Today is May 1, 2007. It’s 7:27pm.

It’s yet an hour and 54 minutes after watching the two successive loads of Spider-man III’s Philippine premiere. While we are one of the earliest in the world premieres, I must have been too early, too, to post a new article such that my weekly brewing of idea is yet set tomorrow. But I think there’s something special to rave from this movie after a long semi-couch viewing inside a big screened hall. I should say there’s more in Spidey III than the usuals.

There’s the usual: unfathomable stunts - spinning, threading, webbing, thwacks, high skyscrapers, good cinematography, music (played) espressivo, and a whole lot ideal cast package. Also, there’s always the combination of strength and elasticity in Spidey that’s always purported in him as a unique superhero.

The complexity found in spider’s web building is the same continuum contained in Spidey’s life in the third series as agitated more in the varied angles of his very apparent conflicts – Peter Parker (himself), Mary Jane Watson/MJ (his girlfriend), Harry Osborn (best friend turned enemy and back), Flint Marko/Sandman (accused as murderer of his uncle), Eddie Brock/Venom (an attention-getter freelance photographer in the company he’s working with who became his rival in the photo work; the black spider after him).

Spidey 3 gives viewers a chance to meet the flamboyant Spidey and the overconfident Peter. Along with the success of releasing people from tragedy and other havocs as Spidey, his presence was vital in New Yorkers’ festal life making him that flamboyant; and, the overconfidence he had was just part of the shift-effect from red to jet-black Spidey.

The setting pedals one from the dark underground tunnel to New York’s high skyscrapers. Particularly, there’s Broadway, Spidey’s flat, city streets, hospital, Daily Bugle (his office), Harry’s mansion, his aunt’s house, jazz café, and park.

Though Peter Parker had equipped himself balanceable devotion to MJ and duty as a superhero, he was still catapulted by his own enemy who was himself. MJ was never wrong when she said, “Everybody needs somebody’s help. You. Spider-man.” But, Peter was hardened by his own weakness.

When his suit suddenly changed to jet-black, a dark side of him was also formed which led him to become aggressive, annoying, arrogant, overconfident, uncaring, and vengeful. There was the twist of the fate he must have mustered along as a compassionate hero. The seducing power the jet-black suit brought in him thwarted his plan of winning back MJ. Peter Parker has succeeded in twisting his turning point bringing himself closely to establishing a more focused decision of following his compassionate self. He wasn’t wrong that finally he was set free. In his last words he said, “It’s man’s choice that makes him.”

But, there’s MORE in Spider-man III. Yes, there’s nothing more of the usuals, though, of the unrealistic idea and in those which I sized up in my third paragraph but what makes it more than the usuals is that the movie gives me a more surprising and appealing theme which is really SMART in nature in terms of objective. It’s Specific, Measurable, Action-oriented, Realistic, and Time-bound. Thematically, the movie closes to the SMART conception of these values which were fairly treated in the story: forgiveness and friendship. They’re SMART because they’re shown piece by piece and exemplified through the different scenarios each character portrayed. There’s interweaving of conflicts leading to one tangible result which is LOVE. That, for me, beyond all those impracticable façade of Spider-man III there’s still worth for one to know and believe its underlying silver-lining theme. #