Marvel Comics 2, DC Comics Fading Out Fast

Rating: 8/10 (26 June 2002)

Spider-Man is most certainly one of the best, if not the best comic book adaptaion of this century, had it been made five years earlier it would have most likely starred Leonardo DiCaprio and would have been directed by James Cameron. No disrespect to Cameron but thank god for Sam Rami and Tobey Maguire, their contributions must have made the great Stan Lee a very happy man. The acting was superb, one of Maguire's best performances and I thought that the balance between action and romance was just right. Hopefully future adaptaions of Marvel comics will follow the examples of Spider-man and other Marvel based movies such as X-Men and we won't end up with another Batman and Robin.