Spider-Man 3 (2 DVDs)

Director Sam Raimi returns for the 3rd film in the modernisation of the Spiderman series. Having already defeated Green Goblin and Dr Octopuss, Spiderman finds himself at odds with a whole set of new villains. Being adored by the citizens of New York has gone to Peter Parker's head. So much so, that he fails to see how miserable girlfriend MJ is when she is dropped from her broadway show. When she tries to talk to him about how she is feeling after a series of bad reviews, he somehow manages to make every single conversation about him and his alter-ego's fame. The action gets started when the main villain of the piece, Flint Marko, escapes from prison and ...  Read the complete review

The most memorable thing about Spiderman 3 for me was seeing Konnie Huq wearing next to nothing at the British Premier, leaving nowhere to pin the Blue Peter Badge. What a woman! The movie isn’t quite imprinted on my imagination to the same effect though. There’s no doubt film one was a cracker and the sequel even better, but has the franchise run its course with a disappointing ‘threepeat’? This if not a trilogy as there’s more films to come. The critics weren’t wowed and reviews on dooyoo backed that up. But I think the point is here that it suffered in the press because it had a lot to live up to the previous two classics and so only judged on that ...  Read the complete review

When this film first came out, it got mixed reviews, it seemed critics and a few others were panning spiderman 3 because of some things that maybe could have been done better, and making the bad points seem like a really big deal, after I saw spiderman 3 for the first time, I lost trust in a lot of film critics. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the last time I checked, a fantasy film like this is something to enjoy...not find mistakes it might have, but have fun watching the special effects and action, one reviewer said that the cgi looked rushed, and I think he doesn't know what the hell hes on about, because as far as I can tell, the cgi, especially with the ...  Read the complete review

Caught in a web of heartfelt nonsense with this one I'm afraid. I mean, Is it me, or are our comic book heroes given too much depth when on the silver screen? I don't care that batman feels personally responsible for the death of his parents, nor am I even slightly bothered that the Hulk was the last child to be picked any sort of sporting endeavour as a child; so I am I going to give a web flicking toodle in the wind that Peter Parker is battling the overwhelming urges to be modest when he has been given some of the greatest superpowers bestowed upon anyone ever? No, but then again I am not an impressionable child that needs to be taught the ways of the warrior ...  Read the complete review

The latest in the series wasn't universally well received, the main moans being about it's length and an attempt to be serious about it's characters. Well, as Kevin Costner said about Wyatt Earp "it's as long as it needs to be". What with spiderman fighting the new goblin, sandman, all the everyday criminals and a virus from outerspace that turns his suit black and his personality blacker there is no time for snoozing. The action sequences are all as dizzying as the two previous outings. A scrap early on with the goblin thats carried on between the tall city buildings with both contestants bouncing of walls and falling hundreds of feet while ...  Read the complete review