Friendly neighborhood spiderman review

Rating: 8/10 (4 May 2002)

This is one of the best comic book adaptations to hit the cinema ever! Although it doesn't remain "true" to the book in many respects, the only ones who will care are comic book nerds who don't know how to enjoy themselves (don't take offense, I have a few). The directing was exceptional, in the sense that raimi and his team of wizards (no pun intended) brought that bad boy webslinger to life. He looked like some kind of crime fighting-gymnist, and it was very cool. Decent performances all around, far from oscar worthy, but suitable for a film BASED ON A COMIC. Dafoe in full on goblin mode might have been a little too hammy, even if it was supposed to be, but all around the cast tried, and kirsten dunst is now #1 on my top five list of hottest actresses. Oh kirsten...maybe one day....
another positive thing about Spiderman 2002, they didn't sully the movie with a handful of nu-metal bands on the soundtrack, well, there are some on the soundtrack, butt fortunatley all you hear through the whole movie is the score, they save those "marketing bands" until the end credits. At least I guess they did, I didn't stick around.
and finally, the ending strays a little bit away from your standard superhero movie. It was surprisingly refreshing.
7.5/10