A life-long spidey fanatic says... - Spider-Man 3 Reviews

disapointing. Not horrible, but it gets to be too much. Friends have said I was too harsh on the first two films, which, with minor problems, I still really love. But this one, after a point, it just got to be too much. SPOILER ALERT: Starting off - after a short time, the action kicks in, and its great to see the Harry/Goblin Spidey battle, but visually, parts move actually too fast for the eye to keep up, and other times, the CG is obvious. For the most part the visuals are great though. The problems with the film are more in the script/story and acting though. A meteor crashes into central park, close enough to a couple and they dont notice it? No one does? This could have simply be rectified if the "Rami crew" took the story line from the animated series and have John Jameson bring it back from space...MJ connection, etc etc, but instead, we have something far fetched instead - I can live with it though. What I have more problems with is funny (somewhat) but completely unescesary moments that not only werent integral, but acually hurt the movie. Peter's "fashion show" walking down the street to music is dumb, (at least in 2, the "raindrops" sequence was short - although dumb) and then not only does Peter adopt an "emo" haircut but he can play piano and cut a rug? Come on now. This as well as MJ and Harry making omletes should have been left on the cutting room floor. Sandman is a great villian, and I understand that a character needs make "extra" motivation to go after a bad guy, but should he have been tied in with Uncle Ben's killing? No. SOrry, uh-uh, it doesn't work - espescially for the overall story line. To couple with this - Spider-Man/Peter Parker is not a killer, and even if he just "thought" he killed Sandman - this completely goes against his character. Sorry, Spider-man DOES NOT KILL. I don't care suit/alien symbiote taking him over or not, he doesn't kill. While is it nescesarry for Peter to remove his mask every 5 minutes? Is it in Tobey's contract? Speaking of which - get rid of Macquire at this point. He will never be known for the role as Christopher Reeve was for Superman. Not the same - not to us die-hards anyway. And while I'm at it, Kirsten Dunst is no MJ either - that should've been Bryce Dallas Howard (um...MUCH hotter than Dunst AND a natural redhead - DUH! You casting people and your "names"). Thomas Hayden Church and Topher Grace are GOOD in their roles respectively, but I kept wondering if maybe Church should've played Venom instead? By the end, it just gets plain ole' campy. I felt like I was watching a bad monster movie and then everyone cries and sacrifices themselves at the end. And while we're at it - keep the jesus paralles OUT OF COMIC MOVIES. It was done to DEATH in Superman returns (blatantly obvious) and in Spidey 2 with the train sequences. This, can we have MORE church shots and sacfrices - along with preaching? I mean seriously, enough is enough. If they're going to do a 4,5, and 6 as rumored - time for a new cast, writers, and director. 'Nuff said.