Spider-Man 3
Published 2012-10-21
Film info
- Title Spider-Man 3
- Director Sam Raimi
- Year 2007
- Run time 2hr 19m
- Genres Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Tagline The battle within
- Cast Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, J. K. Simmons, Elizabeth Banks
Peter Parker finally has the girl of his dreams, Mary Jane Watson, and New York City is in the throes of Spider-mania! But when a strange alien symbiote turns Spider-Man's suit black, his darkest demons come to light changing Spider-Man inside as well as out. Spider-Man is in for the fight of his life against a lethal mix of villains - the deadly Sandman, Venom, and the New Goblin - as well as the enemy within himself.
Live Blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 0:36 | I wonder what crazy long titles we'll have this time. |
| 1:54 | That's one film recapped. Are we going to do the other one as well? |
| 3:10 | I think we're through it and out the other side! |
| 4:40 | What does "layaway available" mean? I clearly don't pawn enough stuff. |
| 8:33 | Is this a sequel that is the same as the first movie then? Guy goes into green smoke, goes insane? |
| 14:02 | Spiderman needs to get himself a better motorbike. |
| 17:27 | Ooh, he has new web missiles? |
| 18:45 | Who pays for all this damage, going in one office window and out the other side? |
| 20:38 | Don't you just hate it when your weird little spherical weapons come back and hit you instead? |
| 29:34 | That was some amazing CGI, how did they do that? |
| 35:44 | "I'll be taking shots of you for the Bugle. Smile, are you smiling?" |
| 43:13 | Now she's jealous that he's more famous than she is. Doesn't sing though, does he? |
| 48:18 | Spiderman high fives! |
| 51:48 | That guy leaves quite a lot of sand behind. |
| 1:02:13 | Is the fact that door sticks going to be important later, I wonder. |
| 1:07:20 | Totally confused by this black gunk. It's just changed his suit colour? |
| 1:11:11 | "This is a free country, not a rent-free country." |
| 1:25:13 | It really was the root of everything that she didn't tell him straight away that she had been fired. |
| 1:27:33 | Woah, emo hair alert. All he needs is some eyeliner and the look will be complete. |
| 1:33:37 | Okay, that's it. Being mean to Ursula is crossing the line. Bad Spidey. |
| 1:36:48 | The trouble is, Maguire just can't pull off the cool side. It's cringeworthy in the extreme. |
| 1:45:09 | Again... none of that makes sense. He could take the suit off fine before, and why didn't he notice someone screaming as the black stuff took over Topher? |
| 1:48:16 | Why did he turn into a rogue Spiderman? I thought it enhanced your bad side, and he deffo wasn't a spider before. |
| 1:56:49 | God knows what would happen if Sand-dude found his way to the beach. |
| 1:58:52 | What child has ever said "wicked cool"? |
| 2:07:40 | Always two sides to every story, I guess. |
| 2:11:34 | I feel sorry for the butler man. He has no one left to look after now. |
| 2:13:13 | No one seems to have noticed that she stopped singing mid song. Maybe that's a jazz thing. |
Thoughts
The third film in the Spiderman series, and we were feeling a bit better about it. The first was not great, the second was better, if a little long. It wasn't until after we'd already started this one that we realised it was well over two hours. Otherwise we might have been a bit more wary!
I really didn't think this was very good. It started out so promising, Spiderman looked like he had a happy life that was about to be compromised, and there was an incredible villain in the shape of an awesome-CGI sand-monster thing. But then there was also the black goo, there was also Harry flipping out, losing his memory, getting it back, going bad, going good. There was Mary-Jane and all her baggage, there was the guy taking the photos. It was all too much.
Too many threads, and not enough common sense to string them together. I had questions galore. Where did the black stuff come from? Who does a weird scientific experiment and is all "it's just a bird, who cares" about it? What was the sand-man actually trying to achieve? Why was the photographer's bad self just like a spider too?
It was mildly entertaining, but by about halfway through I was more frustrated than anything.
Rating: 2 / 5