Review for Spider-Man 3 Not a Spoiler!

Rating: 8/10 (4 May 2007)

Just saw Spider-Man 3. Overall I did like the movie because I am a huge Spider-Man fan; I mean I have him tattooed on my arm for heck's sake! They did try to cram too much into the film and tie up all of the loose ends. Such a shame. I think this was done partly if not wholly on the fact that the stars of the movie were only signed on for the 3 films.
Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson, James Franco as Harry Osborne/New Goblin, and Thomas Haden Church as Flint Marco/Sandman were absolutely incredible. Sure the overconfident "Dark Spider-Man" was a little over the top but overall the performances of them were great and they did a spectacular job. I was especially impressed with Thomas Haden Church's performance. He really sold the piece, and man was he ripped; he really bulked up for the film.
As for Topher Grace as Eddie Brock/Venom.....what can I say but absolutely pathetic. He did not seem to bulk up at all. It has always been known that Eddie Brock was supposed to have worked out constantly and had the strength equivalent to an Olympic weight lifter. The Venom just amplified the body's natural strengths. Venom was always supposed to be bigger and stronger then Spider-Man but just not as smart. Venom looked absolutely scrawny. And another thing...the Venom is also supposed to be able to change the appearance of the wearer so they didn't even need to wear street clothes, just think it and it would change its molecules to appear as clothes and provide the necessary pockets and whatnot.
The Venom character was way too rushed, and was introduced all wrong. They should have introduced him using an already introduced character, John Jameson on a mission in space exploring a meteorite and the Venom sneaks on board the ship, the ship malfunctions on re-entry, and crashes into the river with Spider-Man coming by to save the survivors and the Venom sneaks onto Spider-Man as he is in the water. That would have been a whole heck of a lot better then just a random meteorite crashing to earth and sneaking back to Parkers apartment on the back of his scooter.
Bruce Campbell's role as the restaurant employee was absolutely hilarious by the way, I'm glad he was worked into the film. Plus they got Stan Lee into the film and he got to say his signature "Nuff Said" line! That rocked!
Overall I would have to say that this is my least favorite Spider-Man film for storyline, but favorite for action/fight sequence. The Spider-Man/New Goblin fight was incredible! I give this Movie 8 out of 10 Stars.