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Spider-Man 3 (DVD)
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Title: Spider-Man 3
Leading Role: Bryce Dallas Howard,Dylan Baker,James Cromwell,James Franco,Kirsten Dunst,Thomas Haden Church,Tobey Maguire,Topher Grace
Director: Sam Raimi
EAN: 5035822495432
Rating: UK:12
Product ID: EPID59980792
Description: The webbed superhero and his girlfriend, Mary Jane, get embroiled in a love triangle while he is forced to confront a new slate of dastardly villains and a power that changes his very personality.
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Average at bestReview created: 30/01/08
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11 of 13 people found this review helpful.
I am a spiderman fan but have been dissappointed by the films so far. Spiderman himself is a good character and does well but the villans have been very poor in all 3 films. They are poor in acting and the plots have been weak to say the least. I hope future films will address this.
The only reason this film should be seen is to see spiderman in action, don't have high hopes of a excellent film mind you.
The only reason this film should be seen is to see spiderman in action, don't have high hopes of a excellent film mind you.
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Spider-Man 3Review created: 30/06/07
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Spiderman 3 opens the summer movie session with its premiere on May 4th. After the black-hole period of January and February, at least when it comes to movies, Spider-Man 3 and a suite of other movies bring a breath of fresh air to the movie industry.
Let’s face it – when it comes to this part of winter, the offer isn’t really that great. The Christmas specials are over (thank God!) and whether they’re new and high-tech or the same you see each year, they’ve left room for…well, not much really. This is the time of year when the movie companies release all sorts of class B movies (mostly horrors or flimsy comedies), lacking other immediate options.
It happens every year. This spring, however, Spiderman 3 seems to be one of the most awaited blockbusters. The third and final part of the trilogy by Sam Raimi, it closes the series with an inner battle. The movie’s tagline is
‘Next Summer the Greatest Battle Lies Within’ – accurately descriptive of he character’s situation. Peter Parker is taken over by a strange entity from beyond our own world. It causes him more trouble than villains and mischief by interfering with his everyday life. And above everything, he has to fight more evil doers, resist temptation and take his revenge. Spider-Man 3 brings a slightly darker face of things to life, making the Peter Parker story more complex.
Sam Raimi is a prolific producer, actor, director and writer. Spider-Man 3 is said to be his masterpiece. However, his attraction for the movie industry started out when he was little. Big fan of The Three Stooges, as a teenager he used to make movies with an 8mm camera and the influences of The Stooges’ movies were obvious. Later on, he directed a series of comic horrors and comic book based movies. They had moderate success throughout the 80’s, but definitely increased his filming abilities and skills.
After some favorable critic reviews, he finally made it big in 2002 with the first part of the Spiderman series. Ever since, his fame soared. If in the 80’s he had to take his unsuccessful flicks to Europe when they were rejected in the U.S., he has now gained the respect of Americans critics and fans once and for all.
Spiderman 3 already finds lead actors Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst as extremely renowned actors. Not among their first movies, but definitely destined to reach a wider public than others, the first Spiderman film opened up the gates of Hollywood for the two. Thus, their freshly-gained popularity made way for other projects, at least as interesting as this one.
In any case, things weren’t always like this. Before Spider-Man 3, with its famous actors, director, and millions of related items sold worldwide, there was a young cartoonist. In 1962, Stan Lee brought a new comic book superhero to life. The business had been dominated up to that point by fully-grown, muscle-bound tough guys. The contrast was more than obvious – Peter Parker was nothing but a frustrated teenager who wanted to make things better for himself and for the ones around him, and who, for the first time, actually could do it. It obviously hit a soft spot with millions of teenagers facing the same problems, tired of unrealistic, complex-generating comic book heroes. They wanted someone they could relate to, and Peter Parker was just that; more than 40 years later, Spiderman 3 is a legend.
