What was they thinking?

Rating: 3/10 (6 May 2007)

I have never seen a movie with so many vague introductions of characters and so many loose ends at the end of the movie.
Venom drops down from the sky. Jumps on Peters bike. Becomes Peters new suit. Gets afraid of church bells,takes over a new "host". Eats one of "New Goblins" bombs and gets vaporized.
In the comic books I read in the 80's Venom was one of Peters biggest enemy and Spiderman was so close to defeat, that he had to ask Dr Reed to help him get Venom of his body.
OK I understand that you cant take "Beyonder" and the whole "Marvel Secret Wars" story and put in the movie to explain Venom, but a little more than "Poof! down from the sky I come" we could have at least expected.
The Sandman also feels vague thru the movie. He jumps over a fence and suddenly he finds himself beside a particle accelerator that makes his body transform into sand. And then... nothing more about that. He sees his little girl that is sick for 5 minutes. And then... nothing more about that... until the end when Peter forgives Sandman for all bad he ever has done and lets him go on with his cruel robbery attempts, because the little girl is sick.
I say it again: I have never seen a movie with so many vague introductions of characters and so many loose ends at the end of the movie.It was some nice action scenes in the middle some where so I give it a 5. But then again, the scenes when the "Evil Peter" starts to dance and play the piano was just awful so I reduce the score to 3.
I still got the marvel secret wars series of comic books some where in the basement. I think I will get more out of reading them than watch this movie again.