needed more time with him.
Venom was also kinda good, I mean peter basically ruins his career and steals his GF, but he just feels tacked on, and Eddie Brock (Topher Grace) was kinda weird. I feel like he should've been a bit more serious, but I do think he was pretty good, but also underdeveloped.
I do think Harry was fantastic though. He starts becoming his father and it was really good how he starts attacking peter emotionally.
Black suit Spiderman is amazing though, I love it. Also the theme for it is great.
The music is great again and maybe even better than the other movies.
Honestly the movie feels so choppy with everything that happens I can't remember clearly how the movie progresses. Peter getting the symbiote on him and becoming EMO PETER was so weird, I don't understand what they were thinking. They should've made him more aggressive, and peter should've tried to control himself from becoming a bad guy or something similar, but peter just becomes weird and rude. I mean dang he ruined Eddie's Career, and steals his GF, and then tries to make MJ jealous with Gwen, and then straight up hits MJ, WOAH WHAT HAPPENED?!?
It's so hard to watch Peter such a kind guy become such a terrible person, and it could've worked, but it's just done is such a weird way, and it's just not good.
Peter getting rid of the symbiote and Eddie getting it was some of the most convenient BS I have ever seen, take Venom out of the film and it would've been much better. You can set up Eddie, but wait till the next movie or another one.
Despite saying a lot of bad things about this movie I do think it has a lot of good, I mean the villains are pretty good, and Peter's redemption is great.
MJ unfortunately is still a damsel in distress, and Peter and her still have no chemistry. Harry stealing MJ was genius, but honestly it made MJ even more annoying and unlikeable.
Another good thing is the action. It's pretty good, but not as good as Spiderman 2, and also the CGI looks even more dated in this movie for some reason.
I also love how Sandman is the actual killer of Uncle Ben. It brings some great conflict between Peter and him. Peter going too far and actually "killing" him in the sewers was great too. I think this is what the symbiote should've done, instead of making him emo.
After realizing what he did was wrong it really strengthens Peter as a character. Peter's Arc in the movie is great though, it could've been handled better, but it's still really good, and it works. Peter has always been great in this trilogy and he continues to become a deeper character, and he honestly does feel like a real person.
I do like the fact that the villains team up. I mean it makes sense, and up until this movie It was never really done.
The last fight with Peter and Harry was really good. To see 2 best friends fight and betray each other is really heart breaking after 3 movies and it's done very well. The third act is really good, with Harry finally coming back after realizing that Peter didn't kill Norman and both villains attacking Spiderman however MJ is a hostage for the third time... The Battle has the most stakes we've ever gotten and it really feels like Spiderman could die? To see everyone's beloved hero be actually beaten is painful to watch, but then Harry coming back and having their friendship restored at the last second was really good. They feel like they are actual friends.
Harry's death was really emotional sacrificing himself for peter. It's one of those deaths where it's been set up since the beginning and it was pretty unpredictable. His death is genuinely sad. Venom's death is convenient again. Sandman asking for forgiveness is another great scene. Realizing what both Peter and him have done just makes both characters better, and I would've loved to see more sandman. Flint Marko (Thomas Haden Church) was a great character but should've been had more time.
Overall the movie, like this review, was a mess. However it had a lot of good, but a lot of bad too. It's sad to see this trilogy end on its worst movie, oh well...
5.9/10