Spider-Man 3

Pick this book up if you were dissapointed with the movie or if you liked the movie the book explains soo much more and it gives you a way better understanding of what's going on with everyone... you also get a little bit more of venom if your a venom fan, and there's a lot more to the symbiote and the black suit spidey, get this book you will not be dissapointed!

I hope the movie is as good as this novel. If so, Spidey 3 will be a winner at the box office. With Peter David at the helm, he mixes the universe of the comics with those in the film. He does this with great ease. Any book that is written by this author a sure bet that it will be something compelling. All the characters: Gwen Stacy, her father Capt. Stacy, M.J. and all the supporting cast ring true to their illustrated counterparts. The only downer is the new Green Goblin costume. If that's the only bad thing in this film, I won't notice. I only hope that there is a book sequel that will tie the loose ends in this film or at least give us a glimpse of what Spider-Man 4 will be...

I've been a Spidey fan since I was old enough to understand comic books (here's a hint: I'm over the age of 40), and my fondest day as a Spider-Fan was to see the original SPIDER-MAN movie released in 2002. SM2, two years later, was the first sequel I'd ever seen that was better than the original, and I really thought the original would be difficult to top. Now, I'm pretty sure that SM2 is going to be topped, if this novelization is any indication. I am usually skeptical about the accuracy of novelizations: They're normally written while the movie is still in production, from a script that is probably not in its final stages, and thus a lot of things described in the book may never materialize on screen. This was especially problematic in Peter David's novelization of SPIDER-MAN, and slightly less problematic in the novelization of SM2. That said, take this to the bank: If SPIDER-MAN 3 the movie is HALF as exciting as SPIDER-MAN 3 the novelization, SPIDER-MAN 3 the movie is going to rock hard, because SPIDER-MAN 3 the novelization is very well done. I read the novelization in about 3 hours the day I got it, but later went back and reread certain parts. I'm very glad I did that, because Peter David has a way of detailing certain scenes (such as characters interacting with Harry Osborn when Harry is hallucinating seeing his dead father) that end up being two segments dealing with the exact same scene (for example, one scene has Peter trying to get Harry to talk to him as Harry is sitting in his limo, but Harry merely stares at Peter before yelling at him; the second set of paragraphs following is the same incident from Harry's PoV, with him turning to talk to Peter and seeing Norman's face reflected in the limo's windows and hearing Norman's voice telling him to ignore Peter, at which point Harry starts yelling in rage at the insanity around himself). A re-read helped clear up some of the confusion I had at thinking things were just being repeated for the sake of repetition. SPOILERS ABOUND IN THE NOVELIZATION; but if you don't mind being spoiled, pick up a copy of the novelization and get in on the excitement of the build-up to SPIDER-MAN 3.

to be honest i really didn't even want to read this book and spoil the movie for myself, but i just couldn't resist. i will say that if this book is any indication, this truly is going to be the best spider-man movie yet. the only minor quibble some may have is that venom is only in the book for the final battle, but truthfully it seems to be such an epic battle that he should have more then enough screen time to please the fans. to me venom is not a character that should be in the whole movie anyway. the excitement of building up to him and then having a massive battle with spidey is far more exciting. if you don't mind spoiling the movie i give this book the highest possible reccomendation.

This was the first Spider-Man film novelization I've picked and wasn't expecting to buy this when I went to my local bookstore. It just caught my eye and I figured to just get it. I had heard that the other two novels were very good, so I had high expectations for this one. The book had me hooked at every twist and turn. It actually made me guess what might happen next. The film probably won't follow most of what this novel put forth, like what happened to Eddie Brock at the end, in order to produce sequels using Venom again. This would be a great read for Spider-Man fans and people looking for a sneak peak of what the film could be. PARTY ON, DUDES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!