John Hartl of MSNBC gave '' Spider-Man 3 '' a positive review , but stated that it has some flaws such as having " too many storylines " . His opinion is echoed by '' Houston Chronicle '' s Amy Biancolli who complained that " the script is busy with so many supporting characters and plot detours that the series ' charming idiosyncrasy is sometimes lost in the noise . " Jack Matthews of '' Daily News '' thought the film was too devoted to the " quiet conversations " of Peter and Mary Jane , but that fans would not be disappointed by the action . Finally , Sean Burns of '' Philadelphia Weekly '' felt that the director " substituted scope and scale for the warmth and wit that made those two previous pictures so memorable . " Raimi himself would later call the film " awful " during a podcast interview . Speaking to '' Screen Rant '' in 2018 , Avi Arad also accepted responsibility for pushing Raimi to include Venom in the film , and how the end result had disappointed many fans of the character , saying " I think we learned that Venom is not a sideshow . In all fairness , I 'll take the guilt because of what Sam Raimi used to say in all of these interviews feeling guilty that I forced him into it . " Both the 35th Annie Awards and 61st British Academy Film Awards gave this movie one nomination , the former for Best Animated Effects and the latter for Best Special Visual Effects . '' Spider-Man 3 '' did not win any of the four Visual Effects Society Awards nominations it received . Dunst 's and Maguire 's performances earned them each one nomination from the National Movie Awards . She also received another nomination for Favorite Movie Actress from the 2008 Kids ' Choice Awards ceremony . The movie fared better at the Teen Choice Awards , amounting a total of seven nominations , varying from Choice Movie : Villain ( for Grace ) to Choice Movie : Dance ( for Maguire ) and Choice Movie : Liplock ( shared between Dunst and Maguire )
2008 Kids ' Choice Awards
2008 Kids' Choice Awards
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