Spider-man Too

Rating: 1/10 (6 May 2007)

Well, it's breaking records at the box office but after viewing "Spider-man 3", I left the theater feeling like it should have been called "Spider-man Too".
Too many villains and too little to care about. Too many characters and too little character development . Too many characters crying and too few characters engaging me. Too many song & dance numbers and too few (intended) laughs. Too many plot contrivances (and loopholes from the last film) and too little overall plot.
Let me expound on this last point...A meteorite crashes into the ground 30 yards away from Peter and MJ with the thunderous boom of a fluffy pillow falling on the floor. The exposition and explanation of the black goo/Venom is given about as much screen time as the creature in "Jeepers Creepers" (about 20 seconds). Flint Marko becomes Sandman in about the same fashion as Poison Ivy in "Batman & Robin": Whoops. I tripped and fell where I shouldn't have. Now, I'm a super villain. It just looks a lot cooler here. Apparently Harry's butler became part of "Crime Scene Ivestigators" (because this website won't allow me to write out c.s.i. in capital letters because that's considered "shouting") since the first film and can conclusively confirm something about Willem Dafoe's death there's no way he could possibly know...not to mention the fact that he should have mentioned this information...oh, I dunno...in the last movie. I was howling at this scene. And what happened with J.J. Jameson's son getting jilted at the alter? It's a wonder Parker is still able to work at the Daily Bugle. Shouldn't J.J. be extremely ticked off at Parker for taking his son's wife-to-be away? I know J.J.'s a cheapskate and probably got some $$$ refunded to him...but at least it should have been addressed or mentioned.
The only thing this move really had going for it was #1) the relationship between Peter and MJ didn't feel forced this time. Maguire and Dunst didn't sound like they were just rehearsing lines in a play. They actually felt like a couple going through real issues. #2) Bruce Campbell...can't get enough of this guy. They should make him a villain in the next film...Rhino or Craven the Hunter with a cheesy mustache or something.
P.S. - I've had to adjust my comment about 10 times to fit the "guide lines" of this website. Ridiculous.