Pretty good, but too long and a little sloppy

Rating: 5/10 (7 May 2007)

I was a little nervous to see spider-man 3 when it first came out because I heard it was around 2 hours and 20 minutes. I am one fan who believes that Hollywood is getting lazy by not limiting themselves to to movies that are 1-2 hours long (perferably somewhere in the middle). In result these movies have scenes that are too long and less polished. My fears were correct for Spider-man 3. There were scenes that lingered on for a while. I don't understand why the camera needs to rotate around Peter Parker's face when he is questioning his life. This takes too long. There were a lot of scenes that were necessary in building the story and mood, but there was too much story. Too many villains. Too much stuff going on. A good deal of the audience left the theater before the movie was over.
There was also one scene where the police were looking for the sandman, but the camera was so jerky that it was hard for me to focus on what was going on.
Hollywood needs to stop making movies over two hours long. At least this should be rare. This should not be the new standard. I understand that some movies have are tightly made that last this long.
The final fight scene was good, the peter parker Mary Jane stuff was good.