Spiderman 3: The Review

Before i begin i'll just warn you that this is a long post and i took that laser grafiti video off, because i didn't know how to turn that autoplay off, and it annoyed me so i just deleted it.

Well i saw the new Spiderman movie and if i had to some up the movie in one word, that word would be "disappointing", In saying that the film wasn't Bad, it was thoroughly enjoyable (it might sound contradictory, but bare with me) there was great action sequence and some nice comedic moments, but there was nothing new.

If you want to see it, I would recommend watching it with as little expectation as possible. Let me explain, before I saw the film, I saw numerous trailers which implied that venom would be a huge part of this film, unfortunately he is overshadowed by a love story which drags way too much through out the film, which wouldn't be a bad thing but i think it is handled wrongly in this film.

The Action doesn't seem to better the action sequences in Spiderman 2, and thats saying something. Spiderman 2 came out 3 years ago, yet the effects and action sequences look similar. Sandman looks like something from the mummy (but wot more can you do with a monster made out of sand, so I'll let them off) and there are times were Mary-Jane and Harry (goblin dude) look so fake in CG and when Spiderman is taken over by symbiote, you don't see him use the new ability he gains, all you get is him saying, that he feels great and acting all angry and cocky, it would of been nice to see him abuse the powers he gets once he becomes the venom-spiderman, or show some comparison of how much better he becomes once he is in that venom-spiderman suit, I could only imagine what CG they could of used to show this.

As i said before the love story in the film is rinsed as much as possible in this film, there are moments where Peter Parker is trying to talk to Mary-Jane over the phone and she won't pick the phone up, she just stands there and listen to the voice message he leaves her, it seems like something out of Eastenders. Another scene involves Harry and Mary-Jane cooking in the kitchen, where they start dancing to some music, which i assume is from the 50's, this scene is suppose to show Harry and Mary-Jayne create a bond with each other, but we don't need to see this, as we know they use to date each other before, so they've got history and don't need to create a Bond.

There is this one scene which made me laugh so badly it was so wrong. Peter has been taken over by the symbiote and gets Eddy Brock fired, straight after he is dancing along a street, pointing at women who pass him by, he then gets a black suit (not the spidey suit) and starts dancing saturday night fever style, if that wasn't bad enough he continues his dancing (which gets worse) in a jazz club. These scenes did not have too be in the movie, and would of cut 30 minutes off the runtime.

Getting back to my main complaint about this film, is the fact that Venom is hardly in the film. there isn't much introduction to the symbiote, it just happens to be in a tiny meteorite, which happens to land near Peter Parker and Mary-Jayne whilst they're having a moment and no-one notices a meteorite landing on earth (which is being a bit pragmatic, i know, but you would notice something crashing to earth from space), and once it takes over Eddy Brock, he isn't even shown on the screen that much. I'm guessing the film makers wanted to show how the symbiote makes spiderman a more evil character, and not Eddy Brock, which is shame, because i expected to see more of a venomous-Eddy Brock and we don't get to see that in this film.

I've heard this is the final Spiderman film, and it shows. As it seems like they've crammed so much into this film, and it looks like the film makers want to end it as they don't leave any loose endings which could suggest a sequels in ways the 1st and 2nd films did. although there is a shot were you see a newspaper heading which clearly states "Doc Ock still at large", which could suggest the return of Doctor octopus in the 4th spidey film. here's a picture.

Overall the film was a disappointment for me, as i saw something that didn't meet my expectations, and i saw quiet a few flaws in the film, which seem fixable. A lot of reviewers are saying that there's too many villains in the film, but i disagree i think there just wasn't enough development on the main villain, which seems to be the Symbiote (venom), telling from the trailers.

I hope they make a 4th Spiderman film, because i think the franchise still has some movie life in it, they just need to learn to use the right amount of action, romance and comedy.

Score: 6/10