So bad that it's good!

Rating: 5/10 (10 May 2007)

Spider Man 3 is by far the worst movie I have seen in a very very long time. I should note that having just started studying film at university, I haven't been exposed to many 'block busters' within the past couple of months, in fact I've only really been watching the so-called classics of cinema. So to go from films like Raging Bull to Spider Man 3 was quite a shock. However, despite all its very significant failures, I think that absolutely everyone should go to see this movie because of one incredibly entertaining part: seeing Tobey Maguire as emo.
I suppose no review is complete with out a synopsis of the film. I can only say that Spidey once again faces trials and tribulations while attempting to save the world and manage his own personal life. Really the plot of Spider Man 3 is a lot more complicated than that. Not in the sense that there are many inter-playing elements that contribute to the action, but that things simply occur one after the other until you don't know what the central plot really is! This is THE major fault of the film. It's simply too long. There is enough stuff in it to fill three films! As soon as one issue is resolved and you think the film is about to end, something else happens and then something else and then the original issue somehow comes back again. And it continues like this over and over. After a while, everyone starts to look at their watch...The two and something hours turn into what seem like 3 plus hours.
Meanwhile, the exhausting action is not supported by either good acting, interesting dialog, an appropriate score, not even an satisfactory jokes. The dialog, for example, is very cliché and fails to envoke any sought of reaction from the audience. Its delivery is nothing short of laughable. The leading actors may be bearable but the supporting cast is absolutely shocking, a group of amateurs...
These elements when combined together produce something more along the lines of a comedy than an action film. It's one of those movies that is so horrendously bad that it's actually extremely funny. I found myself wondering whether the film makers had had enough of the Spidey series and were purposefully taking the p*ss out of it. Either that or they were all on crack because no-one in their right mind can believe that Spider Man 3 is by any standards a quality film.
Even by Hollywood standards this film is poor. The CGI, or graphics or whatever they use for the action sequences, was very poorly done I thought. I, who know nothing about this stuff, could see exactly which parts were computer generated. Same goes for the special effects, which were far from believable. For a film with such a large budget and, I assume, access to the most modern technology, this is very poor.
Overall, not a very promising picture. So why then should you see it? Well, one part of the film for me completely redeemed everything else about it. Without revealing plot details, the part involves a change in Spider Man with some very entertaining results. Tobey Maguire demonstrates his abilities as an actor by taking on a completely different role. In particular, the physical transformation is stunning, kudos to the make-up department. Tobey becomes one hell of a sexy emo-looking kid. Honestly, I think he should adopt this style permanently. It certainly won me over!
For these brief sequences everyone should watch Spider man 3. I have never seen anything more entertaining!