Marvel's emerging heroes....

Rating: 10/10 (3 May 2002)

Spiderman, action packed and thrilling, is a pleasure to see on the screen. Although the story seems slightly incomplete to the knowledged Marvel fan, the movie does manage to pack in a large amount of Peter Parker's past and history. Conforming to its original script (i.e. the tv show, the movie follows the Stan Lee plot wonderfully and delights the educated viewer. What really was great about this movie was the Spiderman flying/webslinging scenes through New York. The CGI is just spectacular plus the fighting manages to remain Spiderman-like, and doesn't try to rip off Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, or asian like martial art sequences (i.e. The Musketeer). The actors are believeable, with Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker and William Defoe as the menacing Green Goblin, each person , except for Bonesaw McGraw aka Randy "Machoman" Savage, belongs in their part. I would highly recommend any one to see this movie, it is a delight. In the future, I hope they will add more major and eviler villains such as Venom and Carnage. That would really spice things up!

9/10