This outing was horrific, I wanted to leave

Rating: 1/10 (6 May 2007)

Ill keep it brief, what an awful film.
It ruined the whole series in my opinion and although I will purchase it on DVD to complete my spider-man collection, I don't think it will ever make it out of its cellophane wrapper.
Spider-man turning into some emo kid, was the beginning of a swift descent into oblivion for this movie. MJ trying to get with every man she could, the whole "this is about me" speech was dreadful to watch and just made Parker look like some mug.
Then we see the weird 70's moment where Parker is strutting down the street winking and pointing at all the women, Im surprised he didn't get maced in the face and beat up on his little jaunt. This literally gob smacked myself and my wife, I just couldn't believe what I was seeing.
Then to end it with Venom (my favourite spider-man villain) lasting all of 5 minutes was disappointing, Venom was one of my main reasons for watching the movie. It got to around 2h15m into the movie and still no Venom. He dies in a completely deflated fashion, but the best is yet to come! The Sandman turns out to be a real softy and a good guy at heart, awwwww. He takes time to explain to Spiderman how hes really sorry for robbing the banks and killing folk, but he was only doing it for his daughter. Spiderman takes this explanation pats him on the back and sends him on his way.
They also turn Harry Osborn into a good guy, coming to Spideys rescue. Never mind that he should be completely demented after becoming the Green Goblin. He conveniently dies, like Venom. So that Spidey no long has and adversaries left and he can get on with life.
I was also sick with the amount of times spider-mans mask falls to pieces so everyone can see its really Peter Parker. Everyone in New York knows its Peter Parker by now, he has no need for a costume. Though not as ridiculous as when it happened in front of a train full of people in Spiderman 2. Its America after all, every single one of them would be selling Spidermans identity on Ebay for millions.
I was also shocked by the American flag incident, it felt like some propaganda movie.
What a load of tripe, it made me sick to my stomach to watch.
On the plus side, the action sequences were on par with previous spider-man movies. And Bruce Campbell stole the show with his performance.