Amazing and Spectacular!

Rating: 9/10 (4 May 2002)

I've became a Spidey fan as a kid in the early '70's and stayed a fan through the mid '80's. Spidey has long been my favorite super-hero. Although I tried to not get my hopes up, with all the hype about this movie, I couldn't help it. It usually seems that getting my hopes up for a film only leaves me disappointed. Not so with this one! The movie was true enough to the original comic that I barely noticed the differences. And although there were differences, the changes did not appreciably affect the storyline.
Spiderman is not only the best super-hero film I've ever seen, it is one of the best of any films I've seen in a long time! Of course, I'm kinda partial to the web-slinger, but the movie shows his humanity very well, which is one of the biggest attractions to Spidey.
Spiderman has taken me back to my youth - I again found myself dreaming that I was the webhead! My only complaint is that it is too *short* at 2 hours - I could've watched another 4 hours easy! 'Nuff said!