In my opinion, James Franco stole the whole show. I wasnt expecting Harry to lose his memory, but it makes sense that they would do that so they dont have to worry about the altercation between him and Peter throughout most of the movie. But because of the memory loss we get to see so much emotion from the guy. There were so many fantastic moments from the character. Great stuff, and none of this would mean anything had he not had the excellent set up in the prior movies.
That evil grin he flashed peter in the diner was just nothing short of chilling and beautiful at the same time.
The movie was good. A bit long, but good. I love how Eddie looks when he becomes Venom. The teeth, the hair, so very kewl. The minute I heard Venom talk, though, I could hear the cries of the little fandom piggies squealing in pain as Venom had a normal voice versus a more alien, demonic voice. But I didnt mind.
What bugged me though, was Sandman. He was great, but his role at the end of the movie felt very forced and rushed. He's trying to help his sick daughter, so exactly why is he focusing on Spider-man now? I know Spidey has gotten in his way but wouldnt he be more focused on his daughter and worry about Spider later? I just didnt get why he teamed up with Venom at the end. Felt like there should have been more of a reason at the end. Like, Venom knew of a way to help his daughter and would tell him if he helped out. Or did he make that offer and I just blanked out?? I know Venom mentioned his daughter but he was just like "you want Spiderman dead, so do I so lets kick his ass".
Oh well, the resulting end battle was kewl. Im not sure if I liked Sandmans ending, though. He fades away, that's neat. But I'm left wondering "is his daughter going to be ok". Speaking of the end battle, the entire bit with MJ constantly in worse and worse trouble was edge-of-your-seat stuff. I was constantly wondering how she was going to be saved.
One thing though, I just loved that, again, this movie focuses on the characters in the movie and not the villains. This movie was mostly Peter, MJ, Harry, and Eddie. This wasnt a "what's Sandman going to do now!" or "How will Venom brood and plot his next dastardly scheme?!". It was very down to earth and I love that. This is what makes the Spider-man movies so appealing to me, the fact that the movie really tries to humanize everything while remembering it's a comic book, of sorts. You can relate to a lot of the scenarios.
You know, if they stopped spider-man here, this would be perfect. Peter has grown so much. Become a man, learned to deal with juggling his life and the pressures of a hero, and finally learning true forgiveness. It's come full circle. I cant begin to imagine what the next script will look like. I almost dont want to. This is a perfect ending.
If I could change one thing about this movie, I would have liked to have a little more Eddie progression. The small bits we got were fantastic. It just would have been nice to have a little bit more along with more of Gwen.
blah blah blah. Great movie.
