Spiderman 3

[Superflyer]

I just got back from the premiere of Spiderman 3 and I will try to not give to much away.
It was pretty good. Venom was awsome, they did a really good job with him and I have to say Topher Grace was pretty good, you would not guess that he was the geek from that 70's show.
Also Sandman was very good as well. They did some pretty good work on him.
It got a little sappy at times but that was OK as they tried to include the love story more then before.
Overall it was pretty good but when Peter was "bad" with the black suit was really lame. I thought at times that I was watching Staying Alive with John Travolta.
THere was concern that it might be to many baddies at once but that is not the case. It was done really well in that aspect.

I really want to say more but I cannot without giving away to much.
This was two and a half hours well spent.

[Engine09]

Tobey Mcguire was on Stern the other day, awesome interview. They were on his case about all the chicks be banged but he stayed composed, he's a huge fan of the show. Great guy and great interview, got me a bit excited to see the movie even thought I'm not a comic book kinda guy.

[Phanuthier]

Great movie when watching it and I really enjoyed it, but if you take time to dissect it, it was actually very poorly done compared to the first 2. They fell into the X-men trap of having too many characters (and if you didn't watch the cartoons or read the comic books) leaving the audience confused if you didn't know whats going on before hand.

So I guess in summary, if you are a movie critic, you might not enjoy it. But I loved the movie for all its downfalls.

And ya, the random humour was very well done (unlike Family Guy, et al)

Kirstin Dunst does a great job in these films. I fall in love every time

[cheung31]

I thought it was a decent movie. It definitely wasn't the best of the 3. The showing I was at was filled with people in their teens.

We laughed so hard, with the stereotypical emo style that Parker became when he turned bad. There was too much laughing though, I don't think this age group could take it serious enough. It made the movie very lame in my opinion.

[impresso]

I haven't considered walking out on a movie before. Spiderman 3 actually tested my patience though. I am not a fan boy at all but they just molested the story and nothing worked at all. I think that the idea to use 3 villians was ill advised at best. They didn't take the time develop any of the villians so I didn't get the chance to dislike or like any of the min particular. I just thought it paled in comparison to the first two movies. They really needed to spend a moving setting up the Venom saga and had a full movie with Venom in it. Venom is way too strong a character to give as little screen time as he ended up having.

[Thunderball]

I thought it was the weakest of the three by a fairly large margin.

It was really sappy, too much on Peter Parker, and not enough on Spider-Man.

Why oh why did "evil" Peter Parker look and act so emo? That really bothered me.

[Thunderball]

Just to add, without ruining things too much, Sam Raimi really mailed this one in, and frankly, showed his disdain for Venom.

[FlamesAddiction]

I thought it was pretty good. The special effect were amazing, espcecially the Sandman I thought. Some of the action was a little too eradic at times and gave me motion sickness. I also agree that it was a little sappy. In fact, everyone in the theatre was laughing when Peter Parker cried.


Question for people who read the comics.... I am somewhat familiar with the story lines, but how close was this movie to the comics?

[sadora]

I have to admit that was utterly disappointed. I don't know exactly what I was expecting but it was more than this, being the closing chapter and all. The special effects and the action sequences were done very well. Both Sandman and Venom were fun characters to watch. And the brief Hobgoblin appearance wasn't too bad. The problem with this is that it just drags on, specially with the romantic story which is nothing but over dramatics that just get in the way of what could have been a good story. I wish there could have been more done with Sandman and Venom, Venom which IMO was introduced too late in the story. There were some good aspects to this movie. The fights don't disappoint, Gwen (Bryce Dallas Howard) was great in her mere eye candy role, the comedy is well done campiness...except for one point in the black suit story that was like a bad moment out of a John Hughes flick, an almost cringe worthy part of this movie, and of course the inevitable Bruce Campbell cameo was again brief and providing comic relief. For those unfamiliar with this little bit fanboy pleasing on Sam Raimi's part, Bruce Campbell has been in all three Spidey movies as the Ring Announcer in the first, the Snooty Usher in the second and you'll have to watch the movie to find out where he is in this one.

I just hope the next big summer blockbuster, Pirates lives up to it's expectation.

[BumbleBee]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Some of the action was a little too eradic at times and gave me motion sickness.

Try taking that action in from the third row.

I thought the movie was pretty good, not the best of the 3 but definitely entertaining. When Peter Parker was in his "bad" phase, I don't really understand how that translates into him acting so...emo. Even though that part did not make too much sense, it was really funny to see him acting that way. All the new characters did make the story somewhat confusing for someone who didn't know the background story.

