Fun, entertaining movie

Rating: 8/10 (14 January 2006)

After Roger Ebert put this on his worst of 2005 list, I had to wonder how much more out of touch the movie critics in this country have to be to get an academy award of their own.
Certainly, this was not remotely deserving of being on anyone's "best" list; but it hardly deserves the critical beating it has taken. It's an uncomplicated, fun comic book movie with excellent performances, a decent screenplay, great special effects and a wonderfully light ability not to take itself too seriously.
I certainly enjoyed it more than either Spiderman movie. At least in this movie you don't have to watch Tobey Maguire "act".