Although too computer animated for realism at times, Spider-Man wasn't that bad.

Rating: Null/10 (9 March 2003)

If anyone has read my comment on Dare Devil, I said that it was much more supirior than Spider-Man. And now after re-watching the movie, I can say that the two films are both pretty good. Maguire is Peter Parker (in actually a pretty good performance), a high school nerd who often fantisises about the girl he liked since he saw her, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunse, in a role that could have been improved but was still good). But on a school field trip Peter is bitten by a genetically enhanced spider that gives him strengths that no human being ever posessed. He discovers he can move faster, crawl walls, sense things before they happen, and shoot stong strings of web by the flick of his wrist. He creates a costume and becomes Spider-Man, a hero who devotes his life to fighting crime in New York City. But a villan almost equal in his strengths has stepped forward: the Green Goblin (played convincingly psycotic by Willem Dafoe). The Goblin wants power, and Spider-Man can't let it happen. Almost abused by special computer effects, the acting and story (at times) are what save this movie. It was pretty good, but it's the effects that weakens and strengthens this movie. Oh sure all the effects are dazzling and great, but do they really look real? Seeing the CGI sequences just becomes an annoyance because you know it's animation. But don't get me wrong, I like the movie. 6.8/10