Good, but not amazing

Rating: Null/10 (9 July 2004)

Let's see. First of all, I'd like to say that this film was enjoyable and funny. I felt that the actors/actresses did a great job. I liked J.K. Simmons, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, and Tobey MaGuire. I felt that these actors/actresses were, for the most part, great at portraying the emotions of the characters.
HOWEVER, I was SLIGHTLY disappointed by this film. I felt that they spent too much time on Peter Parker's life and did not have enough action. It does have a stronger emotional, human feel to it, but you can't forget that this is also an ACTION film, and it just didn't live up to that title.
Additionally, I felt that the script was not so great. The writers did not spend enough time on Dr. Octopus. (Molina, with the little screen time that he had, did act very well.) There were way too many corny moments too, like the "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head." Although it was a funny scene, it was very corny.
I am a HUGE Spiderman fan, btw. I collect EVERYTHING Spiderman related-heck, I even collect the FRY bags that BK sells! However, I just felt that this flick did not live up to all the reviews nor did I feel that it was as great as the original-which is AMAZING btw. (That one really had everything.)Overall, despite the gripes I have about this film, I will give it about an 8/10 b/c it did focus more on the inner turmoil that Peter was facing, and I feel that portraying human emotions is very difficult, and the acting cast did it pretty well.