Spider-Man 3

[AnalBreeze]

Spider-Man 3

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Release Date: May 4, 2007 (conventional theaters and IMAX)

Studio: Columbia Pictures

Director: Sam Raimi

Screenwriter: Alvin Sargent

Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church,
Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, James Cromwell, Rosemary Harris

Genre: Action, Adventure

MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sequences of intense action violence)

Official Website: Spiderman3.SonyPictures.com

Plot Summary: Columbia Pictures' "Spider-Man 3" reunites the cast and filmmakers from the first two blockbuster adventures for a web of secrets, vengeance, love, and forgiveness that will transport worldwide audiences to thrilling new heights on May 4, 2007.

In "Spider-Man 3," based on the legendary Marvel Comics series, Peter Parker has finally managed to strike a balance between his devotion to M.J. and his duties as a superhero. But there is a storm brewing on the horizon. When his suit suddenly changes, turning jet-black and enhancing his powers, it transforms Peter as well, bringing out the dark, vengeful side of his personality that he is struggling to control. Under the influence of the suit, Peter becomes overconfident and starts to neglect the people who care about him most. Forced to choose between the seductive power of the new suit and the compassionate hero he used to be, Peter must overcome his personal demons as two of the most-feared villains yet, Sandman and Venom, gather unparalleled power and a thirst for retribution to threaten Peter and everyone he loves.

Here's a picture with Venom in it...

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[Killroy]

I read a couple of gushing fan-boy reviews, and although I expected them to be glowing, I cannot deny that it got me a bit excited about the film. I am not a big Spider-Man fan, but I liked the movies enough.

Oh, added to the calendar.

[McVain]

Haven't cared much for this franchise yet. I'm not much on super heros though. As a kid I gravitated more to comic heroes that didn't have super powers.

[AnalBreeze]

I wouldn't call myself a Fanboy but I love these movies and Spider-Man 2 was one of the best movies ever! :cool:

[AnalBreeze]

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The Reviews are coming in...

*** These comments may contain spoilers ***


Just saw it and........, 23 April 2007


Author: ssprisco from Australia

I just saw Spiderman 3 at a press screening in Adelaide and here's the deal... It is better than the first movie but not quite as good as the second. The major thing the movie suffers from (and many audience members agreed) is that for most of the 140 min running time Spidey is MIA!! I mean even when he is swinging around NY he has his mask ripped off or isn't even wearing his costume at all. It's a wonder the entire eastern seaboard doesn't know who Spidey really is. Sam Raimi has otherwise done a pretty good job of melding late 60's story elements from Amazing Spiderman comics to the Todd McFarlane era of the 80's. Venom was impressive and it didn't matter that small details such as costume design deviated from the what fans remember from the pages of Marvel. The saga of the black costume was threaded into the movie well, even if the only explanation we get for the symbiotes presence is that it simply came down in a meteor. A Spiderman acolyte I saw the movie with also mentioned that Sandman's part in the film was largely superfluous and his argument is valid, but when you see the digital work that accompanies his screen time you will be glad he's there, because it's pretty revolutionary. All in all a nice roundoff to the trilogy and let's hope if there ever is another movie that at least Toby Maguire and Kristin Dunst return because at this point they are cemented into their respective roles.

Sam Raimi's: Spiderman-Man 3, 22 April 2007

Author: randy100 from Zambia

By far the greatest of the trilogy, and Sam Raimi's first true masterpiece.

Every scene of the movie flows together at a fantastic pace, and the acing is breathtaking. Tobey gives his best performance yet, and none of it is over-shadowed by the CGI.

There is a lot of action (all of which is top-rate), but it never gets tire-some or repetitive.

All three villains are sure to entertain and to interest you, Venom especially.

Also, Bruce Campbell's cameo is hilarious.

[AnalBreeze]

At this time in one week... I'll be at the midnight showing of Spider-Man 3! :p

[AnalBreeze]

On Monday I'm going to buy my tickets for the thursday midnight showing! :D

[brokenandtwisted]

On cs.com apparently one of the major 'downfalls' of the movie is that Venom is hardly shown...which means that everything we've seen so far is basically 'it' with Venom?

