I wasn't real happy with this movie...on many levels.
It was fun, which is fine, if that's enough for you then you'll enjoy it.
James Franco and Bryce Dallas Howard absolutely saved this movie. Topher Grace nearly ruined it-horribleeeeee. Venom was completely unnecessary or Sandman was unnecessary (I liked the wings guy though-he was good). The 3 villain rule kicked this movie's ass. I would have enjoyed seeing more of Franco, Howard, and Church.
I didn't enjoy the Black costume or Venom aspects of this film-it seemed forced, and I don't think Tobey Maguire was even into the part this time-he was coasting. If they do make another Spider-Man-keep it to 1 or 2 villains, and they may want to recast Maguire and Dunst.
This could have easily been the best Spider-Man movie, because there was some genius in it, but it didn't happen enough. Everything was overcrowded, and the edits were horrible-the scenes didn't flow seamlessly. I wanted to see more of Sandman's story and more of his pain/guilt. I wanted waaay more Gwen Stacy. They could have completely made this movie about Sandman, Goblin, Spidey, MJ, and Gwen and it could have worked 50 times better. I think Raimi just wanted to do the venom story, because this will probably be his last spidey film-which is a shame-The Venom story should have been the next film, and venom could have been all alone....
3 out of 5 stars...which is a shame.This could have been amazing instead of a badly edited mishmash with too much story overload. *insert-and by 3 out of 5 stars I mean 60%, a grade D...
Last edited by Pig Iran; 2007-05-04 6:01 PM.