wow

Rating: 10/10 (3 May 2002)

This movie was for real. No this wasn't a "shoot 'em up, action movie," though it had some of that. It starts off with a dork of a high schooler -- someone you know existed in your high school -- and ends up with a superhero who knows what he has to do. As they say, "with great power comes great responsibility." Peter Parker starts as a genius with no social life. His love is for one of the most popular girls in school and he has only one friend who happens to be incredibly rich. This movie touches on adolescent love, changes, and the more foreign experience of having amazing abilities over the rest of us. Tobey Maguire does a good job as Spider-Man. Kirsten Dunst is clearly the beautiful Mary Jane and James Franco plays Harry Osborn, the son of a very wealthy Norman Osborn. Willem Dafoe does an excellent job of playing the successful businessman, yet tortured, supervillain. Simply put, this movie has realistic interactions amongst its characters, and shows the arrival of a superhero. It is a great film.