What were you thinking, Sam?

All good things have to come to an end at last. Unfortunately the Spiderman movies are no exception. Generally, I don't care much about reviews until I watch the movie, but in this case almost all the early reviews were spot on. Sam Raimi's third edition of Spiderman falls flat given its hype. You have to rack your brain to remember at least one really redeeming feature of the movie among all the smattering of heartbreaks, relationship quadrangles, emotional one-up manship, songs and dancing and what not. Last time I checked, this was supposed to be an friendly neighborhood action hero film, but it turns out to be a been-there-done-that Spiderman meets Shahrukh Khan directed by Karan Johar. Whatever few action scenes come by in all the protracted mushy-gushiness are either unimaginatively stale or just too fast and dark. You know the film has missed the plot when your action hero has to reach for the nearest glycerine bottle after every few scenes and the film starts and ends with a song and has Peter Parker dancing in a jazz club. The humour is all very forced and predictable. The only good thing I guess is the Sandman animation, but in the end even he just vanishes into thin air after getting all emotional about his daughter's medical condition and regret about his crimes. Give me a break. The only person who stays true to his character is probably Eddie Brock Jr. / Venom. The guy is atleast unapologetically evil while others around him fuss about with personal problems like inner darkness, relationships and friendship trouble.

All in all, it won't be so bad if you manage to give this one a miss. The onus now falls on the Pirates of the Caribbean and Harry Potter sequels to rescue the summer movie line up from doom. Both promos looks good, but then so did Spiderman-3's.