Come on, it wasn't THAT great.

Rating: 6/10 (20 May 2002)

As one of the most anticipated movies of the past few decades, fans (myself included) were really holding their breath for a phenominal film. Now that it's finally out, people are giving it all sorts of praise, but come on, it was OK, but there have been better comic book movies, such as the first Batman or even X-Men.
For those of us that know the origin story, the first half of the movie was all familiar territory, but it was still somewhat entertaining. I felt like the major flaw in the film was the introduction and use of the Green Goblin, I felt like he was underdeveloped and uninteresting. Once he avenged the corporate downfall of Norman Osborn, he just wanted to blow stuff up for the sake of mayhem. Then he fought Spider-Man a few times, including once where he knocked him unconscious and didn't bother to take his mask off (what??). The reason I think both Batman and X-Men were better films is because the characters, villains especially, were more developed, more interesting, and took more interesting courses of action.
Perhaps I would think Spider-Man is a great film if I was ten years younger, but today I have to give it the old "OK" rating.