Best Adaptation of a comic since Superman 1

Rating: 9/10 (3 May 2002)

Sam Raimi takes time amid the CGI to develop a story and will be rewarded with a new comic book superhero franchaise. Hope he continues to do the same with Spiderman 2. Purists might complain a bit but can't complain that Tobey Maquire is not perfect for the job. Willem Defoe is an amazingly schizophrenic Norman Osborne/ Green Goblin and hopefully J.K. Simmons will get more opportunities as Jameson of the Daily Bugle in the next installment. Great fun even though the price of tickets has jumped here to 9 bucks.