Arbusto Goes to the Movies

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Spiderman 3

Terrible. While Spiderman 1 and 2 were among the best superhero movies ever, this was terrible.

Let's start at the beginning. The movie shouldn't have. It was boring. A really dull fight scene. Then lots of "plot" that simply drags on forever. I was contemplating napping. Then there's a giant crane accident. Spiderman saves one person but completely ignores the crane. Way to go, tiger.

This movie was really 3 in one. You have a Sandman movie that just seems a bit thrown in there. A venom movie without barely any appearance by Venom and then a drama movie between Spidey and Mary Jane. The Goblin Jr. story isn't really big enough to deserve it's own. So there's way too much going on for one thing. No character development at all.

The black spider suit turns Peter emo and goth. He looks just like one of the South Park goth kids. The movie doesn't really develop that it makes him aggressive and angry much except in the only one good fight scene in the whole movie and that is the second one between Spidey and Harry. It shows what the suit is really doing to him. The jazz club scene was just dumb and pointless.

The final fight scene was terribly cheesy. Gag-o-rama for sure. And it was rudely interrupted by a bad joke with J. Jonah and was a way to get Sam Raimi's daughter into the film.

Topher Grace is a terrible Eddie Brock. I enjoy Topher but Eddie is supposed to be a guy who can bench 700 lbs no problem. That's what makes Venom so deadly is that Eddie is already a badass.

I can't say much about Thomas Haden Church as Sandman. The entire part was poorly done and written. It seemed like it was just slopped in there for no reason.

Kirsten Dunst was annoying. They should not have done a close up of her face when she was supposedly "singing." It made it even more unconvincing.

Tobey McGuire didn't seem like he cared about the part anymore.

Do not see this if you can help it.

1.5 of 5.

1 Comments:

  • You're dead right about this one ... it's clear that Raimi was just coasting here, so if they continue, I certainly hope they have the sense to fire him from the franchise .. I think my disappointment with this was just compounded by watching the perfect Spidey 2 right before it

    By Blogger Reel Fanatic, at 4:34 PM  

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