Not A 100% Attention Grabber

Rating: 7/10 (2 January 2004)

Having watched the first 25 minutes or so I thought I was in for a treat. Well, I was partly right. The film had my attention right from the off, with some, as expected, nice special effects & some good dialogue. Sadly for me it all seemed to become a little boring through much of the middle part of the film. A few loud bangs, the odd fight, but nothing that actually continued to grab my attention. Then, to my pleasent surprise, the film picked up again for a nice finale. As I've said, the expected special effects were very good, but for me the best part was the bitter sweet ending. The writing was on the wall for an old fashioned weepy happy ending, but it never came. Peter Parker 'Spiderman', unable to give his love to Mary Jane Watson for the cursed reason of him being Spiderman.