Spidey still amazing...albeit a bit somber this go around.

Rating: 10/10 (14 May 2007)

I really enjoyed this movie a lot and rank it right there with part two in how much I enjoyed this movie. Granted, a lot of people do not share this opinion, but then we all have differing tastes do we not. For me I was extremely surprised at how well the movie was made and how the story progressed...from all the reviews I was expecting a bit of a jumbled mess instead of a story that may had a lot of plot points, but for me they all came together quite nicely in the end. There is quite a lot of drama in this one, I will not deny that either as this was the complaint of a couple of people I know. I say a movie needs heart to keep your emotions going, and it was not like there was no action in this one, this one had more action than the previous two installments. When I read about this movie from critics and such I was not expecting what I got, I had a rather negative review ready to go on how this movie should have only been the black suit without Venom and how he should be introduced in the next movie, in the end Venom was not quite in the movie as much as I would have liked, but I still enjoyed the scenes he was in as Topher Grace was surprisingly effective as the character. And speaking of effective Thomas Haden Church was also excellent as the hulking yet sad Sandman. The plot, everything is going alright with Spidey at the beginning, the city of New York has embraced Peter Parker's alter ego, this however kind of blinds Peter from the fact MJ's career is not going quite so good and he does a few things that he should not. If this were not enough Harry attacks him as the New Goblin and another super villain appears as the Sandman, a powerful foe seemingly unstoppable. Add to this the fact that Flint Marko, aka the Sandman, may have actually been the one to kill his uncle and the pressure is really on Parker as now the old stirrings of revenge have surfaced. Fortunately, thanks to an accident Harry seems to be his old self again, not so fortunate some sort of alien material has now attached itself to Spider man and now Spidey and Peter are exhibiting a darker edge. So that is how it plays out, throw in an annoying new photographer named Eddie Brock causing Peter and Spidey headaches and you have a wild ride as there are fights in the skies of New York, on the streets, in the subways, and finally the biggest fight in any of the Spidey movies at a building under construction, an all out battle with two villains and even two heroes. However, this movie will not be for everyone as there are stretches where the movie is really dramatic between the action scenes, and even though I loved it, it still left me depressed too. Still if it ends on this it will be okay, however I do believe there is an opening for a sequel and if there is one I do believe the focus will be on that one particular character that some complain was not in this one enough. Though one thing was kind of lame, was Peter walking through the streets doing his little shuffle, I do think they could have come up with a better way to portray his dark side than that as I would have at least included a scene of him in the black suit taking out some criminals with a bit more force than necessary.