A disappointing success??

Rating: 7/10 (9 May 2002)

I have to say that the marketing of this movie was successful, frighteningly successful. The movie itself, however, was disappointing.

The graphics in the film were spectacular, and the effects were, to be honest, quite amazing. They effectively pulled the comic from the pages of a book and put it in a feature film.
The disappointing aspect of the movie, though, is the dialogue. Granted, Peter Parker is a bit of a geek, and the Green Goblin is insane, but the dialogue for these characters is way over the top. They've exaggerated the stereotype, and I'm not quite sure if it works for this type of movie! You can't really compare it to Batman, even if that would be your first inclination - they are hardly related. The darkness of the Batman movies is a stark contrast to the light-heartedness of Spider-Man.

It is my opinion that the movie would be unstoppable, if the characters had each stopped talking a few minutes earlier.