![]() One of my favorite scenes in the film is a verbal confrontation in a diner between Peter and Harry. Their struggle between being friends and enemies makes for some tense moments. Harry and Peter's relationship is probably the most interesting part of the story. The character Harry Osborne returns and becomes one of the film's three villains: a new Green Goblin that takes over where the Goblin of the first film left off. His line delivery works perfectly with his character's sleazy personality and his scenes with Peter are some of the best. The addition of Topher Grace as Peter's photographer rival, Eddie Brock, was great casting. The Daily Bugle scenes, as always, were great and funny. Regardless though, many scenes were very enjoyable to watch and I don't just mean action scenes. I was just disappointed in its flow as a narrative and thought it aimed much higher than it should have in terms of what to include plot wise. Despite how it seems, I didn't hate the film. That the two would decide that quickly to become partners after coincidentally running into each other is just sloppy to watch. For one it's very short, and two the characters don't know each other and have completely different motives for being villains. This scene is needed to set up the final, huge battle of the film but just seems poorly worked in. Venom proposes they team to get Spider-Man together, Sandman agrees, end scene. Venom, one of the super-villains, is swinging through alleyways when he is ambushed by the Sandman, another villain. One scene sticks out particularly in Spider-Man 3 as too awkward. They're frustrating because they act like speed bumps where the plot suddenly feels awkward and my enjoyment of the film drops. The Matrix Reloaded is full of these contrived scenes and so is Spider-Man 3. These scenes can feel very forced because they often rely heavily on coincidence. A bunch of smaller scenes are then written to connect those scenes. Some films end up feeling like a story wasn't really even written, but instead a series of well-crafted scenes that don't necessarily fit well together. In good exposition, events lead to other events and it all seems to flow naturally. A lot of this has to do with poor exposition and the decision to include three villains. If you took Spider-Man 1 and 2's stories, wove them together and compressed them into one 2 hour film, you'd have a mess pretty similar to Spider-Man 3. The film tries to tell a lot of story for one film, much more than either the previous installments. Where it doesn't feel like its predecessors is in its pacing and scope. also carry over well and it's easy to jump back into their lives. The New-York of Spider-Man 3 is about the same as before, as is Peter's apartment, The Daily Bugle offices, etc. The scenery and characters felt like weak and dull recreations and that really bugged me. The Matrix Reloaded never felt to me like I was witnessing the continuation of the story and world presented in the first installment. Continuity in tone really helps hold a series together. I never felt like I wasn't seeing the same world or characters and that's important to me. Positively, Spider-Man 3 does reasonably well at maintaining a feeling similar to that of the first two films. Satisfied more or less means adequate and to follow a sequel that I consider excellent with a film that's only adequate is a certainly a step down. My feelings after watching the third film are somewhere in the neighborhood of satisfied, but that feeling is fairly disappointing.
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