Spiderman 3

Hat trick.
Sam Raimi has made it.
When he took on to 1st adapt Spiderman to the big screen, anyone had seen the guy's work just knew that it would be something unique. What anyone didn't know was that the guy would make the 1st best ever superhero trilogy...

Because this 3rd installment gives everything it promises which was what the 2nd promised over the 1st: MORE!
After dealing with the transformation into a superhero in the 1st, then handling the responsibility of being one in the 2nd, this one is (quite logically) interested in the corrupting effect of power.
Spiderman is getting famous and loved by the NY population and gets to deal with revenge, which takes him into a dark place that a certain black suit will favour.

The script is very dense and ties pretty much all the story arcs developped in the 1st 2 movies. It's quite amazing to realise how much stuff you can pack in 2h20! No time is wasted in a movie that moves very fast. And it has to as it has 3 villains and the rest to take care of!
The story is strongly centered around Peter Parker, but somehow, although most secondary characters (all perfectly cast) get little screen time, they still all get space to exist.
At least it felt that way to me.

Of course you could argue that the movie would have gained depth if they had kept to 1 or 2 baddies. But then again they all feel right for the themes: Harry Osborne is all about revenge, Sandman is made the object of Spidey's revenge and the symbiote is the factor that enhances it... And you can't really have a movie with the symbiote without Venom...
So granted I'd have liked to spend more time with everyone (I would also have liked to have more Frozone in the Incredibles, but hey...), but as a whole it still feel very logical & coherent...

And the most important thing is that the movie makes you care about the characters.
I felt 10 again, gasping, laughing...
Sam Raimi has reinvented Spiderman, making him one of his own heroes while still staying true to the original material.

And as far as the action is concerned, it's just jaw dropping and even manage to feel fresh!

So a smart and engaging script, amazing action...
Sam is the man... Again!