Spider-Man 3 is the third--and, apparently, final--installment in the highly-successful franchise with Tobey Maguire in the title role as the web-slinging hero. In this film, Spidey goes against not one, not two, but three--count 'em!--THREE super-villains, namely the revamped Green Goblin (whom Spidey defeated in the first film), the Sandman--which is a super-villain who can be "defeated" by water (WATER!)--and the completely bad-ass Venom. Well, I say Venom is "bad-ass" even though he's played in this flick by none other than Topher Grace. Yes, the wiseass skinny jag-off with the Prince Valiant hairdo was actually cast as a super-villain. This made about as much sense as Arnold Schwarzenegger being cast as super-villain Mr. Freeze in the George Clooney mega-bomb Batman & Robin (or George Clooney cast as Batman, but I digress). As for the overall flick itself, the action scenes are pretty good; that is, when it finally gets around to them as the movie is slow-going at times and tends to be melodramatic in places. And just how melodramatic does this flick get, you might ask? Well, Spidey breaks down and cries towards the end of the film after his friend Harry a.k.a. the revamped Green Goblin dies in his girlfriend's Mary Jane's arms after "helping" Spider-Man defeat the Sandman and Venom. Lame.
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