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The wow factor works overtime with state-of-the-art effects sequences that often are as beautiful as they are astonishing.
Read the full reviewThere are delicious bits aplenty in Spider-Man 3 for those who care to notice.
Read the full reviewSolidly entertaining and possesses dazzling special effects, but it falls short of the near-perfection of the Spidey sequel.
Read the full reviewRaimi, who shares script credit with his brother Ivan and Alvin Sargent, strikes an exquisite balance between pop and woe, drama and whooshing adventure.
Read the full reviewThere are plenty of pleasures here: The slow birth of the Sandman from a heap of supercharged sand crystals (or something) is a marvel of digital animation, and the chemistry between Dunst and Maguire feels like the dynamic of a real couple, full of subtle shifts and eloquent silences.
Read the full reviewSpider-Man 3 has terrific moments, but after the danger and majesty and romantic brio of "Spider-Man 2," those adrenalized rooftop ballets feel, more than ever, like sequences.
Read the full reviewSo Spider-Man 3's action is superb and its theme fairly weighty. Then why does it feel a letdown from its predecessor? Nearly all the blame rests with director Sam Raimi, who's taken the success of some light slapstick moments in Spider-Man 2 as a cue to get even sillier.
Read the full reviewWill the extremely extravagant special effects prove sufficient to sustain the picture? Surely they will, this time. Still, there's a sense of fatigue in the scenes that don't involve high-tensile webs and high-tension suspense.
Read the full reviewThough aspects of it are entertaining, the presence of all these mismatched pieces give Spider-Man 3 an ungainly, cumbersome feeling, as if its plot elements were the product of competing contractors who never saw the need to cooperate on a coherent final product.
Read the full reviewSpider-Man 3 is, in short, a mess. Too many villains, too many pale plot strands, too many romantic misunderstandings, too many conversations, too many street crowds looking high into the air and shouting "oooh!" this way, then swiveling and shouting "aaah!" that way.
Read the full reviewThe bittersweet paradox of this franchise is that while the stories have grown progressively less interesting the special effects have improved tremendously, becoming at once more plausible -- when Spider-Man swings through the urban canyons he finally looks almost real -- and more spectacular.
Read the full reviewA sense of strain envelops the proceedings this time around. One can feel the effort required to suit up one more time, come up with fresh variations on a winning formula and inject urgency into a format that basically needs to be repeated and, due to audience expectations, can't be toyed with or deepened very much.
Read the full reviewSpider-Man and the first sequel were breezy adventures - easy and fun to sit through. Spider-Man 3 is a chore. The effective moments require a lot patience to uncover and some of what has to be shifted to get to them is not worth the effort. People love trilogies because it's said that good things come in threes, but this series would have looked better and felt more satisfying had the filmmakers stopped at two.
Read the full reviewAn overlong, visually incoherent, mean-spirited and often just plain awful Spider-Man 3.
Read the full review"Spider-Man 2" was a textbook example of how to make a sequel: Deepen it, make it funnier, give it more heart and come up with a strong villain and a good story. Spider Man 3, by contrast, shows how not to make a sequel.
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The Metascore® designation for this movie is 59
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Spider-Man is the Best SuperHero EVER
"On May 6 2007 I went to see Spider-Man 3 at the movies and it is a good movie It has 3 times the action and the best SuperHero EVER teahes kids the meaning of friendship and to see how it is to have friends in all of our lives the frist two movies were great and the 3 movie is good too and all the 3 movies are the best in the triogy Spider-Man is the best SuperHero Triogy EVER and this is why I say that Spider-Man is the Best SuperHero Ever and i also say that the 3 Spider-Man movies are the Best SuperHero movies I have ever seen I Give Spider-Man 3 Two Thumbs Up and 5 Stars and The Score of 93 Out Of 100 So Enjoy Spider-Man 3 and I also say that Spider-Man is the Best SuperHero Triogy Ever and Spider-Man is the Best SuperHero EVER"
hmmm
"It was ok but not as good as the 2nd. I thought the 2nd was the best."
Best one yet!
"All the spiderman movies have been great, but this one was the best one yet!I gave it 4 stars and I think you should rent or buy this movie!"
Totally Satisfied
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Worst movie of all time...Ishtar or Chuck and Larry?
"While I love Sandler and Kevin James....and the premise of the movie seemed very funny...it was the worst movie I've ever seen (yeah, worse than Ishtar)...and that's coming from someone who loves ridiculous/silly (Airplane, Naked Gun, Dumb and Dumber, etc.). It proves that you can have the best talent and the worst script.....and it's still going to be really, really lousy. I didn't laugh once....if you're looking for laughs, look elsewhere...save your money."
Good But Not The Best Of The Trilogy.
"Spider-man 3 could have been the best of all Spider-man films and the future films to come, if it wasn't for the amount of deleted scenes which were backstories of Eddie/ Venom, Sandman, and Gwen. But the thing that made Spider-man 3 so bad was the uncreative plot (if a plot at all) that took part in this adventure of the Web-Slinger. The smart thing to do would be to ethier re-release the extended version of the film in theaters or put the Director's Cut on DVD ( like Spider-man 2.1) along with the release coming October 30th of this year. Other then that this movie is very disapointing for the Spider-man fans that have been waiting for three years to see an another "thinks just because the first two were succesful so this will be the same even if junk is in it" films."
Most depressing movie ever
"Don't be fooled by the hype. "Brought to you by the people that brought you 'The Lion,The Witch, and The Wardrobe' this movie with it's misleading trailer should have never been made. What is portrayed to be a magical world of joy and discovery is a morbid, depressing look into the mind of a sick puppy. DOn't let your kids watch this movie it will teach them nothing and will kill their imaginations. This has to be the most depressing movie I have ever seen. I had hoped to let my kids watch it on the drive on our vacation, but now I am too afraid they might leap out of the car with sheer melancholy and sudden suicidal depression at this film. I can only imagine how horrible the book would be for them to read. Fantasy my butt!!"
No Big Deal..
"I have enjoyed the Spiderman movies. Spiderman three was a disappointment to me. So much dialogue, with a little action slipped in. Does Toby think he's a serious actor, not in my book.."
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