One of the best movies of 2002...

Rating: 9/10 (13 May 2002)

Warning: Spoilers
This will probably be one of the best movies of 2002, perhaps the best all summer, with that Minority Report and Austin Powers movie as rivals. Spiderman is one of the best comic book-adapted films since The Crow. It certainly beats X-Men and Batman and Robin. The acting is superb and the storyline is easy to follow. Tobey Maguire was a good casting choice as the masked hero who protects NYC from thugs and criminals. Kirsten Dunst was not at all annoying like she was in Bring It On and made her character as MJ very believable. But the best part of the movie, in my opinion, had to be Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn/Green Goblin. I've heard that people complained that his costume sucks (so what) and that he is not evil enough. Are these people kidding? Goblin was a very disturbing character, in and out of his costume, especially when he starts accusing MJ of being only interested in his son's wealth and in one moment delivers Aunt May fruit cake out of costume and then in the next attacks as she's saying her prayers. But then sometimes it is easy to sympathize with him, especially when he dies and he doesn't want his son to know what he really is. The only true villain is one where you cannot help feeling even the tiniest bit sorry for them, but these kind of characters just don't happen in cinema any more. All in all, Spiderman is an excellent film. You have to see it at least twice in the theater. I give it a 9 out of 10.