Superb on Action/Visuals and Poor on Drama/Dialogs

Rating: 4/10 (25 April 2007)

I catch-ed Spider Man 3 at a press screening here in Zurich. Let me first say that I rated Spider-Man I with a 7/10 and Spider-Man 2 with a 8/10. My favorite comic book movies are Batman Begins, X-Men 2 and Spider-Man 2 (and of course the blueprint of them all Superman: The Movie) First of all the good news. The Visual Effects and the choreography of the action sequences totally rock. The FX are way better than the ones for part 1 and 2. My favorite sequences are the "birth of the Sandman" and the "out of control crane". The cast is superb and the villains are OK.
The bad news is that the drama is laughable and the dialogs are worse than the ones George Lucas writes. And the film is way to long. Parts of it are boring. I guess all the good dialog writers are working for series like Lost, Desperate Housewives, Greys Anatomy and Heroes....
All in all I was kind of disappointed. The spectacle is superb, the drama is poor. Looking forward to seeing F4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Excellent trailer) and of course The Dark Knight.
Spidey 3 will definitely make a ton of money but will it be more successful than one and two? I doubt it.