What is so great about this movie?

Rating: Null/10 (13 February 2003)

I don't get it. What makes this movie so spectacular? It's highly overrated. The writing is awful (which I would not have expected from David Koepp, especially after Panic Room), the acting is OK, the plot is sub-standard, and generally, it isn't exactly wonderful.
This movie has one good thing going for it: special effects. Damn. I have to say that I was quite impressed by the action scenes. Of course, another movie impressed me the same way: Star Wars Episode 1, which is just plain bad.
The problem with comic book movies like Spider-Man is that they don't hold up well at all to repeated viewings. You can watch them once, and that's it. After you watch Spider-Man more than once, you start picking it apart: noticing how bad the writing is, noticing plot holes, et cetera.

So, in conclusion: Overrated. See it once, and then don't touch it again.