Soooo over the weekend, I gave Spider-Man a watch. On Saturday, 2, then 3 on Sunday. Overall? These films were some good times. The first was a bit cheesy, but had some heart with a pretty wicked final battle scene you can feel the rawness of, topped off by an incredibly great, hammy performance by Willem Dafoe throughout its wildly edited runtime. 2 has the best overall narrative, being a well-rounded story with some great setpieces. Can't really knock much though I will say, one constant was I didn't find the MJ/Peter romance all that great. Just shrugged it for the most part.
Now, 3. 3 is a strange one. For the first half of the film I enjoyed it. It's not as great as its predecessor, but it had some genuinely fun moments. Though the last half was pretty slapdash. And reading up on its production, I wouldn't blame Raimi for deciding against directing superhero flicks for the next decade. It's such a shame since the movie is enjoyable, if a bit unintentionally funny with the whole Bully Maguire thing it had going on.
Spider-Man as a trilogy was overall fun. High highs, low lows, but it all manages to work.