Nothing but effects.

Rating: 4/10 (25 November 2011)

Spiderman is a corny adaptation of the Marvel comic book with even cornier effects to showcase it. Maguire is surprisingly dull in the lead part and none of the other actors are there to help him out. it all plays out like a badly-written video game. I have never cared about films with lots of special effects and little story, but Spiderman confirms my dislike because of corny and overused special effects and no story that has never been told better before. Raimi is not going for anything having to do with characters, he is simply showcasing a large amount of effects on yet another digital backdrop. Simmons does add some great comic relief to the story however and Dafoe is not bad as the lead villain, but that is about it here.