The Story of Peter Parker as Spider-man

Rating: 6/10 (12 May 2007)

I saw this highly anticipated film that I was waiting for 3 years. I have been keeping in touch with the development of the movie, seen all the trailers, but when I saw the film, it seemed less exciting than what the trailers seem to promise. I remember watching the trailers for Spider-man 2, and when the film reeled out I was blown away. Somehow this blown away feeling did not exist for Spidey's third outing. Something was missing. It is strange because the film had more funny moments, sad moments, villains, beautiful women, action scenes and it seemed to focus more on the side shows, but that tried to steal the heart of the film....Spider-man! I mean, where was he? I did not get to see enough of him in this film. I remember in Spider-man two within the first 5 minutes we see him flying around delivering pizza and saving kids on the street. This film by itself is a much serious version of the lighter, snappier prequels we have been treated to. So when the film makers decided to make a difference with this film, somehow it was not what the viewers were expecting. If there was no Spider-man, and Spider-man 2 films to compare with, this film would have been excellent. It is not a kid's film, for sure. I had many questions as to why Spidey behaved the way he did even before the changes in him took place.....too many questions in the film were left unanswered, a few scenes were kind of hurried, some scenes did not make sense. Also because there were many characters in the film, each scene was too short to be remembered. Overall, this is a good film, but does not live up to the built-up hype. Looking forward to a better Spider-man 4!