Spider-man 3 (x's) villains..............!

Rating: Null/10 (6 May 2007)

Went to see this last night, initial thought exiting the theatre was- That was an exciting, entertaining and impressive 2 hour cinematic experience.
Yes, there were flaws, some of which are slightly annoying, but overall I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and thought it was a fitting 3rd movie to end the Trilogy(?)
The Negatives-
1/ The movie was FAR too busy, too many villains to deal with (especially since we are getting the bad guy's back story's). Along with the villains we have the "dark" side of Spider-man and the MJ, Gwen, Harry and Peter love triangle/square and the rise and fall of Brock all to deal with.
2/ Far too many coincidences for my liking, the meteor falling that close to MJ and Peter, Sandman falling into some particle accelerator, Gwen's floor being demolished by the crane etc etc.........(its a comic-book movie though I suppose)
3/ Too many fight scenes.
4/ The Gwen character, not a required element that the movie needed.
5/ Sandman turning out to be Uncle Ben's killer, another story strand that was not required and just made the movie even harder to come together.
The Positives-
1/ The effects are OUT-STANDING.
2/ The fight scenes are spectacular. (too many though).
3/ Acting, considering this is a comic-book/event movie the acting was top-drawer, especially from Tobey.
4/ The fun factor, Bruce Campbell and J. K. Simmons are FANTASTICALLY funny. As is the "dark" Peter Parker.
5/ The MJ/Peter love story, I genuinely felt sorry for the both of them and willed them to sort everything out. Kirsten performance was subdued but still impressive.
6/ The Excitement factor, from the starting credits to the end credits this was none stop,yes the film was far too busy, but at least thanks to that the movie is extremely exciting throughout.
7/ The "dark" Spider-man and Peter Parker. I believe the Sam (Raimi) could have dropped the whole Sandman character from this episode and introduced the black entity/"tormented" Spider-man earlier which in turn would have given Venon/Brock some much needed extra screen time. But the "dark" suited Spider-man was an impressive part of the movie.
Overall the movie was excellent, yes as I stated the film was far from immune to serious flaws, but I can genuinely say that I came out the theatre satisfied I had seen a GREAT Spider-man movie! 9/10- A great effort, and a high quality event/comic-book movie. Fingers crossed we get a 4th movie with the same cast involved, unlikely(?). Time will soon tell. This is very much worth the entry cost, just for the spectacle of it all!