Let’s face it – when it comes to this part of winter, the offer isn’t really that great. The Christmas specials are over (thank God!) and whether they’re new and high-tech or the same you see each year, they’ve left room for…well, not much really. This is the time of year when the movie companies release all sorts of class B movies (mostly horrors or flimsy comedies), lacking other immediate options.
It happens every year. This spring, however, Spiderman 3 seems to be one of the most awaited blockbusters. The third and final part of the trilogy by Sam Raimi, it closes the series with an inner battle. The movie’s tagline is
‘Next Summer the Greatest Battle Lies Within’ – accurately descriptive of he character’s situation. Peter Parker is taken over by a strange entity from beyond our own world. It causes him more trouble than villains and mischief by interfering with his everyday life. And above everything, he has to fight more evil doers, resist temptation and take his revenge. Spider-Man 3 brings a slightly darker face of things to life, making the Peter Parker story more complex.
Sam Raimi is a prolific producer, actor, director and writer. Spider-Man 3 is said to be his masterpiece. However, his attraction for the movie industry started out when he was little. Big fan of The Three Stooges, as a teenager he used to make movies with an 8mm camera and the influences of The Stooges’ movies were obvious. Later on, he directed a series of comic horrors and comic book based movies. They had moderate success throughout the 80’s, but definitely increased his filming abilities and skills.
After some favorable critic reviews, he finally made it big in 2002 with the first part of the Spiderman series. Ever since, his fame soared. If in the 80’s he had to take his unsuccessful flicks to Europe when they were rejected in the U.S., he has now gained the respect of Americans critics and fans once and for all.
Spiderman 3 already finds lead actors Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst as extremely renowned actors. Not among their first movies, but definitely destined to reach a wider public than others, the first Spiderman film opened up the gates of Hollywood for the two. Thus, their freshly-gained popularity made way for other projects, at least as interesting as this one.
In any case, things weren’t always like this. Before Spider-Man 3, with its famous actors, director, and millions of related items sold worldwide, there was a young cartoonist. In 1962, Stan Lee brought a new comic book superhero to life. The business had been dominated up to that point by fully-grown, muscle-bound tough guys. The contrast was more than obvious – Peter Parker was nothing but a frustrated teenager who wanted to make things better for himself and for the ones around him, and who, for the first time, actually could do it. It obviously hit a soft spot with millions of teenagers facing the same problems, tired of unrealistic, complex-generating comic book heroes. They wanted someone they could relate to, and Peter Parker was just that; more than 40 years later, Spiderman 3 is a legend.
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Another brilliant Marvel movieReview created: 13/06/08
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) 5 of 5 people found this review helpful.
This is another classic movie adapted from a Marvel superhero comic. These movies have generally been a bit hit and miss in cinemas; Spiderman 1 & 2 were excellent, as was Hulk and recently Ironman. On the other hand, Fantastic 4 and Daredevil were poor showings.
Thankfully this 3rd installemnt of the Spiderman series is fantastic. A good storyline with the typical blend of romance and action, some outstanding camerawork and action scenes to rival any decent movie of the same genre. The lead role of Spiderman is performed expertly and the enemies really make the film spectacular to watch.
Overall, Spiderman 3 is an excellent watch. You'll be glued to your seat for the duration and sure to admire the fantastic special effects and quality camerawork that makes the film very memorable.
Thankfully this 3rd installemnt of the Spiderman series is fantastic. A good storyline with the typical blend of romance and action, some outstanding camerawork and action scenes to rival any decent movie of the same genre. The lead role of Spiderman is performed expertly and the enemies really make the film spectacular to watch.
Overall, Spiderman 3 is an excellent watch. You'll be glued to your seat for the duration and sure to admire the fantastic special effects and quality camerawork that makes the film very memorable.
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Spider-Man 3 (DVD)3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
Spider-Man must battle the Sandman, the second-generation Green Goblin and his own dark side if he is to save New York City and his love for Mary Jane
How many exposed girders are there in New York? The mind wanders during frenetic computer-generated action sequences, and this reviewer became fixated upon the numerous riveted beams on show in Spider-Man 3.
