Some films end up feeling like a story wasn't really even written, but instead a series of well-crafted scenes that don't necessarily fit well together. In good exposition, events lead to other events and it all seems to flow naturally. A lot of this has to do with poor exposition and the decision to include three villains. If you took Spider-Man 1 and 2's stories, wove them together and compressed them into one 2 hour film, you'd have a mess pretty similar to Spider-Man 3. The film tries to tell a lot of story for one film, much more than either the previous installments. Where it doesn't feel like its predecessors is in its pacing and scope. also carry over well and it's easy to jump back into their lives. The New-York of Spider-Man 3 is about the same as before, as is Peter's apartment, The Daily Bugle offices, etc. The scenery and characters felt like weak and dull recreations and that really bugged me.

The Matrix Reloaded never felt to me like I was witnessing the continuation of the story and world presented in the first installment. Continuity in tone really helps hold a series together. I never felt like I wasn't seeing the same world or characters and that's important to me. Positively, Spider-Man 3 does reasonably well at maintaining a feeling similar to that of the first two films. Satisfied more or less means adequate and to follow a sequel that I consider excellent with a film that's only adequate is a certainly a step down.

My feelings after watching the third film are somewhere in the neighborhood of satisfied, but that feeling is fairly disappointing.

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