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To watch "Spider-Man 3" is to see Sandman. I don´t mean in the sense of the character being the movie, but the character´s spirit overwhelming the movie. Think of many disparate little particles, too many to count or attend to or keep track of, that sweep along on the wind and form into a shape on occasion.

The film plays as an experiment on the old theory of, if less is more, just think how much more "more" could be, and the result is not merely "Spider-Man 3" but also 4, possibly 5 and parts of 17. A sprawling epic with a cast of characters rivaling a Russian novel, there´s a certain goofy charm in how the movie works in everything but the kitchen sink, as if promising to deliver the same overwhelming fever of activity so many classic Marvel Comics covers promise.

The messy plot short-changes everyone but its two leads, leaving everyone important from Harry Osborn on down struggling for attention in a film that refuses to focus. The only exception to this development is Harry´s houseman, Bernard, who inexplicably nabs a meaty supporting role out of nowhere, presumably for the sake of getting the plot along faster.

It´s the newcomers who suffer the most. Thomas Haden Church is utterly wasted as Sandman; he has only two scenes that allow him to truly use his talent, and his sad, haunted eyes show that there could have been so much more. His sandy supervillain form is handled most interestingly, though there´s a sense of desperation on the filmmakers´ part when he transforms into a behemoth out of "Godzilla" or something similar. And anyone expecting a concrete resolution to his character´s arc will be sorely disappointed.

But it´s Gwen Stacy who indicates the movie´s true tragedy. A pitch-perfectly cast Bryce Dallas Howard just so effortlessly becomes the character as if she´d stepped right off the page, a blonde angel radiating sweetness and lovability. Unfortunately, the first two films in this franchise had clearly established a world without Gwen, and bringing her in at this late date for a purpose wholly unrelated to her function in the comics is maddening. One wants so hard to like her inclusion, because Howard really is magical, but she just doesn´t fit.

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