Well put together playing of the Marvel comic book character...

Rating: 8/10 (12 January 2003)

1st watched 1/12/2003 - 8 out of 10(Dir-Sam Raimi): Well put together playing of the Marvel comic book character and his beginnings by Director Raimi. He made some very good choices in casting including the humble Tobey McGuire as soft-spoken Peter Parker(aka. Spider-man) , and Willem Dafoe as the nemesis Green Goblin. As someone who was familiar with the original story it was good to see them not overdo it for the screen and pretty much followed the line of the original comic book. The special effects throughout the film was great with almost a video game feel when spider-man flies through the city. The decision to make the Goblin almost like a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger-like villain is probably the weakest element of the film but this doesn't detract from the appeal of the film overall. There is also a very well-done on-again off-again romantic element added with Parker, his best friend, Spider-man and the Kirsten Dunst character(kind of a 3 on 1 thing). There is some very good dialogue spotted throughout the movie which also keeps you grinning and an obvious lead-in to a sequel is thrown in at the end(which is good for us fans.). And of course who can forget the TV theme song to end the film which was a nice added touch tying in another media and it's rendition of the source.