Weak Script & Great special effects equals a forgettable ride.

Rating: 5/10 (4 May 2007)

The Good: Tobey as Parker. Sam Raimi's direction and camera style. The Special effects. Topher Grace as Brock. J.K. Simmons as Jameson. Bruce Campbell's cameo is a script highpoint. Did I mention the special effects?
The Mediocre: Venom, interesting design and special effects, but not a developed story arc. What could have been impressive, comes off flat because of the depth. Thomas Haden Church also had little to work with, was as good as the script allowed him to be. James Franco did what he could with the script as well, but his part became so cliché because of the script, it was almost laughable by film's end. James Cromwell is under used.
The Bad: The script. Treads into numerous clichéd areas. The villains are underdeveloped, special effects can't carry a C script into an A grade. Too much occurs with too little depth, characters occur shallow or callow at times. Gwen Stacy's parts are so poorly written and conceived, that Bryce Dallas Howard is unable to salvage anything from her screen time. Which is a shame.
The Unforgivable: If there is a Spiderman 4, please for the love of all that is unholy, don't bring Kirsten Dunst back. By film's end I suspect 1/4 of the theater would have attempted seppuku if Dunst had sang yet another song.