At last a Spider-Man movie!

Rating: 9/10 (25 May 2002)

Spider-Man the Movie seems to have taken forever to hit the big screen, but it was worth the wait as Sam Raimi has delivered a great film, with great performances by Tobey Maguire and the beautiful Kirsten Dunst. I even remember the cheesy 70's TV series of Spiderman, but this one does the web slinger much more justice with state of the art special effects that look truly amazing, but the film is much more than just eye candy, it has soul too. I still think Superman the Movie is the best comic book adaption ever made but this is a very close second. Perhaps its unfair to compare the two characters though, because Spider-Man is human whilst Superman isn't, plus Superman was from the childhood and holds a special place in my heart, I watched Spider-Man as an adult and thoroughly enjoyed it, I think the vast army of fans haven't been let down. ***9/10***