A bit of a letdown...

Rating: 7/10 (7 November 2003)

Spider-Man is a fun movie, but it's just a little too contrived (even for comic book material).
It's an interesting take on the original story in regards to the script and direction. And I thought Willem Dafoe and Toby Maguire did a good job given the somewhat cheesy material. A few fun cameos also appear such as Randy Savage, Bruce Cambell, Lucy Lawless and Stan Lee.
This isn't the best comic book movie ever made, but it's definitely not the worst. The main thing that takes away from the movie is that it can be pretty unrealistic (yes, even taking into consideration that it's a comic book movie). I give it *** out of four stars...