The most eagerly awaited Spider-Man movie is also the least satisfying of the three. There are too many villains, too many origin stories, too many superfluous CGI shenanigans, and too many cheap and easy plot tricks. Perhaps our expectations are too high. Perhaps we have been spoiled by the quality of its predecessors. No, I don’t think so. The action scenes seemed consciously choreographed for adaptation to the lucrative computer game market — although “seemed” is probably phrasing it charitably — and the rest of the movie is a melodramatic muddle. It isn’t all bad, but too little of it is good.
Whereas my appreciation for Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 grew with subsequent viewings, Spider-Man 3 engenders in me no desire to see it again. It rates 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 and leaves me indifferent.
- Writing: Poor
- Directing: Mediocre
- Acting: Fair
- Cinematography: Fair
- Special Effects: Good
Overall Rating: Mediocre/Fair