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Rating: 6/10 (26 May 2002)

SPOILERS! If I had never seen Superman, then I might have rated this movie higher. Actually, I almost certainly would have rated it a 7. But, it is a TOTAL RIP-OFF of the first Superman movie. Let me count the ways.
1) Youthful boy discovers his powers. 2) Has adopted parents. 3) No other siblings. 4) Father dies unexpectedly and is focal point for future endeavors. 5) Falls in love with girl who doesn't know his identity. 6) Saves girl's life in alley. 7) Saves girl's life while falling from building. 8) Flies everywhere he goes. 9) Metropolis 10) Daily Planet vs XXXXX Planet (I forget the name) 11) Editor of paper obsessed with inside scoop. 12) Real life superhero works for paper. 13) String of bad guys stopped from doing harm. 14) City questions integrity of superhero. 15) Girl falls in love with superhero. 16) Saves girl's life one last time at end of movie. 17) Showdown with arch enemy - which he wins.
And, I'm sure I have overlooked some of them. I mean it was ludicrous. I might as well be watching Superman over again. Thank God, they didn't have him changing in a phone booth!
Besides that, there were numerous ridiculous events - such as when he got the holy crap beat out of him and yet he showed up at the funeral a couple days later without a scratch. And, how is it possible that she didn't know who he was. Please!
And, what was the deal with all her boyfriends. First the big lug in school, then the bad guy's son, then Spiderman, then the superhero. Ridiculous.
But, here is my biggest complaint about Spiderman. Where in the hell does all that goo come from? I mean in the space of 30 seconds, he used up more goo than he has in body weight. I mean, please!
Lastly, he was grossly miscast in my opinion.
If you just want mindless entertainment and you haven't either 1) seen Superman or 2) don't care about the similarities, then go waste a couple hours on it like me.