Spider-Man 3 gets very little love, the poor thing, so here’s some reasons to love it:
-The birth of Sandman, a case of CGI done very very right (accompanied by some insanely beautiful music)
-The portrayal and treatment of Gwen: she’s an attractive model who flirts with two different men throughout the film and isn’t shamed, or punished, or fridged. Or killed!
-The potrayal and treatment of MJ: a lesser film might have written her off as an unreasonable harridan, but her problems are given equal weight to Peter’s, she isn’t shamed for turning to another man in a moment of weakness, and we’re told why she reacts to certain things the way she does.
-Harry’s sacrifice mirroring Norman’s death
-The downbeat ending- Peter and MJ will probably be all right, but we can’t be certain
-Aunt May’s monologue about her marriage (which was fantastically acted by Rosemary Harris)
-Harry’s death being a) geniunely sad and b) SO PRETTY with the lighting and the music (that shot up there is one of my favourite shots in any film ever)
-James Franco getting to eat the scenery for a bit