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| | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 53969
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| Our Price: $31.27 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Spider-Man is back battling Venom, The Sandman and his own inner demons in this hit sequel to Sam Raimi's smash hit! This three-disc set includes a bonus DVD with "spin your own webisodes" winners, an exclusive production notebook, and a collectable packaging!
Spider-Man 3 - 3 Disc Deluxe Widescreen Edition (w/Bonus Disc, Collectable Packaging and Production Notebook) Reviews:
Toby, Get Rid of that Smirk! 
2008-11-01 - In Spiderman 3 Toby Maguire wears his nerdy, simpy, goofy look. The New York Times (11/1/08) refers to him as "a bespectacled nebbish who has been bitten by a radioactive spider." Along with that screwy appearance, he has an enormous ego which his girlfriend Kirsten Dunst finds extremely annoying. His Spiderman persona has made him insufferable because he's so stuck on himself. Kirsten is annoyed because she is trying to make it on Broadway, and she needs a boost. She gets the boot from her show, and he is unaware of it and continues to see himself as the publicly acclaimed super hero.
Later in the movie he is taken over by some meteoric black sticky goo which makes his costume black, gives him extra strength, a lot of sex appeal, and an evil streak. For a time, he's a villain, but the movie already has three other villains to keep the audience busy. Nome of them are evil in the way that the Joker is in the new Batman (2008).
Twice in the movie Spiderman villains seemed to have been dispatched forever, but to my dismay, the villains come back to haunt me, Spiderman and the audience for additional mayhem.
There are three super-villains in this movie: the Sandman, Venom, and the new Goblin. All three of them seem to have good streaks in them as well. The Sandman didn't mean to kill Toby's uncle, and he loves his little daughter. William Dafoe makes a cameo appearance as the father of semi-villain Harry Osborne.
Naturally there's a lot of action with vehicles being tossed around like toothpicks. No deaths of innocents are shown, but how scores escaped death is beyond me.
There are a lot of yuks and campy spots in this movie. Toby Maguire seems ill-suited as the civilian component of a superhero because he's so gawky and dorky. Its comic book origins are kept intact.
Don't buy it. 
2007-12-18 - As a huge fan of Spider-man 3 and deluxe super unnecessary edition DVDs I am warning you against this.
Aside from its attractive cover (which is basically attractive because it's just a bit different from the normal one), what value does this have?
Hardcore fans and movie buffs may like this one.
But most fans, like me, should just wait for the Spider-man 3.X edition, which will probably have unseen footage and much more special features.
Or spend an ebay-sized price on this and feel stupid when a real collectible edition comes out a few months from now.
wow 
2007-12-11 - i purchased the special edition the day it come out. yesterday i saw this exclusive for $17.99 and bought it at once. it includes
-Third Special Features Disc with exclusive webisodes
-Production Book
-Special Packaging
for any SM3 fan its a must have collectible
Decent Special Release
2007-11-08 - Anyone who has been to Target recently and has perused their DVD section will know that Target has been going all out in the "Exclusive" edition craze. A special edition of season 4 of Nip/Tuck, an awesome transforming DVD case for the 2-Disc Transformers DVD and now an exclusive Spider-Man 3 DVD. I'll admit, I've fallen for all 3 exclusives, and have enjoyed them very much.
Whenever you get a bonus disc or extra booklet with a movie, you always think "Cool!" and this is one case where "Coll!" is very appropriate. The bonus booklet that comes with this set is comprised of: production notes, character/actor bios and more. This is the gem of the set (besides the awesome box) because it gives you little details that you might not otherwise find in the making-of featurettes. I always find that pleasing since I like trivia.
If you can still find this, get it, it's cool. What more needs to be said?
