Great film adaptation of the very popular Marvel comics Spiderman

Rating: 9/10 (29 July 2003)

I loved this movie! The actors all seemed destined for their roles. Tobey Maguire had the perfect amount of nerdy boyish charm and conflicted hero-in-waiting. Kirsten Dunst WAS MJ! (Although some of the 'attitude' she had in the comic series was lacking in the movie; the rest was pure 'MJ'). Willem Dafoe I thought could have been saved for 'Doc Oct' but was not too surprised in the Green Goblin he pulled off. (I have loved his acting since first seeing him in Platoon). He (as always) showed great range from conflicted father to raging demon. He, as well as Maguire, Dunst and Robertson were all superb.
The special effects were excellent and added to the story rather than upstaging it as seen in many sci-fi movies these days.
I grew up on 'Spiderman' comics and felt that Sam Raimi and Stan 'The Man' Lee put together a great movie of a classic comic book. Well done all the way around.