My boys and I saw Spider-Man 3 on opening day.  We were unaffected by any other movie review and I went in to see this movie without having watched every trailer or having read spoilers prior.  My reaction was simply, nice ending, they wrapped up everything in a bow.  So in case you never see another Spider-Man story the Harry Osborn story, the love story between Mary Jane and Peter Parker's coming into his own as Spider-Man are all complete.

What some movie goers and critics are having a hard time embracing is the fact that Spider-Man at its heart is an action based movie, it is not a drama.  To view it as such is a mistake.  This latest installment of Spider-Man ups the action a lot and this may put you off, so if you don't like action movies then this movie may test your attention.

Now for the details.  Anyone that says the story is too all over the place is forgetting this is a movie experience based on an action hero of comic books.  It's based on a comic book.   Comic books are busy, and hardly ever based on reality.  Having said this, what makes the Spider-Man franchise on the big screen work so well is the emphasis on characters and our ability to identify with them, understand the good guys motives and the bad guys motives alike.  What we all loved about Spider-Man coming to the big screen was identifying with a human having superhuman powers we all wish we had.  Swinging from tall buildings, climbing up the side of buildings and such.  Who wouldn't want to be able to jump off the side of a building without fear?  To watch Spider-Man do this is us projecting ourselves onto the screen as him.   Personally I loved ...   more »