Met expectations

Rating: Null/10 (12 July 2002)

To be honest, i had a good feeling about this film when i heard it was in production. Especially after i found out that it had been directed by Sam Raimi (A Simple Plan was stunning). After the pitiful recent superhero films, by these i am mainly talking about the latest batman ones, it was nice to have a refreshing change. The special effects were good, and the way that Tobey Maguire gave Peter Parker that nerdy look really made you back the hero more. I am now looking forward to Hulk which is due for release in 2003, comic books make great films, mainly because the imagination of the reader/viewer plays a great part in the way that they interpret the hero. Credit to Willem Dafoe for a good performance as Osbourne, but i did find that at times the Green Goblin didnt seem so much of a threat to the main character and didnt seem to want to take over the city, i think if they had based the film on the ride at IOA it would have been better
Excellent film though