Spider:Man 3

Please note that I've never read any Spider-Man comics and am simply judging this and any other Spider-Man film on their merits as films in a superhero film series. Thank you for your understanding. When this film first came out, I quickly got the impression that people either loved it or hated it...no real middle ground. I thought it was very good, though I stand firm by my stance that Spider-Man 2 is still my favorite in this series. I do think that Venom, played by Topher Grace, came in kind of late in the game while the Sandman, played by Thomas Haden Church, was absolutely great, becoming my second favorite villain in the series. Tying him into the murder of Uncle Ben also contributed to this, as it made me wonder exactly how our favorite web-slinging hero would handle this. It was nice to see Peter becoming comfortable in his duel role, showing that you don't need a billion dollars or an alien origin to accomplish this. It was also nice to see him let his fame as Spider-Man get to his head, reminding us all how seseptible we can be to such cockiness when life's just going our way. It was really nice to see Mary Jane actually doing something more than needing to be saved all the time, even if her blandness was only slightly lessened. Harry Osborn's continuing story ark only got better, though it suffered from being rushed at times, a problem that plagued this entire movie. There had been talk during production about spliting this movie into two flicks and, in my opinion, the church scene would have been the perfect end to part one. I do wonder about the symbiote...it seemed to come a bit out of the blue. I'm sure it was more established in the comics, but here, there was barely even ever a mention of outer space in this series and this thing from somewhere among the stars just suddenly shows up? It seemed to jump the shark just a bit. But for all my wondering and complaining, this was still a film I greatly enjoyed and I'd reccomend it to anyone. Enjoy.

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(Spoiler Warning) I know that this movie gets a bad rap, and - to be fair - it has some cringe worthy (but endearing) scenes. However, I love this movie and I think it really is the ultimate Spider-Man movie. Starting off, everything seems like it’s going pretty good for our boy Peter. He and MJ are going strong, Harry has forgotten that/why he hates Peter, and Spider-Man is a local celebrity, openly praised. But that all turns sour real quick. This movie sees Peter’s romantic and friendship relationships fall apart, he finds out that Uncle Ben’s true killer is still at large, and then - to complicate matters - he becomes attached to a parasitic symbiote. Peter (and Spider-Man) have to over come all of this, and it makes for a great movie. Not to mention Sandman is probably the best villain and any superhero movie. I say that because he’s relatable. I’d probably do the same things he does in his situation, and you probably would too. Heath Ledgers joker (for comparison) is likewise absolutely amazing but also very foreign. I would never do what he does, and although I find him interesting, I certainly don’t sympathize with him. Thanos (whome I’ve likewise heard been called the best villain) is the most narcissistic, nihilistic villain ever. He’s willing to wipe out half of all life in the universe, because it’s what HE thinks is best, to hell with anyone else. Nah. Screw that guy. Sandman is #1 in my book.

