Am I the only person disappointed by this movie ??

Rating: 4/10 (4 May 2007)

Without ruining the experience, or sounding like a bigot, I will try to keep this review short. To start, I disliked this movie. Not so much the ideas conceived, as much as the execution.Most of the problems I had with this movie rest solely on the shoulders of the director, Sam Raimi. Now, lets get one thing out of the way. I like Sam Raimi. I like his movies. I understand that he disliked the idea and concept of bringing a character like Venom to the big screen. It truly shows his heart was not in the character as most of his time was clearly placed in the Sandman character, and it does show. In my opinion, Sandman could have been easily left out of this movie entirely. His character only bogs down the story. Sam Raimi publicly stated he only wanted to include SandMan this time around. This also shows.
I really hate bashing this movie. A lot of it I liked, but the sub-par music started to annoy me early on and the movie itself is aimed directly at children. These villains, especially Venom, seem far too sympathetic and sappy. They should be mean, any fan of the vintage Spider-man, including the Symbiote story know exactly what I am talking about. The villains are supposed to be much tougher, much grittier. Spider-man 2 was aimed more at the adult fans then solely at children; again this was not the case. Too much information was thrown out with no depth; characters were briefly introduced, but no follow through or resolution. It reminded me a lot of watching the third Xmen movie, again excellent ideas, poor execution.
I got a little off point. The music. Yes, that music. I love Danny Elfman. Nearly every single one of his scores are made to perfection. Haunting, yet very distinctive from other composers. Mr. Elfman left this picture to make Charlottes Web. He was really missed. It was simple to tell where his original themes ended, and the below-average composer Christopher Young's score took over. It started out as a small annoyance, by the end of the movie, I felt like scratching my nails against a chalkboard. It just didn't flow or fit in the movie at all. I don't want to hear sappy pop jazz music while a crucial fight is happening on the screen.
I'm just about through, so much that I won't bother sharing what i think are the good things about this movie. Go see it for yourself and decide. This is my verdict: Fans and children who liked and have only seen the movies and don't know the comic book history will love this movie, loyal Spider-man fans will be very Disappointed.
Thank you for reading. DS