As a kid you loved the cartoon, as a grownup you wished those days back

Rating: 6/10 (22 September 2002)

As a young kid you got out early of bed just to watch those marvelous marvel comic book hero's on television like the 'amazing' Spiderman. This one almost got me wishing I'd stayed in bed that day...

I have to say that Spiderman the movie isn't that bad, but something about it just said to me that it was a just above average kind of film. Peter Parker a real full time freaky nerd in the beginning of the movie? They could have portrayed him much better then that, he didn't look like the science wiz to me either. The movie was more focused of him being Spiderman, maybe even too much, instead of Peter Parker himself. But to know more about Spiderman, you have to learn more about the person behind Spidey. And what about Flash Thompson? He looked more like some blink 182 fan rather than a college football star without the brains. The best character in the entire movie was without a doubt J. Jonah Jamison, superbly acted by J.K. Simmons. He blew me away with that performance!
The scene on the Brooklyn Bridge was truly pathetic, Mary Jane Watson looked like Xena when the Green Goblin took a poke at Spidey and had the cable swinging heavily, she still could hang on to it instead of dislocating her shoulders. Seconds later she drops like 50 feet and grabs hold on to the bar like she was Xena again, didn't she Sam? Then comes the part of "When you mess with one of us you mess with all of us", wich was America at it's 'best', but to me sounded so lame like a bad dialogue of some Hercules episode.
Spider-Man is a nice movie, but could have been much greater, Sam Raimi did use some elements from other movies which I thought was great because it blended in perfectly (Balloons ="Batman"), but next time he needs to keep those Xena and Hercules stuff out. Peter Parker did some flips with his fight with Flash that reminded me of Xena. The only real thing that was great about the film were the visuals. They were really mind boggling, and that's why I give this movie a 7 out of 10, but this movie doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the top 250 movies of all time.