skip the high tech, how bout dunst in the rain

Rating: 7/10 (6 May 2002)

Greetings again from the darkness. Disagreeing with the masses ($114 million opening weekend), I say this was quite the disappointment. It is a little confusing to note that there is a decided lack of action in a movie that also has way too many CGI graphics. Goblin's costume looked like it was directly off the Haloween shelf at Toys 'R Us. The bulk of the action was spidey swinging through the streets of the city like a kid on a jungle gym. Sam Raimi directs this to the best of his abilities, which seem to be quite limited. He is no master of storytelling. Enough bagging, let's talk positive. Kirsten Dunst may be on her way to becoming the next Julia Roberts. She has a wonderfully likeability about her and is plenty cute - just needs a touch more maturity and she should become highly sought after by movie-makers at the next level. The rain proved to be quite complimentary to Miss Dunst during one particular scene. Overall, very mediocre and I hope lessons are learned for the filming of spider-man 2.