Spider-Man 3: Redemption by Badscooter

Review by TMBTM — September 26, 2010 @ 11:50 am

I can’t say much more than the other reviews because it’s been a long time since I’ve seen the original, but I must say that the pace of this edit is really good. Nothing is missing , exept maybe why exactely Harry is helping Pete at the end, it’s a complete 180° turn of his personnality here. But it’s okay, friendship feeling can be strong and it’s a nice new take of this character. This is really a nice example of the “less is more” theory, that is in this case a fact! Well done!

Review by steelio2006 — June 21, 2011 @ 3:29 pm

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Review by Menbailee — July 1, 2011 @ 8:13 am

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Review by WyndorfDave — March 11, 2012 @ 7:16 am

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I really wish I could say I enjoyed this. Don't get me wrong, this is probably the best version of this movie we'll see given the material available - but therein lies the problem. Spider-Man 3 is a mess. And on top of being a mess, it's a dour film that ends this trilogy on a sour note.

Which has nothing to do with the edit of course. I loved it when I first saw it some time ago. But upon rewatch, after working my way through the first two films (SM2 is one of my favorite movies), it leaves a lot to be desired. Which makes badscooter's accomplishment all the more amazing, really. badscooter has been able to deftly cut so much of the cringeworthy nonsense that dragged this movie down - Sandman as Ben's killer, Harry's butler reveal, jazz club, etc. And badscooter does wonders at refocussing the film on Harry/MJ/Peter.

Unfortunately, this film's problems are too deeply rooted for even a talented film editor to fix.