It's been three years since our favorite geeky superhero left us with a promise for a climactic battle with his best friend and a final obstacle for his relationship with the love of his life.

Everything was set up for the third installment in the "Spider-Man" series to be the best, and it is.

The third installment of the Spider-Man series, based on the classic Marvel Comics hero created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, had its world premiere in Tokyo, the first time a major Hollywood film has debuted outside the United States. Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire) returns to the big screen smug and happy: New York is heralding the sticky-fingered stranger as the city's latest celebrity, and Peter Parker, his nerdy alter-ego, is about to propose to Mary-Jane (Kirsten Dunst).