In Spider-Man 3, Peter Parker has finally managed to strike a balance between his devotion to M.J. and his duties as a superhero. But there is a storm brewing on the horizon. When his suit suddenly changes, turning jet-black and enhancing his powers, it transforms Peter as well, bringing out the dark, vengeful side of his personality that he is struggling to control. Under the influence of the suit, Peter becomes overconfident and starts to neglect the people who care about him most. Forced to choose between the seductive power of the new suit and the compassionate hero he used to be, Peter must overcome his personal demons as two of the most-feared villains yet, Sandman and Venom, gather unparalleled power and a thirst for retribution to threaten Peter and everyone he loves.
Before going off on any rants, let me be sure to say that this is not a bad movie. It's definitely watchable/entertaining. The effects are great and it's worth the price of admission. This is just one of those movies that your expectations ruin the movie. I was pretty disappointed in parts of this movie. There was no need for it to be 2 hours and 30 minutes. If given access to the editing room, I could easily cut it down to an hour and 45 minutes. The villains were awesome and the story build up of the two new ones as well as the new Goblin and Spidey were great. The problem was the obsessing about how the black suit changed Spidey. All that he had to do was yell at Mary Jane or Aunt May once and we would have gotten the point. Instead of simply doing that, they went so over the top that we have a whole lot of screen time devoted to Peter Parker with a lot of eye makeup and darker hair (a true sign of the dark side apparantly) and there was even a spiteful dance scene done by Spidey. Seriously? I'd like to never witness that scene again. Again - the movie as a whole is not bad. There are just a couple of really lame parts within the whole that hold the movie back.
Regardless, I would still recommend people checking this one out. Like I really have to? I'm pretty sure everyone and their mother will be seeing this at some point no matter what.
