Amazing adaptation

Rating: Null/10 (4 May 2002)

This movie was for the most part short of amazing. I had a chance to see a pre-screening of this movie and it was a blast from beginning to the end. The story, plot and characters were as if the pages of the comic were placed on the screen. the spider-sense visual was reminiscent of the bullet time scene in the matrix, but done very well and didn't look like it was trying to copy, Sam (Raimi) did an excellent job of making it it's own visual. and as for the action simply amazing. hard-hitting action and web-slinging. Maguire and Dafoe were the perfect hero and villian, and Dafoe played the duality to a tee. It didn't seem cheesy or fake. the only complaint would have to be Mary Jane, it didn't seem to me that Kirsten Dunst pulled it off the way that Raimi would liked to have. Although the kiss scene was memorable, I think that MJ would have been better cast, some say Alicia Witt, or even angelica bridges would've been better. But our only hope is that Kirsten can grow into the role for the next two sequels. All in all was the movie worth your 7.50? absolutely, is it worth seeing more than once? if your like me and hate going to the theaters to see the same movie more than once, I saw it twice and will probably see it one more time. Will it be worth the price of the soon to be DVD? Well if the DVD only had the movie with no special features it would be worth it. This is a movie that should be enjoyed by all.