Raimi sucks, Raimi sucks, watched his film and blew ten bucks!

Rating: 1/10 (13 March 2010)

Ah, the third and now that Sony has officially announced plans to reboot the Spider-Man franchise, the final installment of Sam Raimi's awful Spider-Man trilogy.
Oh, how I've waited to review this sacrilege to anyone who considers themselves a comic book fan! Just when I didn't think Sam Raimi could sabotage Spidey any worse than he already had, he makes "Spider-Man 3".
Where do I begin? That's such a daunting question when having to select a point at which to begin tearing this movie a new one. I guess I'll start by saying that Tobey Maguire may very well give his worst performance of Peter Parker to date in this film, and that's really saying something. The other actors aren't much better either. Kirsten Dunst is still annoying, and James Franco who is usually enjoyable to watch also becomes irritating as well.
Casting is terrible once again, but what else would you expect from a Raimi Spider-Man flick by now? Topher Grace as Venom? Friggin' Forman from "That 70s Show" as the "lethal protector"? Give me a break!
Lowell from "Wings" as the Sandman wasn't the greatest choice either, I mean, he was so boring his monotone delivery of lines almost put me to sleep.
Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen Stacy wasn't so hot either. I will say she is leaps and bounds better than Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane, but that's nothing to brag about. Her character, Gwen isn't even really necessary, and it seems was only included to provide a lame love triangle subplot for Peter and Mary Jane. Besides, they had already veered off the comic continuity so much by the time this movie was released there was no hope in being able to give Gwen the story arc she really deserved.
The character development is nil. There are far too many villains in this movie, and never do they really take the time to delve deeper into any of them, and only give them the most superficial of treatment in the movie. Venom could have easily been the sole villain in this installment, but Sam Raimi hated the character and only put it in because Marvel bigwig Avi Arad told him to. His resentment shows, as what was one of Spidey's greatest foes in the comics is portrayed as one of the most one-dimensional characters I think I've ever seen in a comic book movie. Which, for me, was a major disappointment.
The "emo" scene in which Peter Parker bebops his way down a New York sidewalk was one of the most cringe worthy moments in any movie I've ever seen. Just embarrassing! I could go on and on, trust me, on just how bad this movie is, but why? If you're halfway intelligent you already know this, and if you're a comic book fan you definitely know this.
In short, this movie is terrible and effectively killed Raimi's run with the web-slinger. So, I guess for that I should be thankful, and I am. I just hope that Sony doesn't make the same mistakes twice, and actually does Spider-Man justice in the reboot.
Oh, and please dear God, do not cast Robert Pattinson, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, or any other dork as Peter Parker. Parker may have been a little socially awkward in the comics, but he was most certainly not a complete loser.
Give us someone good this time, someone who can actually play both Peter Parker and Spider-Man convincingly. Is that so much to ask?