Sam Raimi
Spiderman 3

Last Saturday, I told myself "why not go to the cinema to watch a good movie?" And soon enough, my friend PaxBrother suggested we go see "Spiderman 3." "Why not?" I said, "I liked the first and second movies, let's go see the third one too." So that very evening, we found ourselves at the cinema and among throngs of noisy and petulant children, we found two good seats. The ads end, the lights dim, the doors close, the children are hushed, and the film can begin:

I don't know if it has ever happened to you, but looking desperately at your watch after only thirty-five minutes of the film, wondering why it isn't over yet: well, it happened to me that evening.

A beginning we could call classic, considering the two previous films: the amazing Spider-Man flying between skyscrapers while the girls scream his name. Classic too is the initial part of the film with the classic man, a fugitive who accidentally gets demolecularized and turns into a terrible sandman: "nice," I say, "finally the villain has arrived." But imagine my amazement when, already taken by utter boredom, I see the second antagonist of the film emerge: that kind of black amoeba, of which:

1) its origin is unclear

2) its motivation and purpose for arriving is unclear

3) it's unclear why it comes and desperately seeks Spiderman, only to disappear at the end after being defeated.

But setting aside these details, the fundamental problem is clear: there are really too many antagonists. First the sandman, who, although I could say is well-executed, falls into the banality of many other films and comics (see "The Fantastic Four"), then the rival journalist, and finally the terrible amoeba with which it bonds, creating a terrible shapeshifting monster, repulsive, which in my opinion, had nothing to do with SpiderMan. Once the antagonists are finished, one would think there should be someone to help poor Spiderman, alone against three enemies, but who arrives instead?: the fourth antagonist, the son of Goblin (antagonist of "Spiderman") who in a very predictable way at the end of the movie comes to Spiderman's aid and dies helping him.

As if that wasn't enough, what genius stratagem does Spiderman use to defeat the terrible amoeba from space: he bangs metal pipes against each other, the noise of which severely damages and destroys the alien invader: NO COMMENT!

CONCLUSION

- Too many enemies, therefore (almost 4), combined with a movie that is really far too long (almost 2 and a half hours), all seasoned with the difficult psychological events of the wonderful Mary Jane, who can't make a breakthrough in the entertainment world.

A movie to watch? Well, you tell me, I recommend it to those who suffer from insomnia!