Spider-man III [Spoilers]
Oh look, Dan’s writing instead of revising. Did you learn nothing from the various maladies you have yourself when you revised for Equity?
I just deleted a four page essay on Spiderman 3. Let’s be short. It’s got too many villians, Venom’s not a proper character, Harry’s arc should have taken longer, it’s all a bit contrived and should have let the film breathe more by spacing this out over another film, with three baddies, all three of which have some character connection to Peter, it all becomes a mess. The Effects are (as usual for Spider-man,) below par and the structure has been photocopied from the second film Peter is happy > Peter becomes ’someone else’, > Peter becomes normal > Peter talks the baddie down. You will, however, go to see the film. So whilst you’re there, enjoy ‘Dark Peter’, enjoy the gags (JJ is grossly underused in this film, but when he’s on screen it is hysterical) and James Franco who goes to prove that he’s A-List in the waiting. In fact, it’s Franco who is the revelation here, but the script does him disservice by not allowing his machinations to breathe a little more.
Oh and there’s nowhere near enough Willem Defoe.
Oh, and I wrote at least four paragraphs about how I thought Venom was the Anti-Spider-Man. Not in this film, he’s just a vehicle for Brock’s revenge. Blah blah blah.
