Over hyped

Rating: Null/10 (15 June 2002)

I never read any of the Spider-Man comics so I can't say whether this is an accurate portrayal of the comic books but I can say that as a film, Spider-Man was only mediocre. While the acting was good, it couldn't save what was ultimately a very badly written script.
*** SPOILERS AHEAD ***
The scene in which MJ (Kirsten Dunst) says to Peter (Tobey Maguire) "I love you, I love you so much" was so ridiculous that my friends and I couldn't help but laugh - this seemed to be the worst line in a script that just got worse over the course of the film. The dialogue for the romantic subplot was so badly written that it made it difficult to take the film seriously.

However this is not to say that the film didn't have some funny moments (even though a lot of the lines were funny for all the wrong reasons), and the special effects were good but I can't begin to imagine why this film broke box office records. I suppose if you enjoy action films this film is worth watching (if you can overlook the bad dialogue...)