Imdb Link. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413300/
How I saw it. Digital CGV
Opens in Korea. 1 May 2007
Plot From Imdb. Peter Parker has finally found the balance he's longed for between his love for Mary Jane Watson and his responsibilities as Spider-Man. The city of New York and it's citizens are at last coming around and appreciating everything he has done as his crime-fighting alter ego, and Peter is in the running for a staff job at the Daily Bugle. However, everything Peter has worked for is about to unravel. Flint Marko, while fleeing prison, is caught in an accident that displaces molecules and is transformed into the Sandman, a new super villain who is able to change his body into any shape of sand he sees fit. When Peter learns of a connection between The Sandman and the murder of his Uncle Ben, he will stop at nothing as Spider-Man to capture him. But before Peter can do so he discovers a mysterious black substance has turned his suit black, and has brought forth a darker side of Parker and Spidey nobody has seen before. Peter begins to give into this new dark personality, starts to abandon the ones he loves the most and in turn, his best friend, Harry Osborn takes up his late father's mantle as The New Goblin. Quickly Parker begins a new romance with his lab partner, the beautiful Gwen Stacy but in doing so Peter sets off a rival Bugle photographer, a troubled young man by the name of Eddie Brock who is obsessed with Stacy. Little does Peter know the black substance has its sights set on Eddie else as well. Turning Brock into Venom, a foe that mirrors everything Spider-Man can do. Forcing Peter to become the strong-willed hero he has forgotten about if he hopes to defeat his greatest threat yet.
All I can say is…..WOW! They finally did it right!
As you can see by the plot, the film tries to cover allot in 136 minutes and they do it. The film reminds me of why I like to go to the movies. The film covers allot of the plots that make a good film into a great one. Revenge, Love, Lost, Redemption and Salvation are well shown in this film.
The only thing I really hated about the film was the use of Gwen Stacy. (For those who do not know, she was Peter Parkers first real love in the comic books) To have he used in this way, I thought, was a huge waste of time and such a disappointment. Now for the 2 cameos that I loved, Bruce Campbell and Stan Lee. In this film Lee makes a very interesting observation about Spider Man that I just loved. Bruce was just awesome in his small role.
The film takes us from Spiderman being a hero to everyone and then to a man who only wants revenge, and in the process, hurts everyone that he ever loved. Watch the shots of love gone wrong with Spiderman and Mary Jane. This is what made this film from a good film into a great one. The Venom shots were awesome; I just wish that he was in the movie more. The Sandman is shown as a tragic figure, who cannot forgive his past, and when he becomes the sandman it was well worth the buildup.
This will be Tobey’s last ride as Spiderman and we have no idea if, or what, #4 will be like. If this is the end of the trilogy then this film will stand out as the best of the 3. Please see it on the Big Screen and remember to try and see it in the IMAX.
Grade A (Uncle Ben wouldn't want us living with revenge in our hearts, it's like a poison. It can take you over and turn us into something ugly.)
Comments
Spiderman 3
The Spiderman series, like the main character, is reliable. It has proven to be consistently good entertainment. This latest installment though is different from its predecessors in the abundant score of plot complications. Let's face it: the movie has to cover a lot of ground, and at times, really seems like a melodrama farce, but that's a trait it indeed shares with its predecessors. This might be irksome were Spiderman not grounded in the comic book genre, but instead it makes the movie more pleasant to watch, I think. At least, once one becomes engaged in the fantastic level upon which the drama transpires. My only qualms about this film have to do with the motivations of some of the characters (uh, MJ) but I suppose that (again) the movie gets a free pass due to the comic-book-nature-thingy.
Just as the previous Spiderman films--and the comic books--did, the movie maintains a very high moral barometer; contrasting good with evil while championing free will and, notably, forgiveness. I suppose that last one, forgiveness, will always be a salient topic.
I think the Spiderman series succeeds because it can address these weighty themes without seeming hokey, even though the movie as a whole is basically a campy melodrama. That--along with the consistently brilliant composition of each frame and the redoubtable action sequences, all of which show a meticulous attention to detail--is what propels these bombastic films into works worthy of being considered as art.
A-
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