BATMAN IS STILL BETTER

Rating: 1/10 (5 May 2002)

I don't know why everyone is comparing Spider-Man to Batman. There is a difference between Batman and Spider-Man; Batman is way better in character development, story, and motivation.
I will admit that Spider-Man was too much hype and not enough movie; it's just not one of those films that makes you want to go, unless you're a giant Spider-Man fan, then you're really going to be disappointed.
*SPOILERS* The first thing I would like to address on this film is, where is the character development in The Green Goblin? The Green Goblin has no motivation in killing Spider-Man, so what is the sense in killing him? The only motivation I saw was The Green Goblin killing the executives of Osecorp that are trying to shut him down from the company, and he does kill them IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVIE! Therefore, The Green Goblin doesn't need to be The Green Goblin anymore, but apparently he does.
Another loophole I noticed was the whole deal with people NOT KNOWING WHO SPIDER-MAN IS. Come on, is New York really that stupid in not knowing who Spider-Man is? For example, in the wrestling match, the booker literally saw Peter Parker's face in his Spider-Man outfit. Another example, when the balcony was being destroyed and Mary Jane was just laying at the edge of the falling balcony; Parker was stalking at the bottom unbuttoning his shirt and exposing his spider-man shirt with people running by him. You would figure someone passing by would notice, but they don't.
Another Green Goblin FLOP I noticed, was Green Goblin didn't do anything that really had any ORIGINAL or memorable plans except for dropping a bunch of kids in a trolley and MJ at the same time, whoopie! Damn, at least The Joker tried to kill everyone in Gotham City.
Other than that the movie was decent, but it is no Batman.
To make the comparison brief: Batman - more mysterious and more character development. Spider-Man - too many loop holes and lacking in character development.
The Green Goblin - no motivation, not convincing, and no real memorable plans. The Joker - memorable plans (Gassing Gotham City, Damn!) Very convincing (that he's crazy) motivation toward his plans and lots of character development.
So, basically what I'm saying is; if everyone is comparing Batman to Spider-Man, then they are just Spider-Man fans. It's like comparing Xbox to Playstation 2. You just can't beat what came out first.