Not a Top 250 film

Rating: 6/10 (5 May 2002)

I got to see this at a sneak as well. Maybe if I had read the comics when I was younger I would appreciate the film more. No, I don't think so. Granted, Spider-Man was my favorite superhero when I was a kid. I had an action figure with a motorcycle, helicopter, etc. and Dr. Octopus. Now, I'd like to see Dr. Octopus in a movie. This movie, I feel, did not live up to its billing. I enjoyed and even laughed during the scenes where Parker is just learning the ropes of his new powers ("Go web go!"). But once he, or should I say a CGI, started swinging around I lost interest. It was too fake. I guess if the movie had come out about five years ago, the images would have wowed me, but it just didn't flow together. It did seem a little anti-climactic as well. Willem Dafoe was not used to his fullest potential. His Goblin was too impersonal (perhaps it was the ridiculously robotic outfit). Anyway, it's not a Top 250 film, but I guess the comic book geeks have spoken.