All I can say is, hell yeah!

Rating: 10/10 (3 May 2002)

I had the opportunity to see Spider-Man in an advanced screening. All i could say after the movie ended was, hell yeah! I am a film student at the University of Oklahoma, and you can ask my friends of how picky and critical I am of the films I watch. Needless to say, it takes a lot to impress me. Well, my hat goes off to Sam Raimi on this one. I am a big fan of the Evil Dead series and of the Spider-Man comics, so I had a feeling I was in for an awesome ride. Indeed I was. I've heard many people complaining about the CGI in this film, but I'd like to see them come up with a better way of doing it. I mean, I usually am critical of the use of CGI being a film student, but then again I was thinking that to recreate the agility and superhuman skills of Spider-Man, you almost have to. Also, (the CGI)was done very well and very stylish. Many other aspects made this a great flick. Danny Elfman's (Batman, Edward Scissorhands) score was nothing short of fantastic, and the casting was high caliber all the way around. Tobey Maguire was perfect as the nerdy high-school student/turned superhero, Kirsten Dunst was great as the extremely sultry yet almost innocent Mary Jane, and Willem Dafoe's portrayal of the psychotic super-villain the Green Goblin was almost so believable it was scary. This is one of the most stylisticly done superhero movies done since Burton's Batman. Give it a look, you won't be disappointed. Trust me.