Fine actor though he is, even Thomas Haden Church struggles with the flimsy material he’s given. Apparently included because he’s a favourite of both Maguire and Raimi, Sandman is given a back-story that ties him to events in the first Spider-Man movie, but it’s an unnecessary complication. That ‘something’ was, pure and simple, the decision to go with both Sandman and Venom as Spider-menaces. It’s clear that something has gone askew during the planning stages. J., Harry, and Bryce Dallas Howard’s Gwen Stacy to Harry’s thirst for revenge to the origin of the alien suit - that it takes over an hour for Parker to even think of pulling on the black duds. It’s the catalyst for many of the climactic events, including the birth of Venom, but it takes so long for Raimi to establish the threads of the plot - from the creation of Sandman to several contrived love triangles involving Peter, M. To wit, it’s well-known by now that the movie’s central conceit sees Spider-Man don a black suit that, being an alien parasite, begins to exert an evil influence over him.
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And so an otherwise smart and engaging movie becomes bloated as a result. Huge problem when Raimi is also determined that the focus not move away from Maguire’s Peter Parker/Spider-Man. Great thinking when there’s only one - bit of a problem when there’s three. But where Nolan had his bad guys simply show up, bringing little-to-no back-story, Raimi has always insisted that his villains should have an arc. Multiple villains can be done, of course, as shown in Chris Nolan’s Batman Begins. And while the broth isn’t spoiled by the presence of too many cooks - there's too much giddy entertainment here for that - it sure tasted a lot better with just a spider in our soup.
In Spider-Man 3, however, Raimi breaks his own rules, racking up not one, not two, but THREE different nemeses (four, if you count the enemy within) for our friendly neighbourhood whatsit to contend with.
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One of Raimi’s most admirable traits throughout the series to date has been his refusal to pit his protagonist against multiple villains, thus avoiding the unfocused fate of, say, Batman Forever, in which the title character essentially cameoed in his own movie.
So it’s a shame to report that, while Spider-Man 3 is a consistently enjoyable start to the summer silly season, it more pings off the post than completes the hat-trick. The Spider-Man franchise had all the potential in the world to become that great trilogy: with Sam Raimi at the helm the first two films triumphed at the box office and, more importantly, were crackers. Comic-book movies have tended to translate this as ‘more explosions’ ‘bigger nipples’ ‘hire Brett Ratner’, or ‘Richard Pryor - on skis!’ The ideal trilogy closer should augment existing themes and visual motifs, while introducing new characters that drive the story to unexplored heights. When it comes to completing a trilogy, superhero movies have been generally bobbins. Now think of a great comic-book movie trilogy. Chances are you’ve come up with Star Wars (originals, of course).
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