Wierdly Anti-Climatic

Rating: 5/10 (9 May 2007)

Spoiler Warnings so don't read if you ain't seen it or have little knowledge of the whole movie.
Hey first review on here, firstly I would like to say I didn't hate this film, I'll even more than likely buy it on DVD when it is out.
However I did feel that it went wrong somewhere, I went to the Cinema with high hopes for this film knowing that I had loved the first two and it started out pretty good, the whole loving Spiderman thing was a great thing to show how its building his ego up a tad too much etc. I liked harry as the goblin (don't know if he was supposed to be green or the hob goblin but still good) I even liked the sandman, Thomas Haden Church seemed almost ideal for the part and I don't often think the actors they get to play the characters match up, but he was good.
But I didn't like what they did with the Character of the Sandman, they changed it to fit the "moral of the story" I don't believe they should have had him robbing banks to help save his sick/dying daughter, it took the villainous edge away from him making him too soft and boring as the villain.
The Gwen Stacy character was a bit boring too I believe, when I found out she was going to be included I thought great because she was a great character and in the comics she helps peter with some life decisions before and after her untimely demise but in the movie she was more like a prop for the writers to make MJ jealous and that was it, they could have used anyone for this but they used a great character and whittled it down to a bit part. Not good in my opinion should have used her more or not at all.
Now for the Infamous Black suit, I know many (comic and cartoon fans mainly - as i am) weren't impressed with the suit and unfortunately I wasn't either it just didn't have the feel the symbiote suit should have I think the main thing was that fact he could take it off, since it was a symbiote it was creating a symbiotic relationship with Peter, but in the movie it came across as if it just attached itself to the suit. Not how it works it should have fed off peter and then changed into the black suit from Peters thoughts changing it black due to its dark nature. It was a Parasite since when do parasites let you take it off and on at will.
Now I understand why the film makers did it this way, because they need to get to the venom part of the story before the end of the film, this is where I believe the mistake was made. They shouldn't have brought venom in, they could have had the black suit, Peter becoming more in touch with the darkness of himself and have him battle, the more evil Sandman maybe kill him, maybe just nearly kill him then realise the evil this suit was and then after the battles and everything then go racing to the church to get it off. I think the shot of Eddie Brock Jr. Getting the black liquid on him and the changing into Venom snarling and jumping into the screen mouth open would have been the better ending leaving it open to a dark evil Fourth instalment with just Venom as the evil bad guy.
Other little things annoyed me Eddie Brock having the venom teeth when the mask came off, Tobey Maguire not being able to do evil, even bad, it just made him look stupid I mean the audience were laughing at his bad boy routine it wasn't good.
So in conclusion I believe they should have done it a little different, just the two bad guys, no venom (only a closing shot) and the black suit getting more detail and showing its power more. But overall I liked the film I would watch it again but I liked the other two better. I think Sam Raimi shouldn't have listened to Avi Arad about the venom thing really.
Please note that these are just my opinions You should go see it your to make your own conclusions.
Thanks for reading