Bad Spidey Rocks!

Rating: 9/10 (5 May 2007)

What a nice way to kick off the summer movie season! Tobey McGuire returns in his SpiderMan role and does a good job evolving the character into something a bit richer that everyday people can identify with. The nerdy guy still pining for the pretty girl...almost losing her to the attractive guy - AGAIN - and winning her again in the end....ahhh - makes your heart feel good, don't it? :-) True, Mary Jane could have been played by any pretty girl - but its Peter Parker, that makes you want to stick with the relationship. The interesting part is that this movie pits Spidey against FOUR villains - Sandman, Hobgoblin, Venom and in a way - himself - as the evil Spidey. I won't tell any more than this as I hate to be a plot spoiler but trust me - it makes for an exciting 2 and a half hours of super hero antics. If you are a MARVEL comics fan, this strays a bit from the true comic genre, but its still very entertaining. Four thumbs up....two of mine and two of my husbands. One of the better Spidey's in the franchise yet.