Spider-Man 3 (2007 Box Office Champ)

The first episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2007 features the top-grossing film in North America, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3. Directed and co-written by Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace and Bryce Dallas Howard, Spider-Man 3 was 2007’s number one movie at the North American box office and number three worldwide.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/spider-man-3-2007), Mike D’Angelo in Las Vegas Weekly (https://lasvegasweekly.com/news/archive/2007/may/17/tangled-web/), and Wesley Morris in the Boston Globe (http://archive.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2007/05/02/secret_identity_crisis/).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 2007 installment featuring our pick for a notable filmmaking debut, Ben Affleck’s Gone Baby Gone.