After the not-so-encouraging reviews, I was a bit skeptical while entering the movie hall to watch Spiderman-3. I’m a Spidey fan and was silently wishing that it wouldn’t be as bad as the Grandma-reviews that the Hindu posts – After all this is the costliest movie ever made.
Within a few minutes of the opening, one by one the villains start to appear and by the time you feel suffocated by the number of new characters, Spidey suddenly (well, not suddenly. The alien life-form does take its time to select and infect its host) turns black – Physically, mentally and spiritually. He’s beleaguered by problems all around him – a sulky girlfriend, his job under threat, friend-turned foe-Harry rooting for his head with better gadgets and not to mention, the ridiculously named and characterized Sandman. It makes even Peter lament at one point of time.
This must be the most complex episode of the franchise so for so that it’s not only Spidey, even MJ isn’t sparred by the cruel turn of events. Her career fails to take off, she’s jealous of Parker’s fame, falls for Harry – once again even if for a brief moment, and has to endure the sight of Peter wooing Gwen Stacy right before her eyes.
As with all comics, there comes a culmination of events which leads to an as-happy-a-ending as possible. Spidey conquers Sandman with his ability to forgive, while Venom falls prey to his addiction – power. Just like our very own Pazhan-thamil movies, Harry sethu vachufies Peter and MJ and dies smiling in their arms.
In the absence of a viable plot, the film does meander along at certain points but the CGI effects make you not only to sit up straight but also brings out the child in you.
Goodbye Toby. You did a good job of bring back Spidey in to our lives. Hopefully your successor will take it to more heights.
