S3

I finally caught Spiderman 3 today. I cant help but feel it was a little of a letdown.while they were trying to hash out Parker's inner dilemma/demons/turmoils, they neglected the villains. the story, while noble in its attempt, proved too huge a task for Sam Raimi to tackle in my opinion. Visually,imo again, nothin was as stunning as S2's edge-of-ya-seat train sequence, or as ground-breakingly surprising as Dr Oct's first appearance at the cafe, sending a car smashing thru it while grabbing MJ afterwards, everything happening 40 times slower than usual.

even before i caught the movie, i was a tad disappointed with the promo poster already. it didnt tell us anything more than the fact that spidey has a change of costume now. i was hoping for a poster with the sandman. so much has been said about how his character's visual effects was the most difficult to make thruout the 3 movies, yet it wasnt blown up in full poster-glory, the details of sand, Thomas Hayden Church's brooding meant-to-play-bad face. i was also hoping to see venom's real face. it was a scary sight and i'm jus disappointed it wasnt made use of. forget about the surprise element, because we all know venom's gonna make an appearance. S2 had Doc oct in full glory. so why not S3's villains? and James Franco so deserves his own poster for New Goblin.

like i said, the villains werent played out to its full potential. so much was spent tellin Parker's dilemma that the villain's backstory got neglected a lil IMO. Venom wasnt as buffed up, and where's his powers?! no giant claw ala the video game?! but the sight of him was indeed scary. i just wish there was more. his twisted mind and violent nature was way underplayed. and topher grace was underutilised. such a waste.

the sandman. we only know he's got a daughter to save. and then?! his daughter only appears in one scene. and his guilt over killing uncle ben?! it wasnt very obvious as well.Gwen Stacy (Bryce Dallas Howard) was more like a vase being made use of rather than a 2rd party love interest.

Tobey must be havin fun playin his evil side. Kirsten, while still the damsel in distress, has a meatier role at least. I guess the surprise comes from James Franco. as the new goblin, his character was given more exposure/development as compared to the previous film. everybody loves a reformed bad guy, and everyone loves a sidekick/ally. i shall stop here in case i give too much away...hahhaa...

but anyway, there goes my hope of seeing venom(and Topher) again, and perhaps even Carnage. Mysterio wld be an interesting one to tackle. or the lizard can be scary enough.