Much better than I expected

Rating: 7/10 (24 April 2005)

Spider man has always been my second least favourite (Mickey Mouse holds the first place) comic hero, that's why it was surprising, that I actually liked the Spider-Man movie.
Much thanks goes to Sam Raimi, who has shown to us with his previous, and this, movies that he knows how to direct cartoony, yet still greatly flowing live action movies, like Darkman was.
And then we have Willem Dafoe, who as Green Goblin steals the whole movie, which wasn't unexpected: villains are always more compiling than the good guys.
Tobey Maguire isn't bad as Spider-Man and he tries he's best to make the character as complex as possible and he does deliver couple of funny jokes as Spidey.
Kirsten Dunst however is left far too much in the background, so her portrayal as Mary Jane (love interest of Peter and Harry) is anything but complex.
So in all pretty good superhero flick, which provided a nice surprise to a non Spider-Man fan.