It's an excellent film... but Why am I so disappointed?

Rating: 7/10 (4 May 2007)

I'm a die-hard Spidey fan, and have been anticipating Venom's arrival since the wall crawler first put on his red and blue suit. Over a year ago venom's part in Spiderman 3 was confirmed and I have been extremely excited. Thinking, dreaming and talking about spider-man, counting down the days since. (I saw Spiderman 1 and Spiderman 2 in my home, religiously, every night of Spiderman week) -But, I've been uneasy with all the negative reviews it's been receiving, and I've cursed on all the critics who ruined my excitement. I saw the movie on May 4th, excited, never the less, but even though I try to deny it, I WAS SO Disappointed.
I'm gonna give you a list, THE TOP TEN REASONS SPIDERMAN 3 JUST ISN'T SPIDERMAN 3:
10. IT'S SPIDERMAN 3 AND 4, IN ONE MOVIE - If you look at it, this movie should have been 2 movies, it's all too crammed up! When the simbiote attaches to Eddie, that's where the credits should have comed up.
9. TOO LITTLE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT - Look, If you saw Spidey 1 you love the Green Goblin for it's symbolism and iconic stature, and the costume. If you saw Spidey 2, Dock Ock was too great, one of the best and most developed villains in fictional cinema history. But still, Sandman and Venom have much more stored up than ether of these two first villains. It just isn't shown. Sandman's story is great, and if emphasized more, could have been better than Dock Ock. His CG and action scenes where much better (The scene where Sandman first gets up is just GENIUS, my jaw was dropped through the whole scene). ANd never the less, the best, biggest, and grandest villain in Spiderman comic book history is VENOM!!! And we only get to see him like 25 minutes. I was expecting so much more.
8. GWEN STACY barely appears in the movie- Gwen is such a big character in the Spiderman comics, she should have had a bigger role.
7. THE CAMERA VIEW - Spiderman 3's camera view is put on focus for almost the whole film. In Spidey 1 and 2 you see great panoramas and great visuals of New York City, In Spidey 3, you don't.
6. NO FLYING THROUGH NYC - Spiderman 1 & 2 show us one of the most thrilling and compelling scenes of Spiderman swinging through the buildings of New York City, Spiderman 3 doesn't, so you really don't feel that "wind in your face", if you know what I mean.
5. IT FEELS LIKE X-MEN 3, MATRIX 3, AND REVENGE OF THE SITH - Like these other big franchises, Spiderman 3 feels like the ending movie, filled with sorrow, only anticipating the final scenes. It feels unbalanced, very mournful as if everything is lost.
4. TOO RUSHED. - The movie feels completely different from Spidey 1 & 2. It's pace is too fast, too many cuts between story lines, no emphasis on just one story.
3. POORLY EXECUTED - Look closely. Spiderman 3's story and overall theme is much, much better than the previous 2 films, yeah, it really is. It's just poorly executed. Peter and Harry's story is perfectly done, very, very strong and it is the main story in the 2nd sequel. Peter and MJ's story is also very good. But they just executed a poor script, after the jazz club scene, and before sandman asks for forgiveness. They just didn't make a good climax.
2. SPIDERMAN BARELY USES THE BLACK SUIT - Come on, the black suited Spiderman is such an important part in the Spiderman comics and cartoons, and he does a lot of bad things using it. To show his suit in so little scenes, is very, very disappointing.
1. VENOM - Looks great, but isn't. SPIDEY FANS, you know this: VENOM IS SPIDERMAN'S TOUGHEST, BIGGEST, BADDEST, MOST ICONIC, AND COOLEST VILLAIN, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT. So, why did Sam Raimi leave him for just 25 minutes (or so) of the movie??? We needed more development from Eddie Brock. Come on, we needed to see more 1 to 1 fighting with Spidey, we needed Venom to relate to himself as we (eddie and the simbiote), we needed his tongue, my god! where is Venom's tongue???? It's his signature!!!! In conclusion: Venom needs more screen time, and should be VENOM!!!!
I give it a 9 to keep Spidey on top, but... NOW I KNOW, NOW I CAN SAY: WE DESPERATELY NEED A SPIDERMAN 4!!!!.... WITH VENOM AND HIS TONGUE!!!!!!!