After the interrupted trip there, my glasses breaking, and being forced to watch The Invisible before Spider Man, I was pretty impressed with what I saw.

[sadora]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Question for people who read the comics.... I am somewhat familiar with the story lines, but how close was this movie to the comics?

There were quite a few similarities. Sandman's custume, Venom taking on Spiderman's powers, and some of the shots in the church when the simbiote attaches itself to Eddie Brock were pretty similar to some of the panels from the comics.

[Antithesis]

There was just way too much in that movie for it to work. I liked it - really liked it, being a huge Spidey fan and all, but I remember leaving both the first and second films (which easily eclipse this one ... but those were both awesome movies) and I couldn't WAIT to go see it again. I went to each of the movies with my wife, and then started a sort-of tradition where I took my Mom the weekend after. This one, it's like ... I'll be happy to take my Mom, but I'm not super-pumped to see it again. I don't think she'll like this one much at all.

By the way - I understand Peter was a dink to Mary Jane throughout the movie but did anyone else get the impression that she was the one more at fault throughout the movie than him? I dunno ... she rips him a new one for "not listening to her" when his points were valid - he's used to an entrie city - oh and some super-powered nutjobs - hating him ... she runs off to Harry's arms, cheating on him ... I dunno.

I really really don't like the Venom character from the comics - because it's just not a Spider-Man story - but they did OK with it in the movie, and I'd have liked to see the entire plot of the movie focus around that element ... no Sandman. Harry going nuts is fine - that could have been there, too. But there was just too much.

By the way, there was VERY LITTLE Spider-Man in this movie. It was one big cry-fest and I have no idea at all how it cost so much money to produce.

[sadora]

Originally Posted by Antithesis

By the way - I understand Peter was a dink to Mary Jane throughout the movie but did anyone else get the impression that she was the one more at fault throughout the movie than him? I dunno ... she rips him a new one for "not listening to her" when his points were valid - he's used to an entrie city - oh and some super-powered nutjobs - hating him ... she runs off to Harry's arms, cheating on him ... I dunno.

I understand what you mean and I agree, but we can't get too deeply involved with romantic intricacies in a comic book movie. Which I felt was one of the major weaknesses of the movie to begin with. It just tried to do too much of this.

[kermitology]

I am so mad right now. I can't believe what they did with the Venom plot. Venom is my all-time favourite when it comes to comic book characters, because he's a combination of villian and good guy when it serves his needs. They did a great job setting up the symbiote vs Parker theme, and it could have been so good with Venom, instead it's utterly raped.

Horrible.. just horrible.. Venom deserved so much better than that.

I give this a 3/10.

[Dan02]

As a fan of the first 2 and a non-comic reader, this movie plain stunk. Character development was horridm i giant pile of mumbo jumbo would be putting it nice. I can always tell when a movies bad cause my ass starts hurting about half way through the movie and that was certainly the case in this instance.

There are some movies which are confusing, this one was just plain confused.

[Dr GonZo]

I somewhat enjoyed the movie myself, not much reason to state what I did and didn'y like, as much of the controversial bits has already been discussed, but no one has mentioned the near slap-stick humor of J. Jonah Jameson. I thought he truly stole the show.

Oh, and by the way, Venom sucked balls. What a shallow character; that really pissed me off.

[Superflyer]

All I can say is that in part 4 they better bring back Venom and introduce Carnage, and really do it well. This movie was really good in parts (the fights) and really bad in others (love story, turning into an emo Travolta).
I think that the best character was the Sandman. It showed a back story and why he was trying to do what he was trying to do, sure it could have been better but you know.
The biggest problem in the story was Harry. They tried to put him in there to much and he just did not really need to be.
I think that the movie places third out or three but it was OK

[Antithesis]

Carnage? Wow .. that would be a terrible idea in my opinion ... I dislike the comic version of Venom let alone that awful, stupid character ...

But to each their own I suppose! I'd like to see a film adaptation of Kraven's last hunt or a story with the Lizard - they've had the character there in Dr. Connors for three films now.

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by Antithesis

Carnage? Wow .. that would be a terrible idea in my opinion ... I dislike the comic version of Venom let alone that awful, stupid character ...

But to each their own I suppose! I'd like to see a film adaptation of Kraven's last hunt or a story with the Lizard - they've had the character there in Dr. Connors for three films now.

Venom is one of the MAJOR villians in the Spiderman series. How can he get ignored like that? Sure you don't like him, but he still deserved more.

[OutOfTheCube]

Best of the 3 BY FAR. Awesome movie.