Not a spectacular Spiderman, but he gets the job done

Rating: 7/10 (2 May 2007)

This is the good old Spiderman I remember reading many years ago: Peter Parker having trouble with his life, while Spiderman fights the bad guys. There are a number of story lines dealing with Spiderman, with Parker and with a number of other characters, and they all mix well together and builds up to the final scenes of the movie. The three major villains ensures that the melodrama doesn't get too boring, like I think it did in Spiderman 2.
Tobey Mcguire is a bit wooden in Spiderman 3. It's the way he played Spiderman in the previous movies, but it doesn't work very well here. I hate to say it, because he is so good in many other movies, but I think he is one of the weak points in Spiderman 3. The rest of the cast is good, and like many others I liked Bruce Campbells performance very much, though it was brief.
The fight scenes works fine, especially the last one, and in particular the Sandman special effects. But some people may find the movie too slow.There is nothing new or original in Spiderman 3, not even a major villain, but the crew gets the job done, and fans of Spiderman will probably find it very good.