MIld Disappointment

Rating: 8/10 (31 August 2007)

I have to remind myself of my age and my less than exciting view of high tech and computer generated images. In some ways, if you've seen one Spider-man movie you've seen them all. The action scenes have a similarity. It mostly has to do with people about to hit the ground, suddenly being swooped up at the last second. As experienced viewers, we know there isn't going to be a splat, especially if the victim is young and pretty. The best of the story rests with the villains and there are some good ones here. The Sand Man is really a fun creation, morphing and blowing around and coming back to his initial form. In this particular setting, there seems to be a lot of danger of innocent bystanders being victimized by forces over which they have no control (bitten by spiders?)
In this film, Peter's turning over to the dark side could be understandable. He gets no credit for anything and the world has about a ten second attention span. Heroes become goats in a millisecond. Still this is a rapidly moving, fun film with some issues still up for grabs.