He’s back and in a BIG way. The visual effects are awesome, the story (though melodramatic in parts) is captivating and most importantly, more villains join hands to finish off our friendly neighborhood superhero than before — there’s Sandman (Thomas Haden Church), the New Goblin (James Franco) and Venom (Topher Grace). Additionally there’s also a slimy-sticky-creepy-black-substance that I must name as the most damnable character in the story as well. This is director Sam Raimi’s third Spidey installment and we all must hope to see the fourth one from him soon.
The movie begins on a romantic note, with Peter Parker (Tobey McGuire) enjoying the sweet voice of his girlfriend M.J (Mary Jane played by Kirsten Dunst) in an Opera theater. Harry Osborn’s also there, Peter’s best friend and the soon-to-be-wicked son of the late Dr. Norman Osborn (The Green Goblin played by Willem Dafoe in Spiderman) who died a brutal death. Harry misjudges it to be the handiwork of Spiderman and is looking to avenge his father’s gruesome death. The ensuing fight sequence between the New Goblin and Peter Parker takes place high up in the by lanes of New York city. Blow-by-blow, it’s fun to watch the new inventions of the heroes/villains while spidey makes it up with his acrobatic skills and of course his web-slinging. Concurrently, the New Goblin comes crashing down of his high morale and gets severely injured resulting in a loss of his short-term memory. This means he forgets for the time being that he was out to kill his best friend.
Meanwhile another storm is brewing in the tea cup with Flint Marco, an escaped convict wearing the typical striped t-shirt which is reminiscent of all comic book persona. Meanwhile, we recollect Marco as the co-accused in the murder of Peter Parker’s uncle Ben. While running away from the police, he accidentally falls into a pit of an experimental physics lab and the molecules of the sandy test bed bind into him entirely, transforming Marco into the innovative Sandman thus acquiring the capability of changing his shape and size, blowing a lethal dust storm, escaping with the speed of wind amongst other things.
In his love story, Peter faces some tough choices with his partner M.J. which forces him to move away from her love and attention. Ironically the Spiderman saga always revolves around his girlfriend. During this time enters a slimy black symbiotic substance which binds itself with the Spidey suit while he’s taking a nap, making it dark and evil — compelling Spiderman to act like a villain himself. His actions are deplored all around the city with people viewing him with disgust and bewilderment. This is Spiderman’s most challenging occasion – he must get his love back, clear his tarnished image in the minds of the community and fight the evils of the society, all single handedly.
Tobey McGuire is magnificent playing the title role for the third time and especially his metamorphosis into a vicious superhero. However, one feels there are some inane moments begging us to ask if we’re watching a Hindi cinema or a slick Hollywood action flick. Spiderman 3 has some emotional moments mixed with action. Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane (aka M.J.) plays her part of a disturbed lady quite wonderfully. Despite the movie series being always known for its digital effects, Spiderman 3 has some path breaking sequences from amongst the lot. Most notable is Marko transforming into Sandman in the testing pit, rising from the brown dune, inch by inch and secondly the blowing dust storm which he emanates after escaping a crime scene every time. All credit must go to Sony Pictures Imageworks and overall Visual Effects Supervisor, Scott Stokdyk and his team. This movie is made for the big screen (unlike a few others) so make sure you don’t miss it.
Lastly, I recognized this gentleman on the screen without much trouble and was quick to point that out to my friend. So while you’re munching that pop-corn and sipping the cola, pay attention to this man who meets Peter Parker at Times Square, reading a news bulletin and saying “You know, I guess one person can make a difference”. Guess who he is? He’s the creator of Spiderman himself — Stan Lee.
Raimi destroyed Venom and spiderman franchise, we want guillermo del toro directing spiderman 4
Oh! you think so? well, must find out more on del toro. But could you elaborate on why Raimi destroyed the characters? it would could provide an insight :-)
spot on justine, spiderman 3 did to spiderman what batman and robin did to the batman franchise