It cost hundreds of millions of dollars to make. It has not one, but two, new villains. And it’s the third film in a hugely successful series. So Spider-Man 3 should be the best film yet in the series, right? Wrong!
Spider-Man 3 suffers from a complete lack of imagination. Yes, Spider-Man was a brilliant film and yes, Spider-Man 2 was every bit as good. But to simply churn out this soulless sequel on the strength of two box-office hits is an insult to the film-goer. Quite simply, Spider-Man 3 should be ashamed.
The lastest film, based on the Marvel comic character, sees Spider-Man(Tobey Maguire) fighting two new baddies, Venom and Sandman. I n the meantime, his girlfriend Mary Jane, who is played by Kirsten Dunst , is failing in her career as Broadway singer Mary Jane is also having doubts about her relationship with Spider-Man’s alter ego, Peter Parker, and grows closer to Parker’s childhood friend Harry Osborn. Osborn, meanwhile, still blames Spider-Man/Parker for the death of his father and is plotting his revenge. If this isn’t enough, Spider-Man turns evil after being possessed by an alien substance, and we are introduced to a black-suited Spider-Man whose only interest is destruction.
I like the idea of an evil Spider-Man, but the sad truth is that Maguire just isn’t up to the job. As a good Spider-Man in the previous films, he was believable. However, he fails to convince us that he can form gentle as a lamb to truly evil and the film suffers as a result. We simply can’t believe that he has an evil bone in his body. If anything, Maguire’s attempt at playing a villain is slightly embarrassing. We can only hope it doesn’t affect his career.