You were handed the ultimate franchise & you blew it!

Rating: 2/10 (25 January 2005)

I assume that most of the reviews for this film that I've read, have been written by non comic book fans. So I'll allow the synopsis that its a good movie to go. It is. BUT... a good Spiderman film it is not & I really really cringed when I saw it first time. It breaks all the rules of Superhero film... He exposes his identity 3 times in less than half an hour, once to a whole train of people, its slow, the humour of Spiderman is sadly lacking & I can honestly say the only redeeming piece of this mess was the fabulous Doc Ock, Alfred Molina is magnificent & steals the whole show. Take out half an hour of nonsense (raindrops keep falling on my head scene? Whats THAT all about), pull it closer to what comic book fans want & don't hack with the formula & bring back Spideys sense of humour & you might just have a near good movie here! Why does Hollywood always feel the need to mess with things that are perfect just the way they are. Its doesn't need updating. It doesn't need depth. It doesn't something more gritty or something more inspirational... its Spiderman for gods sake... the wealth of source material is endless! STICK TO THE FORMULA.