What happened Sam?

Rating: Null/10 (2 September 2007)

Right..........well, I didn't see this movie in the cinema, mostly because of my bad feelings about it (I always trust my instincts). I waited and heard all the bad reviews and comments from critics and trusted friends alike.
Today, I decide that after all this negativity, I couldn't possibly be disappointed, so would hopefully enjoy it and as such.........gave it a try.
I knew already that by trying to cram too much in, in the form of villains (why so many!!!?? it just made the whole thing seem futile), character exploration and endless amounts of self realisation (in many directions) by most, if not all of the characters, that it would seem abit stop start.
Nothing could prepare me for the horror that was about to insue........I never thought I would watch a film by Sam Raimi and wish it would end.........especially Spiderman!! something that he had got so right on the previous two visits.
The script was awful, inconsistent and not even plausible for a comic book movie. I found the affects to have taken a backwards step in CGI development. The constant too'ing and fro'ing that every single character was doing just got repetitive, predictable and very very boring...........character self realisation and overcoming weaknesses is something that all movies have (although Id love to see a film that builds all that up and then the character Doesn't change and the movie ends!!) but to have so much of this just ruined it all and made me not care at all really.
Although the US flag was used in previous Spidey movies, it was always playful, this one's use was blatant and pathetic..........AND the whole scene of "bad" Peter Parker was way way over the top, near the end of it my girlfriend was asking me to turn it off as it was soooooooo bad, again in previous movies where there's a playful scene trying to convey a characters feelings/emotions/mood (like Peter strolling along to "Rain drops keep falling on my head"), this one was too long and seemed to just be filling gaps and pointlessly displaying character traits that meant nothing.
Overall, I cant imagine how Id have felt if I was actually expecting something from this movie but I never thought I would dred the next film..........unless Sam can try and return to his old playful, innovative, stylish, trend setting, original self.