In a vertiginous aerial battle, Spider-Man (Maguire) and Harry Osborn (Franco), son of the Green Goblin, ride the Z-axis like deranged birds until Harry bangs his head upon a girder and suffers amnesia. Later, in a thrilling action sequence, a construction crane goes awry and takes a bite out of the side of a skyscraper, shredding the glass exterior to shock us with the fragility of the underlying structure of the building. The climactic battle takes place on a construction site. The Sandman (Haden Church) looks like he has escaped from God's cement mixer: Spider-Man is tied to a girder and pounded by the Sandman's enormous fist. This is a New York that is being rebuilt; its reconstruction, and the preponderance of building materials lying around, tie into the central theme of the film - forgiveness.
New York has been the mistress of many superheroes, demanding they leave their family life to come and enjoy some thrills upon her streets, saving her from her reckless impulses. Spider-Man is awarded the key to the city, an infidelity he seals with a kiss upon the lips of Gwen Stacy (Howard). His girlfriend Mary Jane Watson (Dunst) is gutted. Their relationship has moved past the early successes of youth into the troubles of grown-ups, where failure lurks.
An aspiring actor, Mary Jane's performance in the musical 'Manhattan Memories' gets bad reviews. In a nice moment of characterisation that looks back to the first time we met Mary Jane, her self-worth battered by a terrible home life, she notes that each word of those bad reviews reads like it was written by her father.
As New York turns young Parker's head, he becomes less attentive to his girlfriend's problems. She turns to amnesiac Harry Osborn. Harry and Mary Jane make an omelette together and share a kiss: James Franco plays amnesia as if the condition has returned him to a state of prelapsarian innocence. He babytalks and cutie-pies around these scenes until one longs for the girders to return.
If the first two Spider-Man films were driven by Jewish guilt - Peter Parker compensating for his role in the death of his uncle Ben - then Spider-Man seeks completeness in the Catholic doctrine of forgiveness, whether it's Peter understanding and forgiving the man who killed his uncle or - in the background - New York moving on from the 9/11 attacks, rebuilding, reconstructing, rebirthing. Hence all those girders. The now-iconic New York fireman is seen cheering on Spider-Man, who pauses before the Stars And Stripes so that the subtext flashes blindingly upon the surface of the film.
Verdict
The visceral stuff - the fighting and chasing - is great. The comedy is funny. But the film unravels with no emotional charge and you'll be pretty restless during the climactic apologies.
How many exposed girders are there in New York? The mind wanders during frenetic computer-generated action sequences, and this reviewer became fixated upon the numerous riveted beams on show in Spider-Man 3.
In a vertiginous aerial battle, Spider-Man (Maguire) and Harry Osborn (Franco), son of the Green Goblin, ride the Z-axis like deranged birds until Harry bangs his head upon a girder and suffers amnesia. Later, in a thrilling action sequence, a construction crane goes awry and takes a bite out of the side of a skyscraper, shredding the glass exterior to shock us with the fragility of the underlying structure of the building. The climactic battle takes place on a construction site. The Sandman (Haden Church) looks like he has escaped from God's cement mixer: Spider-Man is tied to a girder and pounded by the Sandman's enormous fist. This is a New York that is being rebuilt; its reconstruction, and the preponderance of building materials lying around, tie into the central theme of the film - forgiveness.
New York has been the mistress of many superheroes, demanding they leave their family life to come and enjoy some thrills upon her streets, saving her from her reckless impulses. Spider-Man is awarded the key to the city, an infidelity he seals with a kiss upon the lips of Gwen Stacy (Howard). His girlfriend Mary Jane Watson (Dunst) is gutted. Their relationship has moved past the early successes of youth into the troubles of grown-ups, where failure lurks.
