Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a Spider can, spins a web, any size, catches thieves, just like flies look out! there goes the Spider-Man

Rating: 10/10 (3 May 2002)

I had obtained an advance screening pass for this movie two days before it was to be released. The theatre was packed with kids, comicbook geeks, and so forth. I did not know what to expect, but having watched many of Sam Raimi's other films, and having recently seen the Cider House Rules also starring Tobey Maguire, and just loving the idea of Kirsten Dunst with red hair, I was highly optimistic. And righteously so. The movie was great fun. It extrapolates a lot based on Spider-Man's origin tale, and tells it in a fun humorous way. Very bright and fun for a comicbook movie.. Very rare these days when every comicbook based movie aims for a darker .. batman/dark city look. But thats just not spidey.
There were some parts of the movie that were ... lacking.. The opening credits were way too long (WE WANT SPIDER-MAN ALREADY) .. not that the Danny Elfman score wasnt great. They always are. But you can only watch neat-o graphics of peoples names for so long. But truly, I don't think that anywone else could have done a better job.. It was the perfect cast, the perfect team to do this movie. I have to say Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin was also great. I still don't like the helmet mask thing, but I can't complain. A minor quibble. All in all, a great movie that I certainly plan to get on DVD the moment its out.