Spider-Man 3 (in South Hill, VA)

Tickets cost only $3 before 6:00. And small drinks are actually small - I found that out after buying three of them.

My brother and my uncle came with me to see "Spider-Man 3". At first, we were the only ones in the theater - except for one person in the back. My brother wanted to offer him $5 to leave. "But he would make two dollars!", my brother said. I was surprised that a lot more people came in later. Half of South Hill's population must have been there.

Anyway, this post is supposed to be about the movie:

It started out very slowly, which made the two hours it lasted seem even longer. The movie didn't explain Sandman Flint Marko's background until later, so I didn't understand his character at first.

And there's his transformation into the Sandman: As he runs from the police, Marko discovers - what else - a particle physics lab! He falls into a giant, open pit, in which sand whirls around and wears him away.

The movie had several disparate plots at first - the Sandman, Harry Osborn, the Daily Bugle's new photographer Eddie Brock, the nasty space goo, Mary Jane, and a girl who seems to show up everywhere. But the plots tie together as the movie progresses, and the ending wasn't bad.

I would say more, but I don't like giving it all away. I do like theme analysis: As far as I can tell, the themes are revenge, motives, and making the right choice. Revenge is like the nasty goo that envelops Spider-Man and then Brock. When he wears the black suit, he's a jerk - and somewhat dorky. He does things he would never have done before, and he finally tears off the suit.

If you think about it (after you watch the movie), Spider-Man, Harry Osborn, Brock, and the Sandman are all in the same situation: something awful happened (or is happening) to each of them.

In the end, there's a Spider-Man moment: Peter Parker learns from it all as he stands alone in the rain after the funeral...

The movie wasn't great, but it was interesting. And it was truly Spider-Man.