An aspiring actor, Mary Jane's performance in the musical 'Manhattan Memories' gets bad reviews. In a nice moment of characterisation that looks back to the first time we met Mary Jane, her self-worth battered by a terrible home life, she notes that each word of those bad reviews reads like it was written by her father.
As New York turns young Parker's head, he becomes less attentive to his girlfriend's problems. She turns to amnesiac Harry Osborn. Harry and Mary Jane make an omelette together and share a kiss: James Franco plays amnesia as if the condition has returned him to a state of prelapsarian innocence. He babytalks and cutie-pies around these scenes until one longs for the girders to return.
If the first two Spider-Man films were driven by Jewish guilt - Peter Parker compensating for his role in the death of his uncle Ben - then Spider-Man seeks completeness in the Catholic doctrine of forgiveness, whether it's Peter understanding and forgiving the man who killed his uncle or - in the background - New York moving on from the 9/11 attacks, rebuilding, reconstructing, rebirthing. Hence all those girders. The now-iconic New York fireman is seen cheering on Spider-Man, who pauses before the Stars And Stripes so that the subtext flashes blindingly upon the surface of the film.
Verdict
The visceral stuff - the fighting and chasing - is great. The comedy is funny. But the film unravels with no emotional charge and you'll be pretty restless during the climactic apologies.
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film practicaly new, good quality/service1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
good quality and service film was in good condition, picture was very clear and in wide screen and surround sound was fantastic
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Spider-Man 3 (DVD)Review created: 10/04/08
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) 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Your 'friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man' swings back into town a little less friendly than before in the third instalment of Sam Raimi's cracking comic-book franchise. An extra-terrestrial parasite is to blame as it seeps between the fibres of Spidey's skin-hugging bodysuit and draws out his darker side. Once again Tobey Maguire is pitch perfect as the web-slinging geek, actually rousing sympathy and getting big laughs, looking like Adolf Hitler meets 70s hipster.
Especially unimpressed with Peter Parker's metamorphosis is girlfriend MJ (Kirsten Dunst), who seeks solace in ex Harry Osborn (James Franco). Of course Harry's got his own 'issues' with Parker, although he temporarily forgets to avenge dad's death after a knock on the noggin. Playing the amnesia card is a little desperate on the writers' part, but there are other more grating coincidences that hold together a very complicated plot, eg, the emergence of Sandman (Thomas Haden Church) and, in particular, his history with Parker.
Nonetheless, Sandman is a truly fearsome villain, stunningly realised in CGI. His human side offers sharp contrast, echoing Spidey's own 'family vs. duty' dilemma. Similarly, Topher Grace, playing a rival press photographer and Sandman's cohort Venom, forces Parker to face up to Harry (who inevitably recovers his memory).
"AWESOME AEROBATICS AND SHREWD MOMENTS OF COMEDY"
It's this emotional push-and-pull that raises the stakes, prompting a sharper intake of breath as Spidey goes swinging into action. And there's plenty of that - awesome aerobatic battles, each one topping the last. Shrewd moments of comedy bring our hero crashing back to earth, like a wickedly funny scene where he channels John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever! Despite a few knots in the story, that trademark combo of warmth, wit and charm keeps you hanging.
Especially unimpressed with Peter Parker's metamorphosis is girlfriend MJ (Kirsten Dunst), who seeks solace in ex Harry Osborn (James Franco). Of course Harry's got his own 'issues' with Parker, although he temporarily forgets to avenge dad's death after a knock on the noggin. Playing the amnesia card is a little desperate on the writers' part, but there are other more grating coincidences that hold together a very complicated plot, eg, the emergence of Sandman (Thomas Haden Church) and, in particular, his history with Parker.
Nonetheless, Sandman is a truly fearsome villain, stunningly realised in CGI. His human side offers sharp contrast, echoing Spidey's own 'family vs. duty' dilemma. Similarly, Topher Grace, playing a rival press photographer and Sandman's cohort Venom, forces Parker to face up to Harry (who inevitably recovers his memory).
