It was experimental, it was put out there to be critiqued

Rating: 7/10 (14 May 2007)

I think the case for most (if not all) movie trilogies/series is that there is at least one bland film in the series. For example, some may argue that Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace was the blandest in the Star Wars series. True or not, there had to be one episode in that series that really did not deliver. Spiderman 3 was merely just a break from all of hype. I am sure that Sam Raimi and the crew will bounce back. It had its share of slow points and points at which you knew they weren't out to make the best film in the series. They could've changed some roles but Topher Grace was excellent as the villain, Venom. No series can carry on to deliver a Five Star performance. They've all fallen through to the cold, articulate measure of the critics. In the Godfather, it was Godfather Part 3, as an example. You have to take a break sometime in a series, right? Especially if there's talk of another 3 movies or so coming out in the Spiderman series and I'm sure it will show in future series to come such as Shrek, Batman, Harry Potter etc. Who knows. Spiderman 3 was good though. It was experimental, it was out there and it was put on display from critiquing. It had to happen sometime.