This is what all Superhero movies should be like !!!

Rating: 9/10 (11 May 2002)

When talks of a Spider-Man movie to be released in 2002 surfaced, I was really excited since I loved the comics and the animated series. I was also skeptical since many superhero comic-book movies are not as good as expected.
At first I was worried how they would fit the whole story in the film without being too long and boring. Luckily everything was handled very well - all credit to the crew. The film gets right into it - with Peter Parker being bitten in the first fifteen or so minutes of the film. From there everything unfolds brilliantly. Tobey Maguire was well cast as the friendly neighbourhood wall crawler, Willem Dafoe was (as always) brilliant in his part as the Green Goblin, Kirsten Dunst made an ideal Mary Jane Watson, so did James Franco as the rich bratty Harry Osborne and not forgetting J.K Simmons as the Grumpy and Feisty J Jonah Jameson.
Many people were quick to point out the flaws, but that is just plain stupid. If you going to film looking for flaws you will obviously find them - no film is perfect. If there were if a few things that should have been criticized, one would be the Green Goblins gawky mask and the other would be the fact that spidey's "spider sense" could have been better, and more widely used throughout the film.
*I personally hoped that the World Trade Center would have been included but I understand why it was not*
I must say that I thought Spider-Man was fantastic. The cast was perfect, the plot was excellent and very true to the comic, and the film entertaining. Sam Raimi's direction was crisp and well rolled out. The script was as good as it could be, and the score was marvelous.
From now on, when people talk about brilliant superhero movies, forget Superman, Batman, Spawn, Blade and X-Men - SPIDER-MAN IS DEFINITELY THE BEST.