Best escapist fare in years!

Rating: 8/10 (10 July 2004)

This was the greatest pure escapism,along with films like "Raiders Of The Lost Ark",and "Superman",I've experienced in years.Being 12 again,and getting right inside the movie,was a blast!I mean,the fact that cornball dialogue and broad,predictable humor can be pulled off with such finesse is a massive achievement on Sam Raimi's and Alvin Sargent's part.Somehow,the whole tragedy of Doc Ock had some impact that is unheard of in this genre.Molina gave it some real humanity.The line "I'm not going out as a monster" brought a light mist to this viewer's peepers.By the way,what does anyone out there think of this 10 line minimum thing?I had to stretch this out-all I wanted was the first 2 lines in.