How The Mighty Have Fallen

Rating: Null/10 (12 December 2007)

I expected this movie to be cheesy and stupid, I mean it's Spider-Man. Even at his very best, Spider Man is still a pretty goofy arch-typical boy hero, dealing with teeny relationship and identity issues. What makes Spider-Man endearing is that he has superpowers and goes on adventures. The problem with this movie is that these normal Spiderman problems were treated way to seriously here, the melodrama between Mary Jane, Parker, and Osbourne got embarissingly thick, with not enough Spidey action to dilute it(though were there was action it was pretty cool). The "i'm evil and now have emo bangs in my face" didn't help either, the dance sequence if nothing else helped break up the monotony. The Sandman birth sequence was beautiful though, that minute and half of the movie was the best part of the film. If this film wasn't going for realism it shouldn't have injected the constant tear fests, because this tells the audience they're supposed to be emotionally involved with these ridiculous poorly acted characters. The result can only be awkward laughter and distancing of the viewer from the fantasy world they were immersed in. You can't hero worship someone you don't respect, and the redemption/forgiveness scenario come too little to late, to have their intended effect. This might have made an interesting animated film, but on camera it's just not enough. That being said, I still had fun seeing it in theaters, it is Spider-Man after all, I just wouldn't want to watch it again, exception being the action parts.