Trilogy ends on a bum note

Rating: 4/10 (11 August 2019)

Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Not much to recommend here. While i can't say i'm especially fond of the first two, they are well reviewed, this however....isn't.....correctly i might add.
Tobey Maguire is limited and can't stretch to show different side of an "affected" Spiderman. James Franco continues to garner my ire. Kirstin Dunst is passable but better than this. Willem Dafoe is underused again though perhaps mercifully as I was always unconvinced by this character. Bryce Dallas Howard is wasted, as is Elizabeth Banks. J.K. Simmons is the only relief in this dull affair but given what he showed himself capable of elsewhere they would have been better making the film about him.
The characters are one dimensional. The plot is hopeless and full of holes. There's no shock or suspense. However, I watched this in UHD and the CGI holds together reasonably well, particularly Venom and Sandman. Neither are well acted in their normal form, but these villains are the best of this trilogy so it's a shame the rest of the movie doesn't raise it's level.
At this point Spider Tobey was a spent force and in the hands of Sam Raimi, deflated the goodwill built up in what was for many, an acceptable franchise. FOUR