Spiderman 3

It’s hard to write a review on a movie you didn’t like, but here it goes. I watched Spiderman 3 about a week ago and I didn’t like it. In fact, I spent most of the movie watching the clock, waiting for the time to get out of there. “Blah”, was about the only thing I could think to write on my blog about the show, so I wasn’t going to write anything. However, the other night I was watching Inside the NBA and Charles Barkley bagged on the movie and cracked on America for spending $400 Million plus to go watch it. I laughed and then I agreed. (Charles Barkley is one of two people who can make me laugh every time I see them on TV. The other: David Letterman.) And then the other day my brother asked me if I had written any movie reviews on my blog lately. So, with the request of my bro and a similar opinion to my own from Charles Barkley, I thought I’d crack on Spiderman 3 so that I would have something to post.

I don’t think there was a specific thing that made this movie bad, but a combination of a lot of things. First, it’s hard to cram three villains into one movie and still be able to develop all of their characters. All three villains were great ideas, but they should have just picked one. They fell into the Batman trap following the first two movies of that series. Second, is it really believable to go through the whole show watching Peter and MJ have relationship problems and have all those problems resolved by Spiderman saving her life at the end? Third, what made the first two Spiderman movies fun was that Peter was a loveable loser, but his alter ego, Spiderman, was the hero of the city. In the third installment they tried to make him something he wasn’t. Since when does Peter get the most eligible bachelorette of New York? Fourth, when Spidey gets infected with the power of Venom, Tobey McGuire couldn’t pull off going from humble to arrogant. Messing up his hair and changing his clothes didn’t do it. Fifth, can Harry please quit whining about his father? Where does this undying devotion come from, when his father loved Peter more than him when he was alive? I don’t understand that. And can a few words from his butler change that feeling? Sixth, is Topher Grace really the best candidate to play venom? Seventh, Kirsten Dunst can’t sing. In fact, she didn’t even look very cute this time around. I could go on. They tried to pack way too much into this movie. The guy who plays the newspaper editor was funny and there was some cool computer made stuff, but it wasn’t enough to catch this flounder, but I guess those two things are enough to give it one star instead of none.

1 Star

PS - May I also add that I’m getting sick of sequels? I look forward to this summer’s lineup and see an endless barrage of them coming our way from the big studios, and cringe. It makes me happy that there are Indie films and the occasional rebel. That reminds me, I should probably write something about Tarentino’s latest film. I think I will.