Spider-Man Reviews

The first half of the movie was very good. Why? Because Amazing Fantasy #15 was one of the greatest stories from a comic book and the movie adapted it very well. The other half of it was just as standard as other (comic book) movies . This is a bad sign for the next movie!
1 Star 9-27-07

10/12/2012 (BluRay)

Sam Raimi- The Director of the 'Evil Dead' Trilogy, has created a superb beginning chapter for Spider-Man. What it succeeds in is the dark atmospheres and the strength in characters. The highlights are Toby Maguire and Willhem Dafoe. While Maguire gives off a truely confident and heroic role, Dafoe presents a powerful and sinister villian.

For a 2002 superhero comic-book film. It was the most visually stunning film of that time. Sam Raimi presented some comedy, some suspense, some peril and some romance. Altogether provided a good mixture to make this film one of the best of all-time. 4.5/5

All the energy, all the talent and all the potential which i once saw in director Sam Raimi's early films goes down the drain here.
What surprises me most with this film is the fact that director Sam Raimi has made two hours of lifeless and artificial nonsense and truns it in the final third into horrible America propaganda cloaked as a some sort of a film adaptation of Spider-Man.
There is not a single good thing to be said in here. Tobey Maguire is without any charisma or depth which character like Spider-Man would have needed to come alive. Actors like Willem Dafoe, James Franco or Kirsten Dunst are equally lost with their cardboard characters.
There is sadly nothing that reminds me of the glory days of Raimi here. He is director who once made visually splendid Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2, which both are cult classics these days. It seems that he has lost his talent while working in Hollywood with bigger budget projects and especially among with this lazy franchise called Spider-Man.

It's cheesy, yes, and silly at times, but despite its heavy flaws the film is far superior to the 2012 remake as a result of an intriguing villain, better writing, and a higher degree of suspense.

the cast is the problem, and the design for green goblin, but the campiness of the film worked for me and overall i was very entertained.

Even with all it's cheesiness, Sam Raimi's "Spider-man" stands as one of the greatest films of all time in the superhero universe, and it has one of the greatest superhero stories to be told. It may have it's cheesiness running throughout, but who better to present us with that, than the one and only Sam Raimi. Almost every superhero film can be laughed at through it's corn, but the fact is, when you watch a piece of fiction, it doesn't matter whether it's believable or realistic, because it's meant to be fake. "Spider-Man" is my favourite superhero, and this is one of the best superhero films out there. It may not follow the comic books very well, but when you have a film that is constructed as well as this, you cannot make an argument that this film is bad. I absolutely love this movie, but sometimes it becomes a little too silly!

An ambitious and ultimately satisfying superhero saga concerning your everyday nerdy kid who gets bitten by a spider and starts to experience strange changes. While the ending becomes a little cartoon-ish and James Franco doesn't bring a lot to the character of Harry Osbourne, Maguire is a perfect fit for the role of Peter Parker. It risks becoming a little too preachy at parts, but overall it sticks to the basics and develops its lead character well enough so that you care about him. See this over the 2012 version "The Amazing Spider-Man".

With the new "Amazing Spider Man" movie coming out and relaunching the series, it ultimately makes this movie(and it's two sequels) irrelevant. However, that doesn't make it any less entertaining. Tobey Maguire is Peter Parker(well, Andrew Garfield is now, but it's TBD if he's better). He makes you cheer for him, feel his pain with Uncle Ben dies, and really takes you on the journey with him as he becomes Spider Man. This is a great origin story, one of the better comic book origin movies out there. Kirstin Dunst as Mary Jane works fantastic as well, and you can see why Parker would be head over heels for her. Heck, the movie features one of the best/romantic on screen kisses ever. The effects after 10 years feel a little cheesy, but not in a bad way. Guess you could say the movie has a true "retro" feel, that most modern movies don't really have. The biggest issue with the movie is the villain, Green Goblin. Willem Dafoe does great as the maniacal Norman Osborne, but once he has that ugly suit on, he is laughable, not menacing at all. Other than that, the movie is nearly flawless, and really sets the stage for what would be a good 1st trilogy of Spider Man movies.

Pretty stinkin good

Possibly the first super-hero movie to have a rags-to-riches story that was actually engaging. Unfortunately, its style wasn't my thing; I hated the cheesiness.

Rating 3,5 stars

One word to describe Spiderman would be cliche. I had high expectations of the film and I felt let down. I felt there was nothing but mindless action sequences and campy dialogue. It's a visual masterpiece and the cast perform well but the script lets the whole film's web break.

The Beginning of the 2000s Spider Man Trilogy helped define my early childhood, and spawned its even greater sequel "Spider-Man 2", which is behind only 2008's "The Dark Knight" as the greatest super hero film of all time.

Spiderman is a decent action film. Though I never was a Spiderman fan, I thought that this first film was fairly good considering that the film was made for a teenage audience. When the film first came out, I thought it was really enjoyable, but as the years past, the film has become slightly dated I find. For what it is, Spiderman is a decent action film that is entertaining, but it's not the superhero film everyone raves it to be. I thought that some parts were fairly silly, and the film lacked the real power of other superhero films such as both of Christopher Nolan's Batman Films and the first two X-Men films. Though the film doesn't define its audience specifically, like most superhero films. Spiderman was made for a younger audience and it shows. There's a lot of fun moments to be had watching this film. But I felt it lacked the seriousness of other superhero films, which I thought was disappointing. For me, Spiderman is one of the weaker films that Sam Raimi has helmed, but this isn't as bad as the sequels. One thing that I thought was one of the weaker aspects of the film is the fact that they made the Peter Parker character without any sense of conflict. I felt that the reason he started fighting crime, was almost silly, not believable enough. I can say that Spiderman is the least awful of the three, entertaining, but flawed. But as a superhero film, it doesn't belong alongside greats such as The Dark Knight or X2. Where the film lacks the most is the paper thin story, and it has minimal development in that regard. This could have been a terrific superhero film, but it ends up being a decent one at best. A shame cause the Spiderman character is quite intriguing.

One of Marvel's best film adaptations, SPIDER-MAN is thoroughly brilliant. It begins as a cheesy popcorn flick with a camera that looks like its coloration is homaging that of the 1970s; but by the final minute of the film, it has fully evolved into an outrageous thrill ride and we are all desperate for a sequel.

Spider-Man is a truly good superhero movie. Its got all the elements, a hero, a villain, a human gone hero, and a woman to save from distress. But the problem was the cheesines, I could totally tell the green screen uses, and the horrible dialogue, and they didn't explain much of the historys of Peter and Harry, and how the dad never met Peter even though there like best friends? But the movie is fun, exciting, and action packed. It started a huge franchise and is one of the biggest out there. I found the acting very well done besides Kristen Stewart, she just annoyed me. The effects were good besides the cheesy moments I could tell. Overall a very good superhero movie.

Huge when it came out, which added to the like factor; but wish it could have been a little bit darker like the new Batman series.