Wait for the DVD

Rating: Null/10 (27 July 2004)

Pretty awful stuff. Almost walked out after the first 20 mins...thought I was watching a Laurel and Hardy movie.
Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst cannot carry a movie, and neither are that watchable. Alfred Molina (Doc Ock) is quite poor also...they could have fitted the 'arms' to a dustbin and it would have looked better.
J K Simmons (JJ) is good but tends to steal the movie away from the star (Parker/Spiderman).
The script was awful and sounded like it had been knocked together in 5 mins, or less.
The CGI and fight scenes are well done (...ideas copied from Daredevil?) but cannot save a poor effort at film making.
It is all a big disappointment since Spiderman 1 promised so much.
Don't see it at the cinema; wait till it comes out on tape/DVD and even then don't rush.