The film's ok, Tobey Maguire is perfect, but the pacing!

Rating: 6/10 (9 May 2002)

Action movies come and go, and many of them take their cue for pacing from a roller-coaster ride. Fast, faster and yet more exciting, and then a nice lull to get you ready for the next "drop". This film seems to follow that practice, however the lull periods r..e..a..l..l..y drag. Not only did i notice this, but so did every young child in the theatre. Unfortunately, most of these periods seem to exist when there is interaction tween spidey and kirsten dunst! The most deadly thing in a relationship is boredom, even if it is the audience's boredom. In hindsight, this flaw shows up even as the credits run at the beginning of the film- on and on and on. On the positive side, the action is pretty good, spidey is perfectly cast in tobey maguire, and the whole tone of the film comes off as the comic book genre it really is.