Y'know what? In my opinion Spiderman 3 WAS a bad film. I don't believe it belongs anywhere near the same category as Batman and Robin, or....Catwoman, but it was a bad film. When you think about the potential that SP3 had, when you think about what Sam Raimi could've pulled with that movie, I can't help but to feel a strong disappointment for that flick. Of course I let my expectations soar with SP3, but only because SP2 was so stellar, and the material Raimi could've used was literally RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF HIM, that it just...baffles me how he managed to screw it up.
He planted the seeds with Harry Osborn discovering the secrets of both Spiderman and the Green Goblin. Then you have MJ knowing the secret, you include the symbiote in the film, that's a perfect set up right there. I'm not trying to bash the guy, sure it's a good popcorn flick, the same can be said for the FF movies, the same can be said for X-men the last stand and Wolverine origins. I expected the third Spiderman film to have a rich storyline. Peter battling the aggressive impulses that the symbiote enhances, Harry Osborn's rise as the new Green Goblin. I really, really could've done without Sandman, and a villain like Venom should've been saved completely for the fourth film. I mean, the guy made a damn near classic film with only Doc Ock and a damn good story. Of course people are going to have high expectations when material like the one the third film had is in the hands of a capable director in Sam Raimi. The plot was everywhere, jumbled up, going too fast, and the character's actions made little to no sense.
The only thing, IMO, it had going for it was the action sequences. If I want to see a film because of action sequences, I'd go see Bay's Transformers. Nah, I'm sorry, SP3 was a bad film to me. No, I don't believe Raimi is a hack for it, I still love his work. He'ss till made two stellar Spiderman films. But geez, man, it possibly was the studio's interference, as well as fan outcry, but I really want to know how they could've messed up that 3rd film, when they were working with more ideas than they had with the first two.