Spider-Man 3, which has been called the last movie in the trilogy by some (though it remains to be seen if the “Spider-Man trilogy” will be misnamed in the same way the “Hitchhiker’s Guide trilogy” was), was released on Friday. Unlike the previous two films, this one doesn’t focus on a single villain. Instead, Spider-Man must contend with Sandman, a new Goblin, and Venom. Overall, I was very pleased by this movie. It wasn’t as good as the previous one, but that’s neither surprising nor particularly disappointing, since the last one was excellent.

There were definitely scenes where this one fell flat or was unintentionally (I think) funny, but the overall story is solid, and while at the end of the movie you do feel like there’s been a lot of stuff going on for the last two hours, it doesn’t feel overly crowded. The Venom and Sandman storylines probably could’ve been split up and fleshed out enough to make this into two movies, but doing so would’ve made the conclusion to Harry’s storyline that’s been threaded through these first three movies much less satisfying.

Spoilers follow. You know the drill. (Not as many thoughts as you usually would’ve gotten, though, since I’ve put off writing this for a week. Sorry)

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