Spider-Man tells a deep, entertaining story while doing the comic justice...

Rating: 9/10 (4 May 2002)

I was blown away by Spider-Man. It is,by far, my favorite movie so far this year. I was more anticipated to see this film than any other in a long while. I read the comic book and followed the animated series in the 90's and this movie portrays the storyline so very thoroughly. It was the little things that made this movie great to me, i.e. when newspaper publisher J. Jonah Jameson mentions Peter Parker beating another photographer Eddie to the scoop on the Spider-Man photos. Those of you who follow Spider-Man know what I'm talking about. The dialogue of Norman Osborn with his inner demon, or should I say "goblin," was tremendous. This is very similar to that of the comic book and animated series. The pace, however, made the film for me. They gave the plot plenty of time to develop along with the character. Nothing was rushed like having Osborn transform into the Green Goblin in the first five minutes of the film. I walked away very satisfied. I even dug out my old comics and toys. This film meant a lot to me as a comic book fan. Spawn, X-Men, and Spider-Man were my three favorite comics during the 90's and I liked all the movies based on them, but even though X-Men was a very good movie, it didn't intrigue me as much as Spider-Man's deep yet simple journey into becoming a hero. No film based on a comic has done it as much justice as this one. ****1/2 This may be my new favorite movie.