pretty good FX bring this thing up to a 6

Rating: 6/10 (5 May 2002)

when i think of all the movies that are great pieces of cinema (do the right thing and erin brokovich are two that quickly come to mind)it galls me to see spidey in the imdb top 250. cold line readings, extended FX sequences that begin to feel as repetitious as saturday morning cartoons, plot holes you could squirt a web through and plot inanities that reduce this thing to mere merchandising that's plotting a sequel. i watched the saturday morning cartoons religiously as a kid. they were hip and quick and funny. all things this movie is not. worse still, all the actors feel stilted but i'll give special mention to cliff robertson, J.K. Simmons, and kirsten dunst for especially lame performances. there is a particularly bad exchange between the principals right at the end of the movie that is so awful i left the theater muttering. spidey? where art thou sting? bought and sold ... down the river.