Spider-Man 3 Movie Review

Too Much of a Good Thing is Bad

If you are in the mood to see a superhero movie with plenty of thrills and chills, then you will find some enjoyment in the third (and possibly final) installment of the Spider-Man series. Fans that are expecting the delicate genius of Spider-Man 2 will be disappointed. Spider-Man 2 had the unforgettable combination of action, story, and heart. Sam Raimi and his co-writers, Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent, adopted 'the more, the better' philosophy when they composed this flick. Spider-Man 3 has more villains, more action, and more romance which leads to underdeveloped characters and a very bloated plot. Spider-Man 3 does not live up to the excitement and romance on the same level of its predecessor.

Spider-Man 3 opens with Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) living the life of his dreams. He has the girl that he had been pining after, Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst). Parker is at the top of his college class. Spider-Man is beloved by the city and has achieved icon status. It doesn't take spidey sense to figure out that Parker is being pumped up to take a big fall.

All of this success goes straight to Parker's head. He is too self-involved to notice that Mary Jane is having career problems and inevitably gets fired from her Broadway show. When MJ needs someone to whine to, Parker fails to be her sounding board because he is too busy soaking up the copious amounts of adoration lavished upon Spider-Man by the citizens of New York. Adding further stress to this relationship, MJ becomes jealous of Parker's lab partner, Gwen Stacy (Bryce Dallas Howard).