Spider-Man 3 is the worst Spider-Man film, but it's not terrible.

Rating: 6/10 (7 July 2017)

Spider-Man 3 is the third and final film in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy and stars the same cast from the first film plus new actors and actresses such as Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen Stacy and Topher Grace as Eddie Brock/Venom. And yes this movie is very disappointing.
Spider-Man 3 followed the wonder that was Spider-Man 2. This film had to satisfy fans, bring epic closure to the film, and finish the character arches in a way that made sense. And this movie failed to do all of those things. Don't get me wrong. This isn't Batman and Robin bad it's just disappointing. For those that have not seen the trilogy, I am going to talk about this film and the rest of the trilogy in detail, so you have been warned.
So let's talk about the satisfaction. Yeah there is barely any. Throughout the movie, sub plots and new characters are being thrown into the mix at random points. One example is when Peter and Aunt May find out Uncle Ben's killer is actually someone else and he is still at large and he happens to be one of the villains in this movie: The Sandman. I can accept that, but they threw it in the middle of the film when it could have been one of the first things the film introduces. It's a surprise that was out of place. I also feel like it was thrown in to have people care about Sandman more even though we were given a reason to care already. Sandman just wants to take care of her sick daughter which also stupidly keeps a locket of herself. And do not get me started on how Sandman becomes Sandman. After running from the police and punching a dog, Flint Marko stumbles upon a silicon experiment. The scientists even notice a change in the silicon mass but the don't even bother to see what it is and they just assume it's a bird. It's very dumb. As long as we are talking about Sandman, let's talk about his action scenes. They are very unmemorable and the special effects look bad which makes Sandman a cheesy villain just like he was in the comics. What Spider-Man 2 did well was take a cheesy villain, Doctor Octopus, and improve upon his character. Spider-Man 3 tried, but failed. Not to say all of his scenes were bad. The train scene, which I will talk about later, actually was pretty good.
Also, a symbiote landed on Earth, right next to Peter and MJ making out, but they don't notice. The symbiote follows Peter and stays in his room for God knows how long, and finally attached to Spidey's suit, creating Black Suit Spider-Man. The problem is Peter doesn't question it. He just automatically loves it and accepts it. We learn that the symbiote is slowly making Pete evil. The problem with that is the way they execute it. His hair color changes from black to brown whenever he takes off the black suit. He flirts with girls all the time and dances sexually all the time down the streets. This is without a doubt the low point of all the Spider-Man films.
How are the character arches? Too filled with side characters ruining everything. Peter and MJ literally have two love triangles to worry about. One of which we have seen before in the first Spider-Man film. Harry Osborne is the new Goblin. And he is taken down easily and loses his memory in the first twenty minutes of the movie. What a let down. But he comes back later when MJ feels lonely and the story needs to have something else going on. Gwen Stacy is shoe horned in to have more tension between Peter and MJ when this movie was already filled with a lot of other crap. Eddie Brock cheats at his job and is disliked by Peter Parker and when Peter rips of his black suit, the symbiote lands on Eddie and he turns into a terribly executed Venom for like five minutes. This movie is packed like crap. It's annoying and very distracting.
Luckily the whole movie isn't like that. There are good scenes. The train scene with Sandman and Black Suit Spiderman. Great special effects for the most part and great action and lighting. Venom's reveal and Peter ripping off the symbiote was very well directed. Aunt May is always good in the movie. Kirsten Dunst had a very nice performance. Her performance was probably better than Tobey McGuire's or James Franco's. Gwen Stacy makes very smart choices and she felt like the only one to make smart choices in the scenes she was in. And Harry and Peter teaming up to fight Venom and Sandman at the end was also beryl good, even though both Sandman and Venom were terribly executed villains.
I don't hate this movie, but I am disappointed it was no where near the level of Spider-Man or Spider-Man 2.