Even MY spider-sense was tingling

I know I'm in the majority, but I wasn't too crazy about Spider-Man 3. Although, I'm more forgiving than most because I did think the action scenes, especially the crane-building sequence were really fun and incredible to watch. It was everything in between that nagged at me. I could tell within the first 20mins or so that there was something off about the movie. Here's a SPOILER-FILLED list of the things that bugged me the most about SM3 (in no particular order):

1. What the hell happened to Spidey's spider-sense? He got snuck up on, beat down, and tossed aside at every occasion. One of his main powers is missing? That's just lazy writing if you ask me.

2. Even when he had the full Venom-mask thing going (you know... the eyes, teeth, tongue thing), the voice coming out of the most menacing Spidey-villain ever created (IMHO) was that of Topher Grace. With the mask up, the voice should've been much more raspy and monsterous.

3. Eye-liner and messy hair do not an evil Peter make.

4. The 70s-esque evil-Peter montage was slightly funny, but mostly out of place and a waste of time.

5. Venom wasn't introduced until late in the movie at which point there's no opportunity to fully explore the damaged psyche of Eddie Brock and Venom. In this movie, he just comes off as a spoiled, over-sensitive brat.

6. Gwen Stacy was an unnecessary addition. She could've been any random woman, so why make her the figure from one of the most tragic stories in Spidey history? You're just asking to piss the fanboys off.

7. The retcon that made Flint Marko Uncle Ben's killer. Stupid.

8. The revelation that Harry's butler knew that Norman really did die by his own glider's blades. That makes it ok? Forget the fact that Spidey jumped out of the way of the glider to save his own ass, but Norman DID NOT commit suicide. He was killed accidentally during a fight with Spider-Man, people! Harry, in his state of mind, would not have cared about anything else.

9. How many times does Peter have to take off his Spider-Man mask in public before someone sees him and exposes his secret identity?

10. In the church, even I couldn't tell it was Peter Parker from Brock's vantage point... AND I ALREADY KNEW IT WAS. Again, lazy writing to make up for the fact that a major villain wasn't introduced until pretty much the end of the movie. But don't get me wrong... the Sandman story was sooooooo much more compelling than what the Brock-Venom storyline could've been. For those who aren't sure, I'm being sarcastic.

11. How did Peter not hear or see the freakin METEORITE hit the ground 10-20 yards away? And why did said meteorite only make a minor hole in the dirt, like a kid had just been building a mud-castle or something?

That'll do it for now. Honestly, I just can't keep up the negativity. Again, the action scenes were AWESOME. For real. Some great stuff there that makes you temporarily forget about the bad stuff. Oh, and Thomas Hayden Church was great as the Sandman. He really was. And J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson... fugedaboutit!

I'll leave you with what I think would've been a better way to approach Spider-Man 3: let's learn from the mistakes made in the original Batman series of movies... just because it's the third movie doesn't mean you need 3 villains. Limit it to the black suit and Venom. Hell, even start the movie with Peter already in the black suit and being mean. Dr. Conners can explain it away as the symbiote-agression-blah-blah-blah. Have Peter rid himself of the costume within the first third of the movie and then introduce Venom and explore that relationship to a fuller extent, leading up to a battle that is essentially Spidey vs Spidey, and not Spidey and the Goblin vs Venom and the Sandman (talk about needing to stay focused on the themes of your film... sheesh!)

Done and done. And yes, I realize it's easier to be on the outside looking in.