First great Marvel comic movie adaptation... and a lot more!

Rating: 10/10 (31 May 2002)

Spider Man is the best ever Marvel comic movie adaptation - perhaps the best ever comic superhero adaptation. Tobey Maguire gives heart the movie to an incredible degree - hey, I am male and found him even "touching". What a great coup to have cast him as Peter Parker! Another big plus: the Green Goblin, except for his face mask, and, considering everything, not as bad as it could have been. He flew and threw his gadgets just like the comics character. J. Jonah James was magnificent, even if appearing all too briefly. And the general care taken to portray so many great little details of the comic shows a production made with love. I love George Lucas and the Star Wars saga, but "Spider Man" beats the new "Clones" movie hands down. It will never happen, of course, but, dare I say that Tobey Maguire deserves some Oscar best actor nomination mention? Please, Kevin Spacey (whom I like a lot) in "American Beauty" was not so good as Maguire in a challenging role.