Submitted by cinemascope on Wed, 2007-05-09 14:30. :: This Week's Films
Movie title:
Spider-Man 3
Starring:
Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard
Directed by:
Sam Raimi
Written by:
Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, and Alvin Sargent
Genre:
Comic book adaptation
Year:
2007
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Runtime:
2 hours 20 minutes
Imdb:
Rating:
Synopsis
Seduced by his own super-hero status, Peter Parker (Maguire) finds himself distracted and un-focussed when small-time crook Flint Marko (Haden Church) becomes Sandman after a freak science experiment and begins to terrorise New York. Meanwhile Spider-Man must also battle Harry Osborn (Franco) who takes on his father's mantle as the Green Goblin, and a mysterious black gloop that turns Spidey's suit black and gives him unexpected powers.
Seduced by his own super-hero status, Peter Parker (Maguire) finds himself distracted and un-focussed when small-time crook Flint Marko (Haden Church) becomes Sandman after a freak science experiment and begins to terrorise New York. Meanwhile Spider-Man must also battle Harry Osborn (Franco) who takes on his father's mantle as the Green Goblin, and a mysterious black gloop that turns Spidey's suit black and gives him unexpected powers.
Review
Let's get things straight from the start: I'm not a huge fan of either of the Spider-Man movies, so wasn't full of great hopes for this latest installment. However, the first two stand up well compared to this bloated, misjudged affair, which if anything, follows the template of Batman & Robin, widely considered the worst of all recent superhero movies: if in doubt, throw more stuff in there and hope it works. Unfortunately, none of it works. Tobey Maguire is adrift in this movie, seeming drippy and dorky, which may have worked earlier in the series, but he's clearly meant to be accomplished at the outset, and as for the later character development, well... As the mysterious extra-terrestrial gloop turns his suit black, it also gives him more power, but at a price: he is doomed to dance like your dad and look like a MiniPops version of gloomy Placebo singer Brian Molko. Really, there's a scene in this movie where the 'bad' Peter Parker dances 'suggestively' in a nightclub that is the most toe-curling scene I've seen in a mainstream Hollywood movie in years. The villains are stupid - Marko is a misunderstood thug with no explained reason for rampaging through NY when he becomes Sandman, and Venom is an odd CGI-ed creature with the stuck-on face of Topher Grace. The CGI in this movie is unrealistic and therefore more distancing than involving. This is the most expensive movie ever made, but the money hasn't gone on the script, and this is a shapeless, awful shambles. let's hope Sam Raimi takes his chance after this mess and jumps ship, he can do better.
Let's get things straight from the start: I'm not a huge fan of either of the Spider-Man movies, so wasn't full of great hopes for this latest installment. However, the first two stand up well compared to this bloated, misjudged affair, which if anything, follows the template of Batman & Robin, widely considered the worst of all recent superhero movies: if in doubt, throw more stuff in there and hope it works. Unfortunately, none of it works. Tobey Maguire is adrift in this movie, seeming drippy and dorky, which may have worked earlier in the series, but he's clearly meant to be accomplished at the outset, and as for the later character development, well... As the mysterious extra-terrestrial gloop turns his suit black, it also gives him more power, but at a price: he is doomed to dance like your dad and look like a MiniPops version of gloomy Placebo singer Brian Molko. Really, there's a scene in this movie where the 'bad' Peter Parker dances 'suggestively' in a nightclub that is the most toe-curling scene I've seen in a mainstream Hollywood movie in years. The villains are stupid - Marko is a misunderstood thug with no explained reason for rampaging through NY when he becomes Sandman, and Venom is an odd CGI-ed creature with the stuck-on face of Topher Grace. The CGI in this movie is unrealistic and therefore more distancing than involving. This is the most expensive movie ever made, but the money hasn't gone on the script, and this is a shapeless, awful shambles. let's hope Sam Raimi takes his chance after this mess and jumps ship, he can do better.