[AnalBreeze]

Venom is in the last 30 minutes... But what did you expect, They are basicly putting 2 movies into 1! Kinda like Grindhouse without the missing reels! ;)

[AnalBreeze]

I just bought my tickets for the Thursday Midnight showing!
There was a fricken line for the tickets... Geeze people, Get a life! :rolleyes:

In case you missed it or are still downloading it here are some pics from the Final Spider-Man 3 trailer.
I decided to go all Venom for the screenshots, so enjoy the Symbioite and Eddie Brock at their best.

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[AnalBreeze]

Are you ready for a NEW weekend box office record? Cause here it comes! :D

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[Tobe_Romero]

I can't believe I am saying this, but I think I will skip this one on the big screen and wait for the DVD.

[AnalBreeze]

Yeah, good thinkin' then you can be different!;)

[dop]

Im gonna watch both the first ones(or posibly just the second one) to get in the mood and try to go to the matine screaning tomorrow so it wont be as packed, If I cant make it ill go till monday, I hate idiots ruining my movie experiences.

[AnalBreeze]

Their were quite a few idiots at the midnight showing I went to!
The crowd went nuts when the preview for Rush Hour 3 came on! :eek:

Sam Raimi has upped the ante in the special effects department and his awesome sequences of the shape-changing Sandman would probably blow you away. If, somehow, you feel disappointed with the plot of this sequel, it is probably because Raimi had made the two predecessors so fantastic that expectations inevitably run high for this one. No, "Spider-Man 3" is not disappointing. It just gets bogged down a bit by a heavily-laden plot, repetitive sequences and some recurring jokes...

[dop]

Wile I did like the first two a lot bether(mostly plotwise) this one is still great, amazing action sequences and SFX(when snadman first turn into, DAMN!).

I didnt really like Venom's design as I felt he should had been a lot bigger and a lot smother(as not show spidey's fabric texture) have a bigger mouth with a huge tounge and slime comeing out of it just like in the comic book, neither did I like Topper Grace as Brock but what you gonna do.

The new Green Goblin design was great tho, looked more like a realistic military suit.

Overall a great movie.

[Killroy]

Friend of mine saw it tonight, She said it was ok, but that it had a LOT of cheesy parts. She also said her audience laughed at some parts where Peter Parker is crying. She also mentioned the fact that Kirsten sings twice in the films.

[AnalBreeze]

Wile I did like the first two a lot bether(mostly plotwise) this one is still great, amazing action sequences and SFX(when snadman first turn into, DAMN!).

I didnt really like Venom's design as I felt he should had been a lot bigger and a lot smother(as not show spidey's fabric texture) have a bigger mouth with a huge tounge and slime comeing out of it just like in the comic book, neither did I like Topper Grace as Brock but what you gonna do.

The new Green Goblin design was great tho, looked more like a realistic military suit.

Overall a great movie.

Just got home from seeing it again with my son! He loved it!:cool:

[dop]

Friend of mine saw it tonight, She said it was ok, but that it had a LOT of cheesy parts. She also said her audience laughed at some parts where Peter Parker is crying. She also mentioned the fact that Kirsten sings twice in the films.

Yup, lots and lots of really cheesy moments.

[AnalBreeze]

'Spider-Man 3' Breaks Opening Day Record

Spider-Man 3 cast the widest web ever—over 10,000 screens at 4,252 theaters—and nabbed the all-time biggest gross for a single day: an estimated $59 million on Friday.

The previous title holder, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, drew $55.8 million on 8,500 screens at 4,133 theaters, contributing to a record-breaking $135.6 million weekend last July.

[brokenandtwisted]

Meh...some spoilers, but nothing that will really ruin a view:

So, I just saw this (and did other things this evening that have guaranteed me my own little cell in Hell)...so, I have one question to pose: What happened? SM and its sequel were excellent and at one point in time it can be noted that through the horrible comic book movies, we'd always have the extravagent and excellent ones: the Spider-Man films. Not so, at least if one includes the third film.

