Way better than expected

Rating: 8/10 (15 May 2007)

I went in with low expectations, having hated the trailers and left thinking that this was maybe the best Spider-Man movie so far. Spider-Man seems more developed as a character, with more interesting flaws, as well as some great webspinning acrobatics and the best villains so far. It really reminded me of the comic books, and made me think that many complaints about this movie are actually complaints about the way comic book plots develop. For anyone familiar with Spidey, this movie is like those issues that would occasionally come out with three different villains on the cover and "Introducing... the Sandman, plus Venom and The Green Goblin!!!" or something like that running along one side. It's got tons of action and the pace may come at the cost of character development, but it's a comic book movie and a good one!