only the 1st batman comes close

Rating: 10/10 (8 May 2002)

i've never been into baseball cards or comic books or cartoons much other than bugs bunny. this movie rocks! darkman was not as good as batman despite what the tv ads said. spawn? nah... x-men? eh... mystery men? nice concept. superman? oh no... who framed roger rabbit? pretty good... the shadow? i can't rememember it... dick tracy? yawn... spiderman? is awesome!
it has great special effects, solid believable characters, a few laughs, date friendly romantic scenes, and a good tangled web plot right up there with batman for character motivations.
of course there were predictable formula cliches a-plenty... (and one overdue break from cliche) but one always knows that they are going to lead somewhere new eventually.
i thought the ending started to get forced for a second... but... see for yourself.
is it better than batman? action-wise it's no contest thanks to spiderman's 3D animation. (an unfair advantage) it's no doubt that they are both two of the finest comic book adaptions ever in my novice opinion. i'm going to see it again for the little details.
it's a thoroughly enjoyable film and i'm very fussy. my only complaint would be that some of the action sequences are too quick and that the action is mostly brief. to be fair there are plenty of different situations that happen. it's a style thing i guess. action... drama... action... comedy... action... drama... and so on.
i give it a 10 for high "now there's something you don't see every day... wait.... there's something you do" value. the one swear word i remember hearing was of the tv sitcom variety and was NEEDED for the scene. the violence level was fairly low too by action movie standards.
back to basics adventure? i thought all superheroes (and villians) needed to wear trenchcoats and kill many people in gory slow motion scenes these days. ;-)
now, what will star wars be like? it will have serious competition from spiderman a week or so from now. then there's lord of the rings and star trek ahead soon. i think computer animation is here to stay. call it a hunch.