An action movie that stays true to your childhood image.

Rating: 10/10 (25 May 2002)

There is not one person who when reading comic books as a child did not want to be a superhero. I was one of those children. My superhero of choice was SPIDERMAN! Along with millions of other children. I have waited 30 years for Spidey to make it to the big screen and it was well worth the wait. I had the great fortune to win four tickets to the premiere of this movie and took my three sons ages 11,8,and 6. They are all avid Spiderman fans. The movie was exactly what all of the Spidey fans wanted. One that was true to the original and was pure escapist entertainment for a few hours. Just like a comic book. The acting was not Academy award winning but good enough. Tobey Macguire played the confused Angst-ridden Peter Parker well and Willem Defoe's Green Goblin was well done. One thing that I was glad to see kept from the comic was the humor. The script has many memorable oneliners for both Spidey and the green goblin. As for how my children reacted to the violence the 11 and 8 year old no problems. The six year old did ask me several times if the green goblin was just a man in a mask?. So go see it and enjoy yourself for a few hours and remember what it was like to hold that new comic book of your favorite superhero when you were a kid.