Worthy of the hype...

Rating: 8/10 (7 June 2002)

This is perhaps the only film I've ever seen that's lived up to the hype. Big kudos to Sam Raimi on such an excellent film, and the cast who did such a great job with the characters.
I've never read the comics (I did watch the cartoon though!) so I don't know how well it has been translated to the big screen, but I thought the movie played exactly like I imagine the comic book would. Big action scenes, colorful settings and just the right amount of humor. The movie doesn't take itself too seriously, but then it doesn't totally go all out tongue-in-cheek. Sam Raimi managed to balance it excellently.
At times it seemed a little slow, and longer than it was, but that's really the only negative I can come up with. Go see it, you wont be disappointed....definitely one to buy on DVD when it comes out too!