Disappointing, too many groaners not engaging enough

Rating: 1/10 (6 July 2004)

This review is targeted at thirty somethings like myself who consider our time valuable. I generally enjoy comics (reading, not collecting) and especially like Spiderman. DISCLAIMER: THIS POST DOES LOOSELY DISCUSS THE END.
The movie is quite disappointing from the get go. It starts off very slowly which I don't usually mind but it never gets off the ground. His love interest is completely a pre-teen fantasy of an adoring lover who looks past all his shortcomings. I realize that this movie panders to that crowd but the adoring little girlfriend is painfully cliché. The bad guy, Doc Oc is actually not all that bad but I found that to be the only refreshing part of the movie. The plot meandered through his personal life, which is completely uninteresting in the movie but acceptable in the comic. The pop psychology littered throughout was the most painful like when his old aunt goes on about Spidey being a good role model and the world needing heroes. The ending is excruciating with the heroic rescue and romance. As B-movie as you can ever get with such a high budget flick. Not sure how so many people loved it.
All in all, save yourself the time, money and aggravation, Cheers, Enn.