unique among big summer blockbusters

Rating: 9/10 (1 August 2006)

I knew nothing about Spiderman before this movie, except that he spun a web at any size. When I first saw the movie, I was a little taken aback: I didn't know that it was a goofy character piece. I was expecting just another fun silly summer movie. I'm pleased that I got far more than I expected.
The action scenes and the fights with the Green Goblin were, for me, the least interesting parts of the movie. The most interesting parts were when the characters were just talking to each other, and the emotional drama that came from these scenes. During the final conflict, I found myself wanting more such scenes as opposed to more action sequences. Don't get me wrong; the action scenes in Spiderman are fantastic. They're just not as interesting as the drama of the characters' inner lives. Much of the time in these movies, such scenes are often just bridges in between action scenes. I was quite pleased to get so much more with Spiderman.