Positive feelings that highlight the aspect of freedom and adreneline pumping action

Rating: Null/10 (1 June 2002)

Spiderman may have been just what everyone needed. Some things it gets away with and some mistakes that become forgiven are marginal (such as moment when dialogue and acting were sub-par) are what I would normally say to expect out of a film like this, but then of course Batman proves it wrong. Then there are the things that are on-par and noticeably fine, do the right things, and are necessary to the story. Things such as Peter designing his costume, could certainly have been better, but weren't bad. And finally, there are the things that are superior, just beyond superior; then last shot of the movie could very well be one of the five most awesome moments in any action film, or film in general for that matter. The space-cam techniques are incredible and deserve all the recognition they've gotten so far. Tobey Maguire is quite good as Peter Parker, only seeming to have missed ten years of sleep at a couple of moments as opposed to other films where he can seem like that the whole movie. William Defoe is especially good when around the other principles, acting as a normal citizen, but the Goblin...I'm not so sure. The laugh is good, the original intentions for his evil are very well done, and him talking to himself to show the insane side of himself are ok, but there are definitely several things very wrong with this villain. The fact that he's insane is one, you question whether he should be killed or put in a hospital. His mask and dialogue to match the mask are another, they are quite lame, which I would say is all you can expect, but the Joker from Batman proves otherwise. Also, he gets his revenge early, and has really no evil scheme or idea after that, it's just sort of pointless. Kirsten Dunst made me smile throughout the entire thing, and believe it or not, get rather emotional at the end, her presence is enough to light up the screen but she goes the extra mile to win the entire audience. Danny Elfman's score is great, with a solid theme and the most adreneline rushing sequences of music to match with the untouchable action. And the action is so free, you get the ultimate rush watching such an agile being put himself at such dangerous heights, only to freely swing to another. Spiderman is a pleasure to watch, and really gives an exhilarating feeling of freedom, in both the characters, and of course the action.