"AWESOME AEROBATICS AND SHREWD MOMENTS OF COMEDY"
It's this emotional push-and-pull that raises the stakes, prompting a sharper intake of breath as Spidey goes swinging into action. And there's plenty of that - awesome aerobatic battles, each one topping the last. Shrewd moments of comedy bring our hero crashing back to earth, like a wickedly funny scene where he channels John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever! Despite a few knots in the story, that trademark combo of warmth, wit and charm keeps you hanging.
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blue ray!!! the way to goReview created: 25/03/08
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
For those out there with a large lcd, plasma tv.. go and buy a blue ray player or ps3, the quality and definition in comparison to a normal picture is is nothing short of amazing. So if you were in two minds before because you didnt know whether there was any difference, then take it from me there is a huge difference.
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bit long and boringReview created: 24/10/09
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much the same as the other 2 spiderman films but I found this one a bit long and boring in places and is lacking in actions scenes.
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Spider man 3This is a good cheap film to buy off ebay, Well worth the few quid it cost's. U can always sell it on once u have finished with it.lol.
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fab ebayergreat ebayer, fab prices.. can't get much better can you?
thanks for a brand new films at a new low price :)
thanks for a brand new films at a new low price :)
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JESUS LOVES YOUA Great Film and worth to be collected in my DVD FILM COLLECTIONS! God Bless Us All!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bar raised too high?Compared to the other two this is clearly an inferior product. However as a stand alone popcorn fuelled movie it is still a very good film. Just try not to compare to previous instalments.
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highly recommended good sellerGreat film excellent price grandchildren watched it time and time again I will lookout for more DVDs from this seller.
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Spiderman 3Bought this for may son's 9th birthday - he loved the film when he saw it in the cinema, and he put it on his birthday list.
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its a good itemReview created: 06/05/09
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the item is a ecellent dvd and the dvd is a good film and if like spider man you like the dvd and spirer man is a superhero and the dvd is a bolockbuster dvd
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Good spidey movie
) Not the best of spidey movies, it had its moments. But nevetheless, it will make spidey fans jumping for joy on certain occassions.
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Spider-Man 3Review created: 07/04/09
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Wanted to complete the collection of all 3 DVD's and enjoyed the dark side of this particular story.
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Spiderman 3Third film in the series of Spiderman movies. Good special effects throughout with the dark side of Spiderman revealed complete with his black outfit. Enjoyable and watchable film. Maybe a 4th movie? Who knows.
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Spiderman 3I bought this DVD for my grandson and family. He is absolutely fascinated with Spiderman and the 'baddies'. The film was graphically very good with plenty of action and a good story line. Toby Maguire excels as Spiderman as was Kirsten Durst as Mary Jane (though I do think her role was slightly more weaker), But overall a very watchable, enjoyable film for all the family. I would highly recommend this to anyone.
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High Def Heaven!Bought the 2 disc Blu Ray version and it demonstates the power and clarity of High Definition movies superbly.A must have for all Blu Ray owners.
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EXCELLENT MOVIE FOR THE KIDSI BOUGHT IT BECAUSE IT WAS ALOT CHEAPER THAN THE SHOPS WAS ORIGINAL AND BECAUSE MY KIDS LOVE SPIDERMAN.
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Spiderman 3Review created: 25/02/09
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Fantastic, full of action, well recommended to others, especially little spiderman fans!!! We have watched this twice now and it was excellent!
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spiderman 3Review created: 21/02/09
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ITS A GREAT FILM MY SON KEEPS WATCHING IT ON TV AND HAD TO GET OUR OWN COPY SO HE COULD WATCH IT ANY TIME. All the spiderman fims are good.
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As it says!!This was bought as a gift so i can't personally comment on it but it was a huge hit with my 4 year old nephew!
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