Right, well as part of watching the old "Spider-Man" movies once again here in 2024, of course I came to sit down and watch "Spider-Man 3" as well. Of course I have watched it before, so it was not exactly a new viewing experience.
The storyline in "Spider-Man 3" is good. Writers Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent put together a script and storyline that definitely was almost fully up to par with the 2002 "Spider-Man" and the 2004 "Spider-Man 2" movies, so that was quite a nice thing, and a good accomplishment from the writers. If you enjoyed the previous two movies, you will also enjoy this third movie from director Sam Raimi.
The movie does have some flaws, and the plot does suffer a bit from prolonged periods of stagnancy. Sure, it was a good story, but there were just parts where the plot seemed to be running in Neutral gear.
And it was nice to see the cast from the previous two movies return to reprise their roles and characters, with that being Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Rosemary Harris and J. K. Simmons. The two villains in this third movie were portrayed by Thomas Haden Church and Topher Grace. And just like in the previous two movies, there was a nice appearance from Bruce Campbell himself.
While were are on the topic of the two villains, then I have to say that I found the Sandman to be a filler character - pardon the pun. But his story arch and motivation was rather weak and he didn't really do much of anything than assaulting Spider-Man. Whereas Venom seemed a bit more interesting and fleshed out - pardon the pun again.
Visually then "Spider-Man 3" is good, and it is quite a step up from the previous two movies. So thumbs up to the CGI and special effects department for that accomplishment. I will say that this movie is definitely the most visually impressive of the three Sam Raimi directed "Spider-Man" movies.
I've enjoyed "Spider-Man 3" every time I've sat down to watch it, and that is a testament to the contents of the script and storyline, proving that the writers really were doing a great job.
My rating of "Spider-Man 3" lands on a six out of ten stars.
The storyline in "Spider-Man 3" is good. Writers Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent put together a script and storyline that definitely was almost fully up to par with the 2002 "Spider-Man" and the 2004 "Spider-Man 2" movies, so that was quite a nice thing, and a good accomplishment from the writers. If you enjoyed the previous two movies, you will also enjoy this third movie from director Sam Raimi.
The movie does have some flaws, and the plot does suffer a bit from prolonged periods of stagnancy. Sure, it was a good story, but there were just parts where the plot seemed to be running in Neutral gear.
And it was nice to see the cast from the previous two movies return to reprise their roles and characters, with that being Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Rosemary Harris and J. K. Simmons. The two villains in this third movie were portrayed by Thomas Haden Church and Topher Grace. And just like in the previous two movies, there was a nice appearance from Bruce Campbell himself.
While were are on the topic of the two villains, then I have to say that I found the Sandman to be a filler character - pardon the pun. But his story arch and motivation was rather weak and he didn't really do much of anything than assaulting Spider-Man. Whereas Venom seemed a bit more interesting and fleshed out - pardon the pun again.
Visually then "Spider-Man 3" is good, and it is quite a step up from the previous two movies. So thumbs up to the CGI and special effects department for that accomplishment. I will say that this movie is definitely the most visually impressive of the three Sam Raimi directed "Spider-Man" movies.
I've enjoyed "Spider-Man 3" every time I've sat down to watch it, and that is a testament to the contents of the script and storyline, proving that the writers really were doing a great job.
My rating of "Spider-Man 3" lands on a six out of ten stars.