A genuinely ok movie

Rating: 7/10 (9 May 2002)

Contains Spoiler I think it's normal for people to see a movie they like and rate it highly right away. It's like standing next to a sky scraper and looking straight up at it. You may think it's the tallest thing in the city. But when you stand back a ways, and look at it in comparison with the other buildings around, you can see that it is tall, but is shorter than a lot of buildings around it.
Such is the case with Spider Man. I think as time passes people will gain more perspective and will be able to rationally rank this movie. Right now, it is irrationally rated so highly in the top 250. The movie was fun, kind of like The Mummy, but certainly not great. The acting was mediocre, as was the writing and the character development. The special effects could have been a lot better and the ending was awful (I mean, the whole story line was about Peter being in love with MJ and, in the end, when she confesses her love for him, he backs off)
Don't get me wrong, I had a lot of fun watching the movie, but it was not intellectually stimulating. It was worth the 9 bucks, but it is not worthy of a top 100 rating.