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Spider-Man 3 [Blu-ray] [2007]

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How does Spider-Man 3 follow on the heels of its predecessor, which was widely considered the best superhero movie ever? For starters, you pick up the loose threads from that movie, then add some key elements of the Spidey comic-book mythos (including fan-favorite villain Venom), the black costume, and the characters of Gwen Stacy and her police-captain father.

In the beginning, things have never looked better for Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire): He's doing well in school; his alter ego, Spider-Man, is loved and respected around New York City. And his girlfriend, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst), has just taken a starring role in a Broadway musical. But nothing good can last for Spidey. Mary Jane's career quickly goes downhill; she's bothered by Peter's attractive new classmate, Gwen Stacy (Bryce Dallas Howard); and the new Daily Bugle photographer, Eddie Brock (Topher Grace), is trying to steal his thunder. Enter a new villain, the Sandman (Thomas Haden Church), who can transform his body into various forms and shapes of sand and who may be connected to Peter's past in an unexpected way. There's also the son of an old villain, Harry Osborne (James Franco), who unmasked Spidey in the previous movie and still has revenge on his mind. And a new black costume seems to boost Spidey's powers, but transforms mild-mannered Peter into a mean and obnoxious boor (Maguire has some fun here).

If that sounds like a lot to pack into one 140-minute film, it is. While director Sam Raimi keeps things flowing, assisted on the screenplay by his brother Ivan and Alvin Sargent, there's a little too much going on, and it's inevitable that one of the villains (there are three or four, depending on how you count) gets significantly short-changed. Still, the cast is excellent, the effects are fantastic, and the action is fast and furious. Even if Spider-Man 3 isn't the match of Spider-Man 2, it's a worthy addition to the megamillion-dollar franchise. --David Horiuchi

This film is lost...
Review date: 2008-03-17 Rating: 2 out of 10

This film had the potential to be amazing as venom is a big character in the comic books.
But instead of making a film about spider man and the alien Symbiote venom they made a film with 3 different bad guys, no real story and a load of stuff to fill time.
To be honest they could have just continued the story from the two previous films where harry just found out that peter was spider man, i think that would have been enough to make another good film and keep everyone happy but they added two more bad guys for fun.
I felt that the addition of the sand man was totally pointless and then they changed the story with uncle ben- crazy and what for?

All in all I felt really dissapointed after watching this movie.

Reviews

Best of the 3
Review date: 2008-02-16 Rating: 10 out of 10

This film was simply the best out the Spider-Man trilogy. It had fantastic visuals, a fantastic feel and great acting and dialogue. I've seen that a few people are complaining about how short Venom's screentime is, but can you honestly imagine an entire movie with him in it? I think he had just enough time. The beginning feels rushed, but only a bit, but it manages to catch itself before it goes out of control. It looks and sounds great in blu ray, I reccomend that you get this.

Too much going on
Review date: 2008-01-08 Rating: 2 out of 10

Spider-Man is supposed to one of the most central super heroes of the Marvel camp, we know this - he has many stories and fights and all that jazz, but when they make a film and try and shove a whole load of villans and love stories and all that it just gets confusing and turns out to absolute garbage!

I got the rental Blu-Ray disc and was very pleased with quality of the video and sound, but so glad I didn't pay over £5 to go and watch this at the cinema.

I'm no film buff but maybe it's time to move into a different direction, like they did with Batman (which is soooo much better now!).

It's not that bad guys!
Review date: 2007-11-16 Rating: 10 out of 10

As pointed out there is perhaps too much going on, but did we say that about the old "Spaghetti Westerns"? No of course not. This is an exciting movie which ties up loose ends. The picture quality on Blu-Ray is awesome and so is the sound. It's not meant to be a serious piece of work, it is meant to be an entertaining movie and it accomplishes that perfectly. Finally, I loved "emo" Spidey! Very clever idea and very cleverly done.

Terrible...
Review date: 2007-10-30 Rating: 2 out of 10

What a terrible movie. I loved the first 2 films but this was a giant let down.

They should have just focused on Sandman and not tried to juggle 3 villains at once. Venom is the biggest disappointment, they absolutely wasted that character (and storyline), I would have preferred it if they had saved Venom for a later film instead of trying to shoe horn him in.

I won't spoil the plot for anyone but let's say this film has possibly the worst use of Deus Ex Machina ever. It involves a butler for those who have seen it and wonder what I'm talking about.

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Actor(s):
Topher Grace
Tobey Maguire
James Franco
Thomas Haden Church
Kirsten Dunst

Director(s):

Recording label: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
EAN: 5050629495416
Binding: Blu-ray
Number of items: 2
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2007-10-15
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Running time: 133 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2007-05-01
Language: English (Original Language)

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