Spiderman 3 --- Possible Spoilers

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Well, in any case, surprised that no one has commented on SM3 yet. I mean $358M in the first weekend worldwide so SOMEONE has seen it besides me. The reviewers have been rather harsh, but evveryone I've spoken to seems to like it, myself included.

Due to a snafu at the theater, I walked in about 20 mins into it (estimated) and did not see some of the background of Sandman, as well as the "lying in the web" scene between Peter and MJ when the symbiote 'falls' to Earth (so I was told)....

That said, overall, I thought it was very good. Almost as good as #2 which I thought was probably the next best superhero movie to date behind Batman Begins.

Going in, with news of the 3 villians, I was kinda concerned that either I was gonna sit through 4 hours of character/story development or they would jump from character to character so fast it would ruin it. Well, for the runtime (2:15?) I thought the pace was brilliant the way it basically played out the villians in four separate 'acts', giving them each their proper due and showcasing the SFX for the characters brilliantly. Intertwined in there was also the whole 'black suit' dillema which did not really seem forced at all. The only parts that seemed to drag on were the 'relationship' scenes between Peter and MJ, Peter and Harry, MJ and Harry....

SFX wise, parts were incredible! Like one reviewer locally said, you wtch the movie amazed that it cost ONLY 250M to make, as it looks like so many of the shots cost a billion dollars to make! The transformation scene of the Sandman was ultra cool! Same goes for Venom's character which was heavy CGI. Very neat indeed. I thought some parts "looked" fake (most noticably, parts of the crane scene), but that didn't detract from the SFX being one of the stars of the movie!

Speaking of stars, most of the 'regular' cast was stellar though the 'good Harry' kinda annoyed me with his expressions and demeanor. I mean even in the first movie, did he smile that much and seem so peppy? His villianous/dark side though was solid.

As for the newcomers, Thomas Haden Church and Topher Grace, in my opinion, stole the show. THC's tragic character portrayal contrasted well with TG's over-the-top brat character. I actually felt sorry for THC and felt like TG got what he deserved when Peter outted him.

Interested to see what others liked or did not like....I give it 8.5 / 10.

ElF

jdrock24 wrote: Venom is a big enough villian that he should have had his own movie.

I thought 3 was a bit too much, but like I said, it paced well for having three and didn't seem rushed. As for Venom not being showcased more, I think I might know the rea$0n!!!

ElF