A Spider Man

Rating: 10/10 (5 May 2002)

"Do you ever feel evil?"
This line was not in "Spider-Man"(2002). It is taken from another of Sam Raimi's movies, "A Simple Plan"(1998). However, it applies perfectly to this movie. Sam Raimi provided us, again, with an incredible emotional palette to experience. "Spider-Man" succeeds on so many levels because it convincingly creates feelings that ring so genuinely, that emotionally viewers are captivated by this film.
I know that I was. "Spider-Man" drew me in from the opening, no nonsense, credits to the gripping finale. The conflicts, the attractions, the loss, and the incredible verve of this film all flowed together wonderfully, ultimately making one hell of a movie.
I could continue all day, describing how amazing each individual actor was, and how perfect Raimi's directing was, and how the story was the best I've seen in a comic-adaption movie ever, and, of course, the amazing special effects, but I'm not going to. "Spider-Man" stands strong without all of this well deserved praise. It does almost everything that I wish from any film, and everything that I want from an action film. In summary, "Spider-Man" is in the same field as many of the greatest films of all time.