Fantastic Spidey Action!

Rating: 8/10 (1 May 2002)

Went to the movie with high expectations and the movie gave me what I wanted and more! The unfolding of the plot was somewhat true to the comic although it was very much watered down. Yet, this is expected since the comic was multi-faceted and it would be unreasonable to expect the scriptwriters to include every single sub-plot and detail. The adaptation was just apt.

Getting Tobey Maguire to play the part of the unassuming dorky Peter Parker was a good choice. He was excellent in his acting. However, William Dafoe's talents were under-utilised. His great calibre in acting was not fully developed in the film since his facial expressions were not visible under the green goblin's mask. Yet, these two actors did a fantastic job! It was a pity that Kirsten Dunst with her talent played a somewhat minor role in the movie.
The visuals were eye candy with swift spidey swinging action! (And not to mention occasional TARZAN style screamin'.)It was great fun!
The humour was good, and there was progress in character and relational development.
A must see, especially for Marvel Comic fans.