Spiderman 3

After a week off, I thought it might be nice to come back with something a bit different...how about a movie that's actually at the theatres today!? Yep, the old Bad Movie Guy dragged himself to a midnight show to see Spiderman 3!



Now, I'll try not to spoil anything, but I have to say right up front, if you don't want to know anything about the movie before you see it, you should probably not read the rest of this...try heading over to Rogue Cinema and read about the latest in indie film. For the rest of you, here's the story:

Spiderman 3 picks up where 2 left off...sort of. Peter and Mary Jane are an item, Harry Osborne hates Pete and New York loves Spidey. Well, things get complicated (as they always do in any Spiderman story), we find out that Harry is carrying on with the tradition his father left behind as the New Goblin. We find out that the robber from part 1 didn't really kill Uncle Ben, that was Flint Marco, who becomes the Sandman and a meteor falls to Earth containing a dangerous symbiont that attaches itself to Spidey and eventually becomes Venom! That's a lot of stuff going on is one movie!

Ultimately, Spiderman 3 is the final chapter in this story, it deals with redemption and change, we see Spiderman go through changes, we see the ultimate redemption of Harry, and we learn that sometimes fate conspires against people to make them seem to be something that they're not. At a running time of over two hours, Spiderman 3 is a bit long, there's waaaaay too much of Peter Parkers romantic problems, and the Sandman is a character that's really wasted in this movie, he's here to teach Spidey a lesson and the one action scene between Spiderman and Sandman isn't as good as the Doc Ock fight in Part 2. I'm giving Spiderman 3 three out of four cigars,

mostly because, while I love this series, I got the sense that Sam Raimi may be ready for a little break from Spiderman for a while, Part 3 wraps up the trilogy nicely, while leaving some questions open for a follow-up story down the road. Is Spiderman 3 worth the price of admission? I think so, but be prepared for long stretches of hearts and flowers! So, until next time, when I'll explain to you people out there why Superman could beat Spiderman in a fight, remember that the best movies are bad movies!