BEST MOVIE OF 2002!!

Rating: Null/10 (6 May 2002)

Yes, it's only May, and I know that many other blockbusters are coming out over the course of the year. I'll tell you what. Go watch Spider-Man. Then go ahead and see all the other movies that were released. You might just find yourself saying as you leave the theater, "That was a great movie, but it wasn't Spider-Man." And with excellent reason.
The best casting move made was Tobey Maguire as our friendly neighborhood wall-crawler. And that was because the people involved in casting did so with the target audience in mind, rather than trying to attract a new one. And Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson was perfect. I found myself wish that was me hanging upside down in the rain.
And don't get me started on Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn/Green Goblin. I don't think anyone else would have been able to pull that off, unless the producers picked Jack Nicholson and told him to pretend he was Joker in body armor. My only real beef with the movie (as was with many fans) was that Spidey's webbing was organic instead of mechanical like in the comics. But hey, you can't have everything.
And I very much enjoyed Jim Norton's appearance, even if it only was for 3 seconds or so. I was the only one in the theater that laughed when he came on. And I also seemed to be the only one to spot Stan Lee's 2 second cameo as an elderly gentleman that pulls a child away from danger in Goblin's attack on the balcony.
If you haven't done so, GO SEE THIS MOVIE! If you have, what the hell are you doing reading this? GO SEE IT AGAIN!!