Worst of the Series...

Rating: 4/10 (5 May 2007)

Perhaps part of the reason why I give this a low mark is that I had high expectations going in. Maybe that's not fair. In my book, you spend more money on a movie than any other, I think that high expectations are justified.
This was supposed to have action, suspense, and humour. Was it really supposed to be an overlong melodramatic soap opera? My only impression when I left was that Sam Raimi turned spiderman into a "chick movie".
I can say without question that the action sequences were quite good. The producers got what they paid for. However, there were sequences (primarily involving Harry) that seemed very cartoony.
From there, I'm not sure what to say. It is a comic book movie, and shouldn't be taken too seriously. The movie seemed very long. There were massive segments dripping with melodramatic cheese. During one particularly long segment, my wife leaned in and said: "This is boring." And she was right. I checked my watch several times - never a good sign for a movie.
Maybe I wasn't in the right demographic? Not so...looking around, there were many kids looking for more spidey action. Instead, they were left to jump around on chairs and run for refills of popcorn as the dramatic pieces bored them to pieces.
When all was said and done, Spiderman 3 was too long, too boring, and had too few over the top action sequences to make up for the badness.
Oh...and Emo Peter Parker was so bad I found it hard to watch. At least fans of the Cure finally have a comic movie with scenes they will identify with.