Terrific Fun!

Rating: 8/10 (9 May 2007)

Look. I'm not an enormous Spiderman fan, but I do my best. I'd completely forgotten it's existence (school will do that to you) until I saw the trailer on TV. But I appreciate a good Spidey-fights-bad-guy day every once and a while.
So. The good bits in Spiderman. The special effects, obviously (although there are a few moments while watching Sandman that makes you wonder if they'd just thrown in the towel before the making the finishing touches), are the strongest part of the movie. There's a few action scenes that are simply sublime in that way.
The bad bits in Spiderman. The plot line is terrible. It makes no sense, and is completely and utterly random, complete with black slime falling from outer space in the form of a meteor. The acting is gloriously over the top. I mean, really. The "crying" had everyone in the theater howling. Also, it went on too long. They could have cut out a good 45 minutes, and made it a much better movie. By the end, I was thoroughly bored with Spiderman, and rather wanted him to jump off a building.
So, see it with a few friends, make jokes at the people on the screen, and just have fun. And, bring some popcorn!