Spider-Man 3 Review

"How the movie?" I asked my bro?

"Okay, i guess. But, Spider-man 2 was better..."

"Oh?"

"Watching Fantastic Four (the 1st movie) was better too", he said.

I shrugged.
Well, the thing with Spider-man movies are that they ain't like all those super heroes action movies we accustomed to in recent years. Spider-man's stories are not about the superhero fighting evil but the fragile human inside the superhero trying to make sense of things. Thus they are about as drama as they can get. And I know my bro doesnt like to watch "slow-paced boring" drama genre movies without much things get blown up every 5 minutes. Heck.

Anyway, I got a chance to watch Spider-man 3 yesterday.. while i was job hunting in KLCC lol. Yeah, as a fan i shud have watch it a week ago while it was just opened. And i bet there are thousands of reviews out there by now. Better late than never.

And in this 3rd installment, we see goody-o-nerd Peter Parker embracing the dark side and hell, it good to be bad. Also, the new Green Goblin took to the sky along with the introduction of the Sandman. And after much speculation on the web about spidey new black suit and its related villain, while the most recent trailer confirmed it, we finally have Venom (imo one of the coolest Marvel characters) in the flesh. Boy, do the trio really wreak Spidey's life.

Okay, now the review.
*Spoilers Alert*
The movie opens with a brilliant summary or snapshots of the last two movies and Peter is at the top of his life. Spidey is loved by New Yorkers, Mary Jane now is his girlfriend and he's a top student at Dr Conners' class. And for a moment, life is good. But all good things will come to an end.

As the fame and power goes into Parker's head, he began to lose sight of what really matters. What worst, an alien stuff (slime?), which suddenly dropped into earth as a meteorite, hitched into Parker and altered his personality. Btw, it really funny to see, being shamelessly bad actually attracted women's attention. Check out Parker bad-ass dance moves in a Jazz club. lol.

The movie revolves around a lots of themes but one truly stand out is forgiveness. Parker's hell bent on Uncle Ben's revenge as in Harry and his father's, only to be forgiven in the end. At times, I find things resolved too quickly, especially Sandman's about-turn after wreaking havoc and trying to hurt or kill MJ. And using his sick daugther as an excuse for pillaging the city. Anyway, it does fits in the movie that shows there's good side in a bad guy and vice versa. So is Venom, comic version that is.

Speaking of Venom, the movie version is one vile monster, more like Carnage imo. Btw, i thought Venom should be a lot bulkier and more teeth. And they ought to find a better voice over for Venom. Then again, a great effort bringing Venom to life, so is the Sandman who have more screen time (aih..).

Action-wise, they managed to cram an awful lot of action scenes in the rather lenghty movie. From Spidey and Goblin dogfight to the climatic tagteam battle between Venom/Sandman and Spider/Harry. Cool action sequences i tell ya'. Check out the towering Sandman (reminds me of the Mummy) and falling car sequence (Jurassic Park, anyone?).

So, was it worth the money? Every hard-earned cents. It's one of the movies only worth watching in a full glory of cinematic greatness. With all the drama and the action in one movie, it obviously better than the last Spider-man movie. And Jonah J. Jamesons' scenes is always a delight to watch. 'Nuff said.