Spiderman 3 was awesome and a major let down in one. The action scenes were great the major plot line was solid but the fillers were horrible and distracting.
Spoliers ahead:
The whole John Travolta walking down the street as a cool guy was mind numbingly horrible. The entire first 30 minutes were cheesy to say the least. throughout the beginning 2/3 of the movie I was labeling this as Batman 4-5 and I was worried.
Another part was when the New Goblin fought Spiderman. It was so horrible that at that pointn I remembered Batman and it’s neon trendy devices. That board Harry used was a snowboard looking piece of crap and it didn’t fit with a villain at all. Villains should be dark and scary guys.
The great: The action scenes were some of the best. Very fluid yet fast and extremely visually detailed. The ending scenes made up for hte rest of the movie in my opinion. Seeing Venom for those brief moments was fun.
The over all story line was good. The Brock competition, the twisting love story and the Sandman being Peter’s father’s killer was good. And some may say the ending was sappy but I really liked how that particular plot line ended.
It does look like Venom will be back. Brock was pulled in by the symbiut and saved, and when the dust settled there was nothing.
I’m not sure how close it stuck with the original story since I’m just a fan and not a fanboy but there were a few things I’m wondering about.
Could Sandman always just fly like that? And in control?
Does Harry die like that? Or is he really dead?
Talking with Jared after the movie we figured the cheesy factor was for the kids. But like I said it was almost as if they took every scene that they should have cut (or intended to cut smaller) and instead sliced it all in. It was so out of place and character to over emphasize those plot lines. I’d guess it was one dumb producer’s demand to appease the children’s crazy love for the chucky cheesey humor.
Overall I give it an 8 >.
I’m glad I can now read the comments on my never ending Spiderman 3 post.
