Why do we hate this movie? For starters, the two most awkward scenes ever made, the scene where Peter's gone all 'emo' and 'cool' and when he does that really bad dance in the jazz club. I've put the link for the walking scene below, but I simply can't bring myself to upload the dance scene, it would kill me!
A big problem with this film is that it's very crowded, three villains is a lot in any film. We have The Sandman, The New Goblin and Venom. This results in certain characters getting less screen time than the others, the film spends a long time revolving around Venom's origins with the alien costume, but when it comes down to Venom being on screen, he;s hardly in it at all. We only see The New Goblin for a very short amount of time as the actual Goblin in all his get up, even though he's an important part of the story. The Sandman's the only one who gets a fair amount of story and action.
Moving on, they used the same story again, as usual the villain uses Parker's girlfriend to draw him into battle, just like The Green Goblin did, and Doc Ock... could have been more original. Of course I need to talk about the worst part of all, THEY KILL VENOM! How can you justify killing off Spider-Man's greatest foe after about twenty minutes of screen time? Even if they'd just left Eddie Brock alive then that would have been acceptable.
So that's what's bad about the film, so what's good about it? Well for starters the acting's good, just like in all the films, with the exception of Topher Grace (he ruined Venom). The costumes and effects are good for the time. The Sandman doesn't look bad by today's standards, it's just his transformation that lacks, but at the time it looked brilliant. I also quite like the re-invisioning of the goblin. The New Goblin is more high-tech, sleeker and much cooler, just doesn't have that much of a goblin feel to it. I even like Venom, his transformation was good, then the final product was decent. The symbiote looks like a liquid, but moves like a solid, it drags itself along, like it has hands, making it look like a living thing. Similarly I like the black Spider-Man suit, it doesn't look like the same material as the original suit, it all seems smooth and glossy, but also gives off the impression of power and strength.
I've talked about the faults with the story, but one thing that I cannot knock about it is the action scenes. All of them are really good, even the final battle. The fight scene between the black Spider-Man and The Sandman is definitely the best by far. We see the pair fighting int he subway, throwing each other of trains and everything. This is the first time that we can noticeably see the effect the suit is having on Peter. We see a much darker side to him, all his anger is unleashed that has been building up over his Uncle's death, mixed in with the influence of the symbiote. I'd say this film is worth watching purely for the action. It's that good.
This film has a lot of problems, that much is easy to see, but there are bits that are really really good. It's obvious that they tried to make this film huge, what with it being the third installment, sadly the screen just got a little crowded. I still enjoy watching this film, even though it breaks my heart that they kill venom, but in its defense, the first two films set quite a high standard bar for it to beat.
All in all it is a good superhero film that deals with the struggle between right and wrong/good verses evil. It just struggles to compete with its two predecessors. For me, action can save a movie, look at 'The Expendables', it has a rubbish story, but amazing action with a great cast and that's why people went to see it, and that's why it is getting a sequel. It's sad that Raimi's trilogy ended on a bad (critically it was bad, at the box office it was really successful). If you enjoy the first two film, give it a watch, it's still enjoyable.
To end on a high, here's how 'Spider-Man 3' should have ended:
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