Was I watching spider-man or peter parker?

Rating: 6/10 (3 May 2007)

I felt that this was less a spider-man movie and more of a Peter Parker movie. Many people who go to see spider-man swing around and capture the bad guys will be disappointed. Of the 140 minutes the movie takes up, he's in costume maybe 50 tops. The villains seem like they aren't really thought out, and even harry's turn seemed a bit rushed and tied up just for the sake of doing so.
While the action sequences are great, they are still too far and few in between. Even with the wonderful planning of each one they all seem to have something a little off. Wither certain parts aren't really finished(the crane scene) or the civilians don't react at all the way they should for a giant sand monster and a vicious black monster without a name (the final battle).
While the actual spider-man sequences were pretty well done, the peter parker scenes (more than 70% of the movie) seemed too drawn out and boring. While trying to be funny they seemed to have tried to hard and missed their mark (it was funner to make fun OF them)m when trying to be serious, it sometimes seemed over the top (and ended up being funnier than the comic relief). In the end the movie just seemed like it didn't know what it wanted to be: A good character piece or a great action movie. You are left with a sort of awkward feeling where you don't know when to laugh, when to be serious, when it's OK to call Peter stupid, or why it took the butler so long to open his mouth.
overall nothing is really changed from the end of 2 except there are a few less people around to cause peter trouble, and it doesn't seem like MJ and Pete have made any progress.
this movie suffers from over exposure, and trying to take on too much. If you don't buy into the hype you may be able to enjoy this, but if you've already taken it all in, you will be disappointed.