A movie from a simpler time.

Rating: 7/10 (16 March 2020)

I remember growing up as a kid. It was the summer of 2002 and everyone was going back to school. Spiderman came out.
Spiderman came out at a time when people wanted normalcy once again. After the 9/11 attacks Spiderman got everyone's love and attention. Patriotism was in the air and as well as this movie. Special effects where on everyone's minds. We where all about cliches and getting off the rough edge of the 90's.
SETTING: Spiderman is set in an ideal time of when Baby Boomers were reading comics and we where enjoying the atomic family. Set in New York City where everyone is rough but happy.
CHARACTERS:
Peter Parker is your average teen boy. But less than average socially. No one likes him except for a minority of people. Then one day he gets bitten by a radioactive Spider and becomes spiderman.
Mary Jane is the love of his life.
The Green Goblin played by Willem Defoe is a somewhat cliche rich man character but you still gotta love him as he is intimidating.
ACTING
The acting is rather akward as Toby McGuire makes rather dumb faces a lot. There is tons of hamfisted dialogue. However this is forgiven because the pace of the movie is easy to get into. You won't cry much but there is lots of funny moments!
The fight scenes are fun to watch as well.
SPECIAL EFFECTS
The special effects are mostly good but some are dated. There seems to be an emphasis on motion blur with many CGI models of Spidy swinging and flipping around.
OVERALL
Spiderman is definitely a product of it's time. A product that has ranked millions of billions of dollars in ad revenue . But you'll still enjoy the ride with your family.