Gimme Dark Man Anyday

Rating: 3/10 (14 February 2003)

I still have fond memories of Sam Raimi's surprising "Dark Man" so I had some hope for "Spiderman." As Otto would say, "Disappointed!"
Talk about slow-moving, but the worst aspect of this lugubrious effort is the villain. Besides looking incredibly cheap, Willem Dafoe's "Green Goblin" is simply uninterestingly unpleasant. Dafoe's a good actor, but let's face it, would you trust a guy that looks like him? He has to act to make himself likeable. Why any character would trust him in this movie is a mystery. So we have bad casting, bad costume, cheesy effects when G.G. is onscreen. The Spiderman CGI weren't special. The only saving grace is watching Tobey Maguire, who can act, and Kirsten Dunst, who can act and is lovely to look at.
No need for sequels, please!