I don't guess I've ever really told what I thought of the movie.. Er.. I didn't hate it, but it wasn't as good as it should have been..
What worked:
-The Harry Osborne plot. They resolved it in a way that was respectful to the character and yet not too 'happy' and ending for a guy like that.
-The effects shots, especialy the scene where Sandman first pulls himself together. The music in that scene was brilliant too.
-Emo Peter's riduculously over-the-top antics. Yeah, they were absurd but that's what made them funny.
-Gwen Stacy. She had no valid reason to exist in this movie and yet I enjoyed watching her on screen more than I did Mary Jane.
-Eddie Brock; his character arc was well-handled when it could have easily been a total mess.
-J. Jonah Jameson.
-Venom looked great.
What didn't:
-Mary-Jane came across as jealous and whiny. It was her own dang fault she didn't tell Peter about being fired, not Peter's.
-Venom's voice. Why they didn't get a seperate voice actor to play Venom is beyond me, because as it is Venom souned so stupid.
-STUPID RANDOM CAMEO CHILDREN. I don't want a climactic final battle interrupted to have some moron kids shout "AWESOME! WICKED COOL!"
-The resolution to Sandman's arc. The fact that Peter forgave him for the death of Uncle Ben isn't what bothered me... it's the fact that it acted as though Ben's death was Flint Marko's ONLY crime. Earlier in the film he'd robbed, assualted, and almost killed a couple of police officers and conspired with Venom to kidnap Mary Jane and almost murder Spiderman. And they let him fly off into the sunrise as though 'not meaning to' kill Uncle Ben absolves him of all his other crimes. They should have had Spiderman offer to help his daughter if he turned himself in or something. As it is, it makes Peter look like an idiot.