The best film to start the summer!

Rating: 10/10 (4 May 2002)

"Spider-Man," directed by the great Sam Raimi, is so good that I have a loss of words. Here's what I'm gonna say. It's alot better than "X-Men." But, it's in the same area with "The Crow" series, the "Blade" series, the "Superman" series, and the "Batman" series. This is Sam Raimi's best film to date (his best was the "Evil Dead" series). Tobey Macguire was the perfect choice to play Peter Parker. David Koepp, who recently wrote the hit "Panic Room," did such a good job staying very faithful to the comic books and Sam also did a good job not dissappointing the "Spider-Man" fans. Also, my favorite composer, Danny Elfman, did an excellent job orchestrating the music to this movie. William Dafoe was wonderful as Norman Osborn (a.k.a. "The Green Goblin). But, the best thing about the movie was Kirsten Dunst. My all-time favorite actress who I admired watching from being a girl ("Interview With The Vampire," "Little Women," "Jumanji," etc.), to being all grown up ("Crazy/Beautiful," "Drop Dead Gorgeous," "The Crow: Salvation," "Bring It On," "The Virgin Suicides," etc.) did such a marvelous, marvelous job playing Peter's love interest, Mary Jane Watson, I wanna see what she's gonna do next. If you wanna start the summer off with a big bang before "Star Wars" opens, then I'd reccommend you guys to see "Spider-Man." Also, I've been hearing about a sequel that's gonna be released next year, so, pay attention.

A+ 13/13 ****** (out of ****** stars)