How does Spider-Man 3 follow on the heels of its predecessor, which was widely considered the best superhero movie ever? For starters, you pick up the loose threads from that movie, then add some key elements of the Spidey comic-book mythos (including fan-favorite villain Venom), the black costume, and the characters of Gwen Stacy and her police-captain father. In the beginning, things have never looked better for Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire): He's doing well in school; his alter ego, Spider-Man, is loved and respected around New York City. And his girlfriend, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst), has just taken a starring role in a Broadway musical. But nothing good can last for Spidey. Mary Jane's career quickly goes downhill; she's bothered by Peter's attractive new classmate, Gwen Stacy (Bryce Dallas Howard); and the new Daily Bugle photographer, Eddie Brock (Topher Grace), is trying to steal his thunder. Enter a new villain, the Sandman (Thomas Haden Church), who can transform his body into various forms and shapes of sand and who may be connected to Peter's past in an unexpected way. There's also the son of an old villain, Harry Osborne (James Franco), who unmasked Spidey in the previous movie and still has revenge on his mind. And a new black costume seems to boost Spidey's powers, but transforms mild-mannered Peter into a mean and obnoxious boor (Maguire has some fun here).

If that sounds like a lot to pack into one 140-minute movie, it is. While director Sam Raimi keeps things flowing, assisted on the screenplay by his brother Ivan and Alvin Sargent, there's a little too much going on, and it's inevitable that one of the villains (there are three or four, depending on how you count) gets significantly short-changed. Still, the cast is excellent, the effects are fantastic, and the action is fast and furious. Even if Spider-Man 3 isn't the match of Spider-Man 2, it's a worthy addition to the megamillion-dollar franchise. --David Horiuchi

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The Third Placed Third

Overall, Spider-man 3 was a good movie. The action and character development rivaled the first two movies and, despite some inconsistencies, continued the story after the end of Spider-man 2. If story is what you're going for you won't be disappointed.
However, as much storyline as they packed into the movie, it seemed rushed. And Raimi sure had fun "emo"tizing Peter Parker after the symbiote got a hold of him. His quirky directing came out (in the form of a couple one-liners and a few awkwardly silly scenes) more in this film than the first two--a plus for Raimi fans, but not so much for Spidey fans who wouldn't so much expected it.
All-in-all, though i very much enjoyed the movie, but it'd be rated below the Spider-man, which i would rate below Spider-man 2. So the third placed third.

Good, but not as good as 1 and 2

It's a decent third movie, to the spiderman series,but like the usual sequels, it isn't as good as the first movie was or even the second.

Spiderman 3Super Sound

It seems like the sound for each Spiderman has gotten better and better. This one is great, at least on my system. Not sure what it would sound like on a lesser system. I am greatly pleased.