This film was rushed! Unlike the other Spider-Man films, where Parker was developed as a character...there really isn't any development for Peter Parker as an individual. Yes, one can say that the suit changed him and he reflected upon his actions, however it's entirely insignificant. He's the old Parker again in the end, loving, intelligent, forgiving and cute in a nerdy-way. He lives by his aunt's philosophy and carries on with his uncle's.Therefore I'd have to say that Parker isn't even the protagonist in the film, in my opinion. If it were read like a book (which is how I view films, sadly), I'd say that either Flint or Mary Jane were the protagonists. Parker was just the character who set everything into motion.

First of all Marko is really the only character that develops and evolves into a fresh character and in perspective the entire film should have revolved around him. He's introduced and we learn about his character and how the conversation with him and his wife foreshadow an event in the future yet play on the past films. When his molecules are arranged and he "becomes one with the sand", it's probably the best CGI I've seen, and gives us a neat introduction to what he is to become. Sadly, a lot of his story is thrown under the bus so to say, by pointlessness such as Eddie Brock's subplot...which in the end, never really went anywhere. It became revenge (classic, no?) on the grounds of insignificance.

Venom (the symbiote) is purposeless, as is Eddie Brock. Marketing gimmick? Damn straight...black costume = neat? Yeah. Venom having really anything to do with the movie? Nope...really nothing in the end. Eddie Brock is a fluff, a character of no importance to the film. With media hype practically everyone was waiting for their favourite villain to pop up on screen and have a final showdown with the hero. As if...Venom is practically off screen the entire time (doing what, God knows, because nothing occurs). If you want Venom, use your imagination or watch the clips and trailers...because that's pretty much what you get. So...the symbiote was pointless so I have to say this was merely an introduction...Spider-Man's greatest enemy in the film for no reason? Pffft. Aside from Eddie's body missing after Peter does his thing, I'd have to say that only a portion of the symbiote was killed. In the end, Venom fled. I feel that he had no purpose simply because I don't understand why he was in the film in the first place...it does nothing for it.

The ending was one of those What the Fuck moments. Too much sand...not enough Venom, Harry's exit and MJ being bait again. It was the dissapointment everyone's been talking about. In addition the film is too chaotic. There's so much happening with various characters and such that a 'straight-line plot' does anything but exist, unlike in the first two SM films.

All in all, the film is forgettable. Nothing special here aside from the amazement one can cause another to sit through with computers. Choppy acting at times and dreadful dialogue at times as well.

6/10

I got bored typing so I'll add more to this later...

Little things I forgot to add:

- James Franco is...good. Even although his character died, I'd do the corpse if it were possible, scars and all.
- Topher Grace is oddly attractive in this film...he's put on a few pounds, thank God, he's no longer Eric Foreman.
- I've never seen an Evil Dead movie...so I didn't know who Bruce Campbell was...but his character is, next to the CGI, the most memorable thing in this film...which is coming from someone who's never seen him before.
- Kirsten Dunst...why all the bashing? I enjoyed her. Her singing was horrible...but I have the inkling that she was suppose to suck, so even the audience would think that she wasn't cut for Broadway. Plus, she made up for Tobey's acting.
- Tobey Maguire ruined the fucking movie. I will be pleased when SM4 rolls around and we have a new actor as I was, frankly; releaved when he wasn't on screen. I don't know what's happening with him...he's been steadily getting worse as his paychecks increase.
- Errors! I swear I saw the production crew reflected on the bank-truck.

I hope Pirates 3 fucking RAPES this film at the box office.

[AnalBreeze]

3 day opening weekend...$148,000,000 estimated

[brokenandtwisted]

3 day opening weekend...$148,000,000 estimated

148-59 = 89. 89 million in one day...pretty good. :)

[AnalBreeze]

$59,300,000 - Friday (estimate)

$51,000,000 - Saturday (estimate)

$37,700,000 - Sunday (estimate)


Weekend top 10 estimates!


