with great power comes great responsibility...

Rating: 6/10 (2 May 2002)

I've seen this movie in a special screening here in Thessaloniki. I'm not a "Spider-man" fan but I love the work of Sam Raimi. Not all of it... "Blockbuster" and "Good movie" are two different things. This movie confirms that. There are good things about it: lots of humor, a nice guy in the leading role, J.K. Simmons is excellent, the "upside down kissing scene" is great... But, there are lots of bad things to: the visual effects aren't as good as one would expect, the "Green Gobblit outfit" is a disaster, there are lots of cliches over and over... The worst part is the ending and the ideological core of the movie: o.k. you guys, USA is a great nation. But why must the rest of the world see a movie that ends with the American flag? Raimi was better when he did "Darkman". Let's see what he'll do with "Spider-man 2"
Sorry for my bad English...