DVD-Spider-Man 3

Yes, I know. S3 is not actually out on DVD just yet except for bootleg DVD. But it will be in the near future, so here's my review.

S3 sucks. It is darker than the first two, but it is clunky. You've got three bad guys to deal with, Peter Parker's relationship troubles, and a whole bunch of other stuff. This movie seems almost like a spring cleaning for the series.

Here's the gist of it. Peter Parker's life is going great. People love Spider-Man. His girl loves him. He's making the grade at school. Then, things get bad as the son of the Green Goblin starts kicking Peter's ass around. Then, you have the Sandman who actually was the one that killed Uncle Ben. Then, there's Venom who acts as a dark counterpart to Peter. Then, Mary Jane does her typical woman bullshit not realizing that Peter is a busy boy. He is not tending to her "needs."

Basically, S3 suffers from bloat. They crammed as much story as they could in this one. They should have stuck with Venom as the single enemy. I'm hoping he will come back in S4. Venom is the best bad guy ever, but he was underutilized in this flick.

The other thing about S3 is that just about everyone knows Spidey's identity as Peter Parker. This would include Osborne (the Green Goblin's son), the Sandman, and Venom. I wonder why he bothers to wear the mask. Any of those guys could have caused Pete some trouble just by going down to the Daily Bugle and dropping the goods on Spidey.

This series is not in trouble yet, but it will be. What the producers/director needs to realize is that good storytelling is what made people like the first two flicks. It seems to me that they opted to cram it all together for this one hoping something would stick. They need to work more on the script for the next one and come up with a cleaner story.

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