1. "Spider-Man 3," $148 million.

2. "Disturbia," $5.7 million.

3. "Fracture," $3.4 million.

4. "The Invisible," $3.1 million.

5. "Next," $2.8 million.

6. "Lucky You," $2.5 million.

7. "Meet the Robinsons," $2.46 million.

8. "Blades of Glory," $2.3 million.

9. "Hot Fuzz," $2.1 million.

10. "Are We Done Yet?", $1.7 million.




After watching this for the 3rd time, I still liked it!

Raimi could film a dog shittin' and make it interesting, To me!

Things I didn't like were...
When Spidey swings in to save the day at the end, He lands in front of that GIANT american flag, :eek:
Also when Sandman goes all Hulky at the end and then says uh? when Goblin Jr. throws a pumpkin bomb in his ear!
Also when Harry bops MJ in the head... What the hell was that?
I don't know if I like that part or hate that part, It's just so weird?

I can see why some people hate this one after part 2 was so great
There is alot going on in this one, sometimes too much!
But the action and funny parts made up for the things I didn't like!

But all I really wanted was for Spidey to beat the hell out of the "Pirates" record,
It has done that, Now Spidey has 2 weeks till "Shrek the 3rd" comes out...
] and 3 weeks till "Pirates" tries to beat the hell out of Spidey's record to regain the title!

By then, Spider-Man 3 will be at 300+ million and have a pretty good lead in the summer box office race





SUNDAY NIGHT UPDATE: 'Spider-Man 3' adds an estimated $41.3 million Sunday; Will likely top $150 million

[CPL CHUD]

The action sequences were tits; big sweaty tits glissening in the sun. The rest was a chaotic mess of underused characters, pointless subplots, melodramic, unintentionally funny fluff. The fanboys will jizz their pants. Everyone else will be left saying "blah".

[AnalBreeze]

Over at fantasymoviemoguls.com I entered a guess the weekend box office take for Spider-Man 3! My guess was...
This game is now closed for new entries.
You guessed $153,000,000

Weekend actuals were $151,116,516 :cool:

[Killroy]

OK, I'm back and me and my son are on the same page as far as the movie goes. Just for reference, I did not like the first one too much, but loved the second one.

Anyway, the good:

1. Ever single action scene. Top-notch work, even the parts that you could tell were CGI. It was really, really, good. They are getting so much better with placing actors faces on CGI bodies. The crane scene, the fights, absoultely no complaints.

2. Thomas Hayden Church. He was great as the Sandman. He really came off as the sad-sack the Sandman truly is.

3. Topher Grace. Thought he was ok. Surprisingly, I did not think of Eric Foreman except for a couple scenes in which he was acting like a smart-ass.

The bad:

Everything else. Horrible dialog, cringe inducing cheese-ball moments (the newscasters and the landing in front of the flag come to mind immediately). Kirsten Dunce is so goddamn ugly it was distracting. It was amazing the ugly she exudes...enough so that it made Bryce Dallas Howard look like the hottest thing to ever grace the screen. Thank god for her. There was not one scene Kirsten was in that was either good, enjoyable, or even worth watching. Pointless.

Lastly, Venom was wasted and the entire plot-line with Peter and his new symbiotic swagger was so goofy I could not believe they had actually filmed it...and then left it in. Franco was ok when he was angry, but when he was playing the happy-go-lucky version of himself, he acted like he was stoned of his gourd.

I did not have too much of an issue with Toby, at least no more than the last two films, but the dance number in the jazz club was ridiculous and his quivering-lip cry was laugh inducing. Sorry, but it was. Lastly, it was too long. The could have trimmed an easy 20 minutes off.

But even with all that, I would still rate it on par with the first one but not nearly as good as the second. The effects, however, are the ones to beat at this point. They were a true accomplishment.