I probably rented this, can't complain

When the review of "Spider-Man 3" in our local paper came out and trashed the movie I was braced for the worse, although since there were four midnight showings on opening day it seems obvious this movie is going to make a lot of money (at least this first weekend). But I really did think it would be nigh impossible for this 2007 film to be better than its 2004 predecessor, which is my favorite comic book movie to date (a verdict I render as someone who teaches comic books in general and Spider-Man in particular in my Introduction to Popular Culture course). "Spider-Man 3" certainly has its flaws and it is not as good as "Spider-Man 2," but those things do not add up to the film being a disappointment. For Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) and Spider-Man these are the best of times. Spider-Man is beloved by the people of New York City and Aunt May (Rosemary Harris) has given Peter the engagement ring that she received from Uncle Ben (Cliff Robertson) a half-century earlier so that he can propose to Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst). But Harry Osborn (James Franco) knows that Peter is Spider-Man, believes Spidey killed his father Norman (Willem Dafoe), and has found the secret Green Goblin hideout. So right off the bat he comes gunning for Spider-Man. This seems like they are trying to wrap up a loose plot thread from "Spider-Man 2," but this is but one of the several major pieces this movie puts in place for the endgame. Meanwhile, Flint Marko (Thomas Hayden Church) has broken out of jail and become the victim of one of those classic comic book situations where science turns a man into a monster, in this case the Sandman. When Peter finds out it was Marko who actually shot Uncle Ben he takes his first step off the deep end. Peter also has problems in that ambitious Eddie Brock, Jr. (Topher Grace) wants Peter's job as a photographer at "The Daily Bugle," where J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons). Then there is Gwen Stacy (Bryce Dallas Howard), a classmate of Peter who gets rescued by Spider-Man and has a big old crush on the web-head, and the sticky black thing from another planet that has attached itself to our hero. No wonder the movie runs 140 minutes. Director Sam Raimi pours on the special effects in the computer generated fight sequences. What made Doctor Octopus a great villain for a Spider-Man movie was how the two could fight on both the horizontal and vertical axises. Obviously that continues with Venom and to a lesser extent with Sandman, but what those two villains have in common is the fluidity of their "costume" and "body" respectively. They have fun making Spider-Man's costume all torn and tattered, but that is nothing compared to what they are able to do with Sandman's face and body in these fight sequences. When Spidey fights the New Goblin (and there is a reason Harry is not running around as the second Green Goblin), it looks more like a high-speed video game with everything happening faster than the eye can see (compare that with the great fight between Peter and Harry when they are not wearing their costumes). For me the problematic character is Gwen Stacy, because in the original "Spider-Man" comic books Gwen was Peter's girlfriend long before Mary Jane became his wife. Given the relatively small number of Spider-Man movies that you can make, it made sense to skip Gwen and have Mary Jane there from the beginning, even if it meant turning her into the girl next door instead of the sexy redhead in the go-go boots. But we now know that Peter ends up with MJ, just like we know Clark Kent ends up with Lois Lane and Bruce Wayne is never going to get married. So Gwen's mere presence is problematic because she cannot be the woman he loves who dies because he is Spider-Man. In the "Ultimate Spider-Man" comic book MJ is there from the beginning too, knowing Spider-Man's secret identity, and the integration of Gwen's character into that revision of the story was okay, but it did not have the significance or resonance of the original storyline. The movie Gwen is more like the comic book Mary Jane and that whole plot line would have worked better with Betty Brant (Elizabeth Banks) or an entirely new character than resurrecting Gwen Stacy. Besides the delicious irony that the blond Dunst has died her hair red while the redheaded Howard has gone platinum, I was bothered by how they had Gwen be a model. Mary Jane was the model and that was important because just like Peter it was a mistake to take her at face value. Instead Dunst gets to sing a couple of songs and while the movie agrees she is not good enough to sing on Broadway it seems a strange way to create a crack in her self-confidence, especially given that nobody faked self-confidence better than MJ. But they are fully committed to the idea of Mary Jane as the girl next door even if they have yet to figure out what that means for the character and her relationship with Peter. Howard is not given much to do, although her last moment is her character's best, and the same goes for James Cromwell as Captain Stacy. But Bruce Campbell completely steals his one scene, Mageina Tovah as Ursula steals a couple, and Stan Lee has his best "Spider-Man" cameo to date, but Dylan Baker's Dr. Curt Connors is still no closer to turning into the Lizard. The main element they have kept from "Spider-Man 2" is the idea that the conflict between Spider-Man and his foes is no longer black and white, but shades of gray. I liked that for once Doctor Octopus was not a ranting lunatic with mechanical arms but a good man turned evil by a fateful accident (the flip of what happened to Peter Parker) who refuses to die a monster. It was that moment more than Mary Jane discovering that Peter was Spider-Man that really gave "SM2" its weight. This time around there are important shadings for Flint Marko and Harry Osborn, just as there are for Peter Parker as his black Spider-Man costume gets the better of him (but Eddie Brock, Jr. is bad to the bone from start to finish). In the end I round down on "Spider-Man 3" because I think they are overdoing it with Spider-Man's mask coming off or being half torn (even though I understand the impulse to have the face of the actor you are paying millions to actually appear on screen), the comic relief from spectators during the big battle at the end gets in the way of the developing tragedy, and the fade out scene was by far the weakest of the series to date. I am also not happy with the way Peter's character is regressing, because even before the symbiotic flips him to the dark side he is embracing his inner nerd way too much. Maguire is hysterical when he has Peter strut himself down the street, but it rings wrong for the character. Also, even with the swelled head he is getting from the public adoration as Spider-Man, I do not want to believe that having the costume on when he receives the key to the city was enough to let Peter betray MJ the way he does there. The scene later on at the Jazz club is the insult; it was the other that was the real injury part of the equation. Still, I bet I make it back to the theater to see this one again.

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Peter Parker a retrouvé un équilibre de vie et il veut se marier avec Mary Jane. Pendant une nuit au parc, alors que Peter et Mary Jane sont ensemble, une petite météorite tombe tout près du lieu où ils se trouvent et éclate, laissant échapper une matière visqueuse, le symbiote, qui s'attache à la mobylette de Peter. Pendant ce temps, Flint Marko s'échappe de la prison où il était détenu pour cambriolage afin d'aller revoir sa fillette qui lui manque terriblement, mais dont il n'a pas le droit de s'approcher à cause de l'injonction d'éloignement obtenue contre lui par son ex-femme ; pendant sa fuite, il tombe dans un accélérateur de particules, qui fond son corps avec le sable et il devient l'Homme-sable. Quant au meilleur ami de Peter, Harry Osborn, il veut venger la mort de son père, et, croyant que Spider-Man est la cause de cette mort, il l'attaque. La bataille laisse Harry avec un choc à la tête qui le rend amnésique à court terme, lui faisant oublier temporairement sa vengeance. Plus tard, durant un festival honorant Spider-Man parce qu'il a sauvé la vie de Gwen Stacy, fille d'un policier et remettant la clé de la ville de New York au héros, cette dernière l'embrasse, ce qui crée un différend entre Peter et Mary Jane, parce qu’elle croit qu’il veut s’éloigner d’elle. L’Homme-sable essaye ensuite de voler un véhicule blindé, mais Spider-Man l’arrête. Le capitaine Stacy informe plus tard Peter et sa tante May que Marko est la personne qui a tué Ben Parker, son oncle. Peter attend Marko pour se battre contre lui, voulant venger la mort de son oncle. Le symbiote se colle sur son costume tandis qu'il est endormi et Peter découvre que ce n’est pas seulement son costume qui a changé, mais également ses pouvoirs, qui ont augmenté. Cependant, ce costume noir le rend plus violent, plus égoïste et plus enragé : il fait remonter à la surface son côté sombre. Le changement de personnalité de Peter l'éloigne de Mary-Jane, qui ne réussit pas à lancer sa carrière d'actrice ; elle se console avec Harry, lequel est guéri de son amnésie (il voit une apparition de son père mort) et pousse Mary Jane à se séparer de Peter. Harry le rencontre dans un restaurant et prétend être le préféré. Plus tard, Peter le trouve chez lui, et avec l'aide de son costume noir, l'affronte dans un combat brutal, qui laisse le visage de Harry défiguré. Influencé par le costume, Peter humilie aussi Eddie Brock, un photographe qui a vendu au Daily Bugle de fausses images montrant que Spider-Man est un criminel afin de prendre la place de Peter comme pigiste. Eddie Brock est licencié à cause de Parker et jure de se venger. Pour rendre Mary Jane jalouse, Peter emmène Gwen au Jazz, le night club où elle travaille comme chanteuse et serveuse. Peter se bat ensuite avec les videurs de la boîte et gifle Mary Jane, la projetant au sol. C'est à ce moment que Peter se rend compte que le costume l’a changé. Il sort en courant de la boîte de nuit et va à la cathédrale Saint-Patrick pour se débarrasser du symbiote. Au début, il ne peut retirer le costume, mais sans le vouloir, il frappe la grande cloche et la fait sonner, et ses vibrations affaiblissent le symbiote, permettant à Peter de se débarrasser de lui. Eddie Brock se trouve également sur place, priant pour la mort de Peter, quand le symbiote lui tombe dessus et s'accroche à lui. Ce dernier a acquis les pouvoirs de Spider-man durant le temps qu'il a passé à l'intérieur de Peter et les transmet à Eddie, créant un double maléfique de Spider-Man : Venom. Eddie, s'étant rendu compte que Peter et Spider-man sont la même personne, trouve l’Homme-sable et lui propose de s'associer avec lui pour détruire Spider-Man. Ils utilisent Mary-Jane comme appât pour forcer Spider-Man à les affronter. Peter va demander son aide à Harry, mais celui-ci refuse. Cependant, Harry apprend la vérité au sujet de la mort de son père grâce à son majordome Bernard (il a été tué par son propre planeur et pas par Spider-man), et arrive à temps pour sauver Peter, s'associant avec lui contre Venom et l’Homme-sable. Pendant que le combat progresse, Brock essaye d'empaler Peter, mais Harry s'interpose et est fatalement blessé. Peter se rappelle alors comment les vibrations de la cloche de l’église avaient affaibli le symbiote. Contre l'avis d'Eddie, qui voulait délibérément rester sous l'influence de Venom, il le libère en faisant résonner plusieurs tuyaux ensemble. Peter jette une bombe-citrouille au symbiote, qui meurt avec Eddie. Après la bataille, Marko dit à Peter qu'il n'avait eu aucune intention de tuer Ben Parker, et que c'était un accident survenu lors d'un essai désespéré de sauver la vie de sa fille. Peter pardonne à Marko, qui se désagrège et flotte au loin. Peter et Harry se pardonnent mutuellement, avant qu'Harry ne meurt. Après l'enterrement d'Harry, Peter et Mary Jane se retrouvent et commencent à réparer leur relation.

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Non il migliore della trilogia, ma il film va alla grande.

I've heard a lot of criticism about Spider-Man 3. Most of that criticism centres on there being "too much going on" or too many villains in the movie. I have to disagree, as a former comic book reader/small-time collector this movie brought back so many memories. It doesn't follow the comic book story very much, but it's not a comic book, it's a film. And if another medium can be used to tell a good story, then why not use it and change it if need be? I thought the complexity of having three villains throughout the movie really added something interesting to the story. The story was never dull, hard to keep track of at times, but never dull. I often found myself wondering what would happen next and trying to guess what the next plot twist would be. While some comic purists may find a couple of scenes absurd, I found those scenes add a lot of comic relief that might broaden the audience of the film a little. The story appeals to a mass audience, which is what big budget films are supposed to do and I think it's successful in that regard. It's also successful in making comic book characters seem "cool" or hip in the sense that Spider-Man isn't just for us comic book geeks or for the people who are old enough to actually remember some of the earlier television series, like the late 1960's version. If changing the stories a little and adding some Hollywood hype can keep Spider-Man in popular culture, then I'm all for it. This movie tells a good story, has effective comic book characters (heroes, villains, supporting characters) and has some comedy as well. It's a great film.