Spider-Man 3 - The Great Third Installment of the Spider-Man Trilogy

The long awaited third installment of the Spider-Man movie trilogy has hit the big screen and is impressing many. With a strong following of Spider-Man fans, the new Spider-Man film has sold out at many theaters and topped the box office with a weekend gross of $151 million, more than 30 times the next runner up. Tobey Maguire replicates his previous performance in the first two Spider-Man films but is able to show another side of Spider-Man when a dark, gooey substance turns his suit and his personality towards the dark side. Tobey Maguire still gets the change to portray the nerdy Peter Parker and the superhero Spider-Man but with this new dark side of Spider-Man, Maguire shows more of his acting range. As you have seen in the first two movies, Peter Parker’s uncle was murdered. In Spider-Man 3, Peter Parker forgets his typical role of saving lives and focuses on getting revenge on the man who killed is uncle who is now a superhero known as the Sandman.

Aside from the dazzling special effects and superhero storyline is the story of Peter Parker’s relationship with Mary Jane (played by Kirsten Dunst). This storyline goes along with the previous two movies but all together is over played and not that impressive. Creating an interesting romance storyline that is fresh and unique in a movie would not be very easy but Spider-Man 3 fails to even attempt. Topher Grace (Eric Foreman from That 70’s Show) is also featured in Spider-Man 3 as a photographer and evil villain, Venom.

Spider-Man 3 flows at a very good pace for most of the movie. It rarely leaves you feeling like it’s dragging on or moving so fast that you are having a hard time following it. The big finale, unfortunately, drags on a little longer than it should have. Directors, especially of action movies, are always looking to create that ground breaking movie ending that will leave people talking but this battle sequence finale just lingers on longer than it should.

Overall, the movie is still a great success. It successfully continues the great line of Spider-Man movies that have become one of the most popular comic book turned movie styles. You get a deeper insight and a new angle to Peter Parker’s character. The special effects and action sequence (in general) are truly amazing. For any comic book or Spider-Man fan, this is a must see.

3 Comments »

well, sandman is not a superhero. He’s more like a supervillain, really. With the exception of that, it’s a good article on sm3

Comment by unknowned — May 12, 2007 @ 9:39 am

Well in my opinion sandman is more like a hero…his performance and the way he make gestures is simply awesome !! I’ll poll for his heroship !!

Comment by shaby — June 12, 2007 @ 12:13 am

Sandman - Good Grief, how am I allowing myself to be pulled into this. lol
Sandman is an anti-hero. He fell into most of the situations he’s found himself both by keeping bad company and not being a very “solid” man. (No pun intended). He’s trying to be straight and yet realizes that he simply has the need to move in the direction that leads to “villiany” and there’s no way around it. He’s a run of the mill “bad guy” and even though every bad guy has something that peaks his interest in catching a glimpse of trying to be “good”, they always were on the wrong side. So, in memory of this amazing comic and the original characters and situations, though it greives me to say, Sandman is a “bad guy.”

Comment by Jeremy — August 23, 2007 @ 3:58 pm