Too many villains and a questionable take on the symbiote, but not terrible.

Rating: 6/10 (7 April 2020)

Spider-Man 3 carries a reputation for being the worst movie in the Sam Raimi trilogy, and while that's true, the movie itself isn't all terrible.
The movie has a strong message of putting the needs of others before your own which is most prominent in the relationship between Peter and Mary Jane who were about to get serious, but clashed with Peter being Spider-Man.
And that theme could have fitted into the story with the symbiote. But with both the symbiote, Harry Osborn and Sandman, the movie seemed rather contrived and could easily have been split up into two movies. But even if it all seemed contrived and underdeveloped, the ending still made me feel something.
But how the writers handled the symbiote was pretty stupid. It's feeding on its host's negative emotions like anger, desperation and sadness and doesn't make people act like hotshots and do lame dance moves in doorways. That was the biggest let-down and wasn't really saved by Eddie Brock's bonding, because of some out-of-character lines that took the menace away from him.
But at least it's better than the train-wreck of a movie which shed disgrace on the character of Venom in 2018.