Woefully wet web-slinging

Rating: 2/10 (5 May 2002)

After all the hype I was amazed at how poor this movie was. I don't know why, but I couldn't bring myself to care about anyone in the movie and so i didn't get involved in the plot lines. The special effects were awesome, but to an extent I think I've come to expect that and I think the days when a movie can survive just on it's special effects are over. I can't say I'm a great comic book fan, but the Batman movies struck me as superior to this one. Some of the problems - Peter Parker suffers a number of horrific losses in the film, but his reactions are so downplayed and wooden - its hard to believe he really gives a damn. MJ was OK but seems so shallow, dating an obnoxious ass presumably because he has a hot car - hard to find much sympathy for her. I think the last straw was (possible spoiler) when Peter's best friend decides that he hates spiderman and is going to seek revenge. The oh-so-obvious set up for a sequel is an insult to the intelligence of the moviegoer. Overall I just wasn't impressed and after all the hype I felt really let down.