Finally..

Rating: 8/10 (5 May 2002)

Marvel is starting to make some decent movies. Blade and Blade 2 were both good and Spider-Man is.. well.. amazing. I was a little skeptical when I heard Sam Raimi was directing it, but I was wrong. This is a great film.

Mind you, its not going to please the purists. I heard a couple of them as I walked out of the theater whining about how it didnt follow the plotline of the comic or "Where was Gwen Stacy?" Personally, I don't give a rat's @$$ about Gwen Stacy or how they changed the storyline from the comics. You can't please purists, so why bother trying. This is definitely a movie for the true-believers. Sam Raimi should be proud of this achievement as should Stan Lee. I only hope that they learn from the mistakes of the Batman series and keep it one villain per movie and that they dont use the Green Goblin again until Spider-Man 3. If they are done right (and given proper funding), Spider-Man could easily last for 6-7 movies.
My only complaint about the movie is that I wish Stan Lee had a better cameo.