Whether or not to watch Spiderman 3

Rating: 7/10 (5 May 2007)

SPIDERMAN 3
Undoubtedly, this year's most over hyped and anticipated movie was Spiderman 3. Over the last few years movies that have been over hyped have failed to live up to audience expectations. So does Spiderman 3 live up to the hype?
The purpose of trailers is to draw audiences to watch the movie by showing captivating scenes from the movie. In action movies it's the most action packed scenes that we see. However, the thing about trailers is that they can't help judge how good the storyline and plot of the movie is. Producers and marketing executive have banked on this philosophy for the past few years. We all agree that the Spiderman 3 trailers got us fired up for the movie but how good is the story?
Let's start with the good things
The action sequences were superb The action sequences were the best of all the Spiderman movies and probably the best to grace the movie screens. The fights were awesome
They tried to incorporate comedy in the movie that works They tried to incorporate more light comedy into the movie than all the other Spiderman movies that actually works.
The element of surprise Some scenes literary jolted me off my seat. I liked that.
Sorry, that was all that was good about the movie
I have to admit that when I heard that there were going to be three bad guys in the movie that got me fired up. Being the ultimate Spiderman fan, I swore that I was going to see it as soon as it hit the cinema. But it's because of these three bad guys in one movie that the storyline and plot are pathetic
It doesn't fully pick up where it left off In Spiderman 2, Peter was struggling to balance school, a job, being Spiderman and love. He was failing miserably and this was made him unsure of his powers and ultimately was the reason he was losing them. In Spiderman 3, he's able to quite easily without an explanation of how.
Plot and Storyline are messed up!!! The storyline doesn't flow. It's crowded with too many subplots. It's like a collection of short stories about Spiderman mixed together to form one. It's annoying because one story is barely over before another starts. If you were told to explain what goes on during the movie from start to finish, trust me, you wouldn't be able.
There is too much coincidence Movies like this about coincidence, that I know, but the way it occurs in this movie sheds light on the fact that the writers did a bad job. It's like they were patching up things using coincidence so that the story would work.
Some aspects of the movie aren't complete but the movie still moves on. Coming back to an earlier point, some things that happen during the movie aren't settled even to the end. I would like to give examples but I don't want to spoil for those who haven't watched.
The main problem with the movie is that they tried to do too much in one movie. I understand that this was supposed to be the last one but not in the expense of making a good movie. I would have preferred if Spiderman went out with a bang.
The most disappointing thing about the movie is the lack of strong themes and a strong message. If they were there they weren't brought out well.
The music could have been better. I believe most producers and directors don't pay much attention to this but it's very important. More could have been done about this.
If you want to know whether to watch it on big screen, its simple; that's the only way you'll enjoy the movie. The special effect and action sequences make it worth big screen.
However, if you want to watch it on small screen it's not worth it unless you have a home theatre.
It was an attempt by producers to buy audience using the expensive special effects rather than a good story, themes and message.