nice spider film

Rating: Null/10 (30 July 2002)

Review: This movie was in fact on my list of wanted to see movies of 2002, and after just seeing it, it lives up to all expectations and probably more. Although there are some week lines and slow points in the movie, it flows still very smoothly. Going into to the movie with the same expectations and knowledge about the characters as I did with X-Men I was again impressed. Toby McGuire was an excellent choice for the role of Peter Parker, of course there we some doubts coming from the comic book fans, I'm sure those doubts were laid to rest 5 minutes into the film. We have all seen this type of film before when the main character is having fun with discovering their new powers, but this seemed to work once again. I am quite sceptical of the numerous other comic book adaptations in the pipeline seeming a lot of them have the same `discovery' feature of the main plot. Anyway to the film.
The location being New York, which film goers have seen many many times, was filmed in a different light to normal for eye candy reasons. New York, for a change seemed to be very colourful, and not the dull browns and greys normally associated with the city. This added an extra element to this exciting superhero film.
Special effects wise this film has its high and low points, smoke from the Goblins glider was very fake and also a lot of the spiderman animation was on the `over motion blurred' side, a lot like the flying broomstick sport scene in Harry Potter. Most people however will not be disapointed in the effects, as they are going in a direction where no others have been before, ie swinging man in city. So we do expect better for the second.

Final comments: Overall this film was definitely one of the best films I have seen so far this year and is great for all ages.