As a film-goer, I'd fully recommend Spiderman 3 for an hour or so of relaxation. As a spiderman cartoon and comic lover, I have mixed feelings.
To be honest, I feel that they tried to achive too much in one film. Too many subplots, too much typical inter-character struggle, rather than the focus of the struggle between Peter and Venom. I do love the cameo by Stan Lee, the and the humour with the enhancement of Parker's personality. I even love the twist(s) that we'd not really seen in the cartoons (I'm afraid the cartoons were primarily my spidey love, not the comics).
Overall it's a good film and completes the (current) trilogy well, but it's not what I've hoped. Here's to hoping Iron Man is better.
5 / 10 IMO, I only liked the final fight all the rest was just pointless. Not what I was waiting for and as I expected there was a load of daft hollywood written coincidences (that buttler coming up with the I spoke to your dad as he died, right at the perfect moment etc).
Enjoyed the first 2 better.
There are quite a few simple reasons for this;It takes me back to my childhood (or the last time I read said comic)There's that hero fantasy angle and living through the comic/filmThe gadgetsThe envitable women (in some story lines) I'm sure that there a