Too much melodrama but didn't deliver on a tight story and character development.

Rating: 4/10 (20 May 2007)

The worst in the series, it didn't live up to its hype. Too much melodrama but didn't deliver on a tight story and character development.
It lacked focus, so many villains but none came out interesting. We have Sandman who has a boring backstory and his motivation lacks depth. Then there's Venom who I understand is supposed to be the arch-nemesis of Spiderman, but makes his entrance too late in the movie and was given too little screen time. And easily dispatched too, what a waste. Then the new Green Goblin, Harry Osbourne, is not central to the story and was put aside for most of the movie due to amnesia, only to be entangled with Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson's lovelife. That lovelife bit btw turn out to be very dragging, they really overdo it this time.
"The greatest battle lies within", says the poster. I'm really interested on what it is about but Peter's dark side turns out to be emo, funny for a while but not what I'm expecting.
The script really tries to narrate so many threads, resulting on some very lame deus ex machina. One example is the butler who just decided to tell Harry, after all this time, what really happened during his father's death.
The film turns up some good special effects. Watched this is in IMAX, too bad it's in 2D, but I say the fight scenes are more kinetic than the previous two. Still, I've seen nothing new and the scenes are really forgettable.
A mediocre superhero movie, a pity since the first two are well done. I don't think I'm inclined to watch this again.