Well, I'm back! Tired - I haven't slept all night - but really happy.
The movie was great. Tons of eye candy, of course. The multiple story lines and villains were handled really well. I loved Venom. (Though both the arrival of the symbiote and the creation of Sandman were a bit cheap, really. ) Excellent acting. The final battle scene was amazing - all of the battle scenes, now that you mention it. I jumped in my seat a couple of times!
My objections are that the movie may have been a bit too moralistic, that the ending left too many loose ends (more movies, anyone? ), that Gwen Stacy seemed somehow... misplaced, and that I don't think Peter would have treated Mary Jane the way he did in the beginning of the movie. No way, not as much as he loves her.
But I'm satisfied and going to see it again.
And I loved Venom!