Where is the glibness?

Rating: 8/10 (9 December 2002)

Great rendering of a childhood comic. But Toby must get some lightness of being. Peter Parker is a nerd, and he uses his smart aleck remarks to keep his morale up as EVERYTHING assaults his very being... the cost of being an imperfect hero. I love spider-man far more than Superman and Batman... The only characters i like more are Women heroes and the Thing and Nexus.
The way Spidey ALWAYS takes to himself, outloud, but quietly, bolstering his beleagured spirit is great. Most of my humor derives from the comic, but the movie lacks that---- which is very weird as it was done by Sam Raimi, who delved into silly almost once a week with hercules and zena, but his humor does not shine through in the scripted words for Toby, thus lowering my expectations for any sequels and earning no more than a 7.