Some ball dropping involved

Rating: 7/10 (28 November 2010)

Spider-Man 3 wasn't a work of art or anything, just an enjoyable couple of hours of eye candy.
There were too many coincidences in this muddled and over-stuffed film - why did it matter that Eddie Brock had been going out with Gwen Stacy, for instance? He had enough to be p*ssed off at Peter about with just the photography: the Eddie/Gwen relationship was a complete irrelevance as far as I could see, and therefore an unnecessary coincidence. Coincidences help stories lose credibility, and this had more than its fair share.
The soapiness irritated me, and I wanted to smack both Peter and Mary Jane for their emotional obtuseness (Peter has been failing to communicate with Mary Jane for 3 films now - is he ever going to learn? And clearly it's rubbing off on her).
The song and dance sequences were truly awful. Really, really badly misconceived.
There was no payoff to the Sandman arc.
Still enjoyed it, though!