Movie Review: Spider-man 3

Last weekend I ventured to the local cinema to see Spiderman 3, and I’m just getting a chance now to write a few notes about the film.

I’m not a comic book enthusiast nor am I big into the genre so definitely take my ramblings with a grain of salt. Additionally, I’m sure there are literally 1000’s of SM III reviews out there so I really don’t even know why I’m writing this.

Anyway, I did see the other 2 films and when compared to the others you will definitely notice a lack of detail behind the story of this movie. I was surprised to find that not only were there three villains, but only 1 of them really had a solid story-line, that ran through the other movies. Again, as I said I really don’t know a lot about the Spider-man story in terms of the comic series so I’m really basing everything off the movies. Think of me as a person that has essentially never heard of Spider-man until the movies came along.

So, lack of details… I wanted to learn more about the Sandman, and actually more about Venom. I’ve heard about plans for a Spider-Man 4 so I’m assuming they will go into more detail about Venom there, but it was still disappointing how they brought Venom into the movie, and everything was so vague about it. The movie was definitely based around the action rather than the story. Unlike the other movies which really to me had the perfect blend of both. The action, effects, CG etc. were all amazing. They really did a great job; everything was quality, very well done. I would have liked to see more of Spider-Man swinging around in the metropolitan environment especially in his new black suit. I think that would have been better then the overly corny scene of him dancing around the streets…

Getting back to the story behind the movie, and I may go into some spoilers here. I really liked how they tied up the loose ends with Spider-Man’s Uncle, I think adding that whole dimension the film really kept the story going in multiple directions, it was good. The twist behind it all was good too, I didn’t expect that.

I wasn’t going to go on too much about this movie, like I said there are plenty of real reviews out there. I would say that if you’re a diehard fan of the genre and everything and for some reason haven’t already seen this movie, you will likely be disappointed. Overall it was a good but I guess for the hype, and the title of being the biggest box office opener in all history, I expected more.