It’s really dated. It still has that early 2000’s comic book film feel to it, but this came out in 2007, after _Batman Begins_, and it wouldn’t be long until _Iron Man_ and _The Dark Knight_ would evolve the genre again.
It has a lot of the same pros and cons of the first two.
The action is still mostly good, cinematography and music are great, JK Simmons kills every scene he’s in, it has a lot of style and atmosphere, but it’s also way too corny, poorly acted and some of the characters are extremely annoying (and definetely not worth saving for a third time!)
It’s funny to me that everyone keeps making fun of emo Peter in this in particular, when there’s some stuff in the other Raimi films that’s way cornier than that.
To me, the main problem that this film has over the other two is how unfocussed it is.
You can do a story with multiple villains in the same film, just look at the Nolan Batman movies, but trying to give all of them equal weight, or their own plot, isn’t a very good idea.
This truly feels like watching three different movies at the same time, and none of them are given the proper time to develop.
The Sandman plot doesn’t feel earned and just thrown in there; the Harry Osborn plot is rushed and has that extremely lazy scene with the butler; and the Venom plot takes a really long time to become relevant.
Also, while the CGI is quite bad in all three movies when compared to other films of the time, this one in particular went overboard and did some stuff that could’ve, and should’ve, been done practically.
For example: the first fight with Harry Osborn, while creative and pretty well choreographed, is a visual mess.

3.5/10