Overall, 6/10

[AnalBreeze]

I couldn't have said it better... I don't mind Dunst as much as you. I thought Franco was good and funny. I agree on the corn ball stuff and the dance scene in the jazz club was embarassing. I absolutely hated the landing in front of the flag. But I still loved the Movie! Like I said before, It's NOT Spider-Man 2 but then how many movies are!

With all the hype for this movie the 1st veiwing was a let down
But when we saw it again, I enjoyed it more and so did my son! :cool:

[Killroy]

I couldn't have said it better... I don't mind Dunst as much as you. I thought Franco was good and funny. I agree on the corn ball stuff and the dance scene in the jazz club was embarassing. I absolutely hated the landing in front of the flag. But I still loved the Movie! Like I said before, It's NOT Spider-Man 2 but then how many movies are!

With all the hype for this movie the 1st veiwing was a let down
But when we saw it again, I enjoyed it more and so did my son! :cool:

Yeah, I didn't hate it. I was entertained, so that's a good thing. Had they tightened things up a bit by removing some of Kirsten's scenes, replaced the dumbass sidewalk-swagger and jazz club visit with some more meaningful story like...I don't know...a little more Brock? Maybe a bit more of Sandman? How about fleshing out the relationship between Peter and Gwen. Also, the ending drug on a bit. One too many fade-outs.

But again, like I said, I was entertained and forgot to mention that I like the fact that they at least touched on the cockiness and ego issues Peter had naturally fallen into now that he was fully aware of his popularity.

[AnalBreeze]

'SM3' Swings to All-Time 4th-Best 2nd Weekend w/$60M

Box Office Mojo has released final 3-Day estimates today, and they are projecting a $60M weekend for Spider-Man 3, bringing its to-date cume to $242M. If the BOM number holds up when the actuals come out tomorrow, SM3 will have posted the fourth-best second weekend in film history.

1. Shrek 2 (Dreamworks) -- $72.1 million
2. Spider-Man (Sony) -- $71.4 million
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Buena Vista) -- $62.3 million
4. Spider-Man 3 (Sony) -- $60 million
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Warner Bros.) -- $57.4 millio


It's a huge drop and to-be-expected when you open a movie on a third of the domestic industry's available screens, but Spider-Man 3 now has no chance to get to $400 million domestic, and even $375 million domestic might be tough to reach. One of my best studio sources is working with a 2.3 to 2.4 multiple. That means that you multiply the opening weekend of $151 million by 2.3 and 2.4 to arrive at a total domestic box office range of $347.3 million-$362 million. Meanwhile, the four new wide releases ranged from disappointing (Fox Atomic's 28 Weeks Later with $10 million) to disastrous (Universal's Georgia Rule with $5.9 million and Lionsgate's Delta Farce with $3.5 million) to almost invisible (Weinstein/MGM's The Ex with $1.3 million).

[AnalBreeze]

Domestic Total as of May. 13, 2007: $240,236,828

Foreign Total as of May 13, 2007: $385,427,186

Total: $625,664,014 :D

[Killroy]

The movie had one of the sharpest drops from opening weekend to next. The film’s second weekend drop was 60%. By no means a failure, of course, but it shows that word of mouth was not good and people stayed away on the second weekend. This happened with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest as well, with a 54% drop from opening weekend to next.

But here are the drop-offs from the last two Spiderman films:

Spider-man (2002)--second weekend dropped 37% from 114 millon to 71 million.
Spider-man 2 (2004)--second weekend dropped 48% from 88 million to 45.

Some would say that these massive drops are to be expected with any movie that has such a strong opening, but I feel that both of these movies are example of how hype and fans will get asses in the seats on opening weekend, but the word of mouth afterwards can effect who goes on the next. I do not think Spiderman 3 has legs and wouldn't be surprised to see it get beat by something this weekend.

[AnalBreeze]

I will definately get beat this weekend, Shrek the Third comes out!
It should hold on to number 2, though!

[AnalBreeze]

My son wanted to go see it one last time with his friends and asked me to take them...
Ok! It was either that or stay home and mow the yard! :rolleyes: