Definitely a comic book movie...

Rating: 5/10 (5 May 2002)

I went to go see this movie simply hoping that it would be a couple hours of entertainment. I've neve read a spider man comic book, nor have I seen an episode from the tv series. I guess I'm not particularly a big spider man fan, but I like to give just about any movie a shot. After watching it, I've decided to give it a 5 out of 10. Here's why:
I knew it would be outrageous and over the top, like comic books are, but that is not why I rate it fairly low. This movie just wasn't "cool" enough for me. I'm not sure what it was I expected, but it didn't cut it. Don't get me wrong, there were some entertaining and "oh yeah, that's awesome" parts in this flick, but not nearly enough to make up for a weak story. I thought Tobey Maguire did a good enough job acting, as did William Dafoe in his fittingly over the top role as the Green Goblin. Kirsten Dunst also did a fine job with what she was given.
In the end, there was nothing particulary redeeming about the movie that would make me recommend it to anyone. I hate to say that nothing happened, because quite a bit of action took place in this movie, but the plot did not really advance very far. There was more style than substance you could say. Perhaps fans of Spider-Man would enjoy this more than I did. It certainly cannot compare to what I consider the best "comic book" movie: Batman. That movie had many more cool moments and a story that moved along and was interesting in a way this film lacked. Once again, I give this movie 5 on a scale of 10.