With great power comes marginal, if any, responsibility.

Rating: 5/10 (22 August 2007)

The problems with Spider-man 3 above all else was how incomplete it was all the way around. If nothing other than the fact that if the story is about "revenge" and what seeking it can do to someone, Spider-man 3 forgot to keep it in mind as they wrapped it up. Consider this: At the start of the film, Peter Parker is living the good life. The moons are aligned and for the first time in his life, things are clicking. School, MJ, Spidey... all coexist, cohesively. As the central theme of revenge begins to circulate we start seeing what changes can take place in the heart of each person. What will each person have to give up to seek the revenge they crave? The problem is, there were no consequences for Peter at the end of the film. It's important, nay, imperative that Peter at the end of his quest realize that he's back to square one. That he will never reach that utopia of internal peace. That for the rest of his life he is simply that guy that, like all of us, doesn't always catch the breaks. But instead we are told that his actions serve no "real" purpose. That he can betray and hurt and steal and "justice" doesn't find the heroes. What a lousy idea to release your characters out of such constraints and like Uncle Ben said, responsibility. That missing component isn't important because I said so, but because the idea of Spider-man demands it.