I don't like spiders

Rating: Null/10 (1 November 2004)

I know that audiences and critics alike loved this film, but it just didn't do it for me. It starts out good enough and has a nice thing going up until Maguire actually starts being Spider-man.
As soon as he gets into those tights, the film plummets. Instead of interesting characters, we get poor CGI (Spider-man looks very much like a cartoon, which doesn't cut it in a live action version), a wafer thin plot, and a villain that's completely wasted. Why put an ugly expressionless mask over such a charismatic face like that of Willem Dafoe? (By the by, it looks like they decided to use the same mask for Dr. Doom in the upcoming Fantastic-Four film.) And the "you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us" ending was nothing short of vomit inducing.
In short, a disappointment that doesn't live up to its reputation. [3/10]