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Spider-Man 3

Review by: Zak Santucci
ZakSantucci@TheCinemaSource.com

So far everyone that I’ve talked to about Spider-Man 3 has been more excited by the simple fact that I saw it a week early then actually wondering if I liked it or not. It worries me, because a movie with this much buzz is guaranteed to do well, so the question becomes will people actually enjoy it more than the original two Spider-Man films? And will it properly round out this highly successful trilogy?

I’ll tell you one thing, all three movies have been drastically different from each other. The first movie was a cool introduction and had sort of the campy and fun qualities of an exciting kids movie. The second film, Spider-Man 2 was a little more intense. It was non-stop action, a visual masterpiece, and a bit cheesy (most people seem to love the Spider-Man cheese, me included). The third one, is yet again, a bit of a departure.

Everyone is probably pretty familiar with the plot, but just in case this review is the only surviving piece of Spider-Man memorabilia discovered a thousand years from now, I’ll spit it out. Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is Spider-Man. Bitten by a radioactive Spider as a teen, he now has spider-like powers and protects Manhattan from various criminals. At the start of this film, Parker is experiencing the effects of finally landing the girl of his dreams, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst). James Franco plays his former best friend, Harry Osborn, who now is still seeking revenge for the death of his father.

Adding to the multi-dimensions of Spidey, are model/love interest Gwen Stacy (Bryce Dallas Howard), rival Bugle photographer Eddie Brock (Topher Grace), and escaped convict Steve Ditko (Thomas Hayden Church) who becomes Sandman. Parker gets overcome by an alien symbiant who gives him more power, but also makes him kind of a dick. Eventually, that symbiant takes over Parker’s archenemy, Brock. As a result, Spiderman has a new villain in Venom, in addition to Sandman (who we realize killed Uncle Ben).

Man, what a plot! It’s pretty fast-paced, and obviously some of the above things feel under explored; But honestly there’s enough going on that despite feeling a bit cheated by a couple characters lack of involvement, the audience is consistently entertained. And I’m gonna say it out right, I was extremely emotionally invested in our top three characters. I thought Maguire and Dunst served their respective purposes