10 Thoughts on Spider-Man 3

Caught this on The Block's Cinema1 w/ friend Rons. Got to remember that "guaranteed seats" does not mean "guaranteed quiet viewing." I think a kid (why the MTRCB G-rated this movie instead of PG I'll never know, money 'coz Venom ain't exactly a kid-friendly character) 2 rows above me coughed on me. Ecchh.

1. Opening credits were for the benefit of those who've been hiding under a rock--on Mars-- all this time and missed the first 2 Spidey flicks.
2. For a professor who said was a physicist, Doc Conners sure spent a lot of time analyzing the symbiont. And it didn't even faze him that the stuff was acting like evil Flubber.
   
3. Bruce Campbell was at his cameo comedic best as zee French waiter. Makes up for Stan Lee's hokiest cameo yet.
   
4. "Peter Darker©" was funny (not as funny was Campbell), tho' his poor Tony Manero impression (at that bizarro Pee-Wee-Herman-dancing-to-Tequila sequence) bewildered me. I thought the symbiont was attracted to aggression, not released inhibitions. That's Smallville's Red Kryptonite.
5. I missed the point of Harry's brief period of amnesia, as well as the cookin an' Twistin w/ MJ scene, AND the death threat scene. How exactly does MJ telling Pete that she's in love with someone else save Pete from Harry? Pete's Spider-Man, and he can (and did) kick Harry's ass before.
   
6. Oh, no! Mary Jane's in grave danger! Gotta get my costume, then... stare at it for the longest time while MJ's inside a cab dangling hundreds of feet in the air.
7. Poor Thomas Haden-Church. Not only did his acting chops play second fiddle to his CGI-Sandman, but the whole storyline concerning his sick daughter went nowhere. Praises to Topher Grace for his role as Eddie Brock.
   
8. Most cringe-worthy moment: Spidey swinging in front of the American Flag. I literally went "Gah!" with that.
   
9. Most movies follow the Karma-like rule of the villain not dying unless he/she murders/kills someone else earlier in the film. Not so here. Venom? Dies. Harry? Dies. Sandman? Does his Michael Jackson impression in the Remember the Time music video.
10. This movie was like X3 done right, 'tho that's not saying much.