Body Language?

Rating: Null/10 (29 May 2002)

Simply, a good film. Exciting, action packed with subtle hints of humour and tragedy. Better than X-Men, certainly. I never saw the big deal about Superman, so would go as far to say it was better than that. I'm sorry to all those of you who hold any film over 10 years old religiously in their hearts, but get over it!
I always thought Tobey would make a good Peter Park, but Spider-Man? Well I was pleasantly surprised! Where does Tobey work out? How do I get a membership?
I remember reading pre-film interviews where Tobey claimed how hard it was to get the charactor's emotions across when behind a mask, through body language. Ultimately I think this was a dismal failure as I never had a clue whether Peter was happy, sad of whatever when he wore the mask.
The only hint at his emotions, was through his voice - but because he wasn't asked (nor thought of it himself) to stress this a bit more, this too only gave you a vague image.
It's hard not to draw comparison to the recent Radioactive Spiderman cartoon. Somehow, from what I've seen on the series they got it spot on. It was through Peter's voice, and voice overs (i.e. when thinking to himself) that it captured his true feelings. It's a shame that Tobey's voice-overs of his thought were limited to the beginning and end of the film and weren't constant through out.
Incidentally, Spider-Man Unlimited (cartoon) sucks!... though maybe I'm just getting old.
The choreography and SFX were excellent. The story held fairly true to the comics and was entertaining. I was never bored.
7.5/10
Entertaining, but could have been better. I am, however, looking forward to the sequel and have high hopes.