Millions of people are seriously deluded

Rating: 3/10 (30 June 2002)

I am trying not to be overly negative and I would just like to point out that i am not a Spidey buff who feel hard done-by. This was one film that, along with Attack of the Clones, i had waited with baited breath to see but I found myself laughing all the way through it and not because the jokes were funny but because everything was wrong with it. Tobey Maguire has seriously impressed me in other films (Cider house rules, Wonderboys) and I've always been a fan of Kirsten Dunst but both of them disappointed me. The biggest fault I believe is Sam Raimi. As much as I love the Evil Deads he just was not suited to direct a big-budget action feature like that. Every now and then I expected to see Bruce Campbell jumping up and exclaiming "Groovy". In fact he should have played the Green Goblin because, as improbable as it seems, not even he could manage to be as Hammy as Willem Defoe was. The script was cheesey, the love scenes were laughable in how slushy they were and the computer graphics were probably done over a weekend in ILM because they just look rushed. The plot moves along sith break-neck speed which normaly I would not complain about but the speed with which it delivers his detail is so that you fail to empathise or create a connection with any of the characters
*SPOILER WARNING*
and because of this when Peters uncle dies I found myself saying "Who cares?". I could go on but I won't. I'll end by asking "Did anyone else see a big Raging Bull rip-off in the end fight?" I think Scorsese should sue somebody.