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Summary: Toby Maguire is Peter Parker
Review: I know that a number of my closest friends have complained about the acting. They focus primarliy on the relationship between Parker (Maguire) and M.J. Watson (Kirsten D.). I have to constantly remind them that this is a movie based on a comic book. And these are two teenagers. Kids are not smooth, and I found the naive behaviour authentic and realistic. The movie is character and story driven and not just a special effects show. Oh yeah, the effects are sweet.
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Summary: A Standout of 2002
Review: Peter Parker is the class nerd. One day, while on a field trip, he is bitten by a super spider and starts to gain super powers. While he's having fun climbing walls and shooting webbing, his best friend's dad is undergoing a transformation of his own. Norman Osborn has tried a highly risky experiment on himself, and it's made him crazy. Transforming into the Green Goblin, he fights to bring down all those who oppose him. When Spiderman gets in his way, the battle ensues.What really drew me to this movie was the emotions and struggles it puts the characters through. Peter is forever longing to be noticed by Mary Jane, and his sudden transformation doesn't turn her eye. Yet he's also aware that keeping who he has become a secret is highly important to the safety of his friends and family. That last scene was dynamite! I also enjoyed the Jekyll/Hyde relationship that Norman had with the Green Goblin. That was filmed and written well, making the villain slightly sympathetic himself. The actors do a wonderful job of drawing me in and making me care for the characters. Much like the real world, not everything gets resolved easily, and this movie certainly left me wanting to know more. The DVD set is wonderful as well. The film is preserved with clear picture and sound. The commentaries are interesting and there are loads of behind the scenes things to go through. I'm not that familiar with the Spider-Man comics, so I found the sections on the character especially fascinating. This movie tempers its action with wonderful heart, making it a truly likeable film. Movies don't get much better then this.
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Summary: Not So Good
Review: You'll be able to sit through it, but that's about all. Weren't you comic fans expecting a whole lot more from this flick? It's not awful, but it doesn't deliver.
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Summary: An interesting blend of romance and action
Review: In case you've been in a cave for the last year or two, Spider-Man was the highest grossing film when it was released, and has had continued success on DVD. Now the movie itself is phenomenal. The casting is perfect and the action sequences are very well done. The romance scattered throughout the film is fortunately not too unbearable, making it watchable by anyone. Fantastic special effects also add to the greatness of this movie. Overall the film is nearly perfect. Drawbacks come in the DVD though. Most of the special features include previews of the film as seen on HBO and Entertainment Tonight. After you've seen the film, these become substandard. But the sound and picture is heightened, so get this DVD anyway. Great movie, even better buy.
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Summary: great movie!
Review: This is a great adventure/love story. Even if you're not into comic books, like me, or even into the whole superhero thing, you'll like this movie.
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Summary: WHO WOULD DON'T LIKE BEEN BITED BY THIS SPIDER ?
Review: Certainly, nobody ! Not me ! I would like to be pricked by an abnormal creepy-crawly as much as TOBEY MAGUIRE in this splendid movie whitch countain every goods ingredients of the originals COMICS ! WILLEM DAFOE is also a good partner who defy the hero SPIDER-MAN ! The must in this story is when the young man who's considered as an unfit and feeble become a forcefullness entity !
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Summary: Spidey's web is upon us . . .
Review: . . . and we're all stuck to it. In fact, his web is so strong that our eyes are glued to the movie. And event like that happened to me; I can't get my eyes of the movie. The same thing will probably happen to you, too. Though appearing to be cool and breathtaking at first sight, Spidey (Tobey Maguire) didn't start that way. As a regular guy, Peter Parker has lived an ordinary life, until now . . . While visiting a laboratory, Peter is bitten by a genetically mutated spider - and now, he gains super powers as well as the amazing abilities of the spider, transforming him into the web-swinging hero that we all know a love. Spider-Man - now that is a word we all know. We've seen his cartoons, and we've all heard about or read his comics. And with this Hollywood adaptation of the classic comic book, we can see Spidey in real action, as well as relive the story. Though not 100% accurate, "Spider-Man" follows the storyline carefully and faithfully. Recommended to action and movie fans everywhere.
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Summary: Really enjoyed this movie
Review: This movie was exciting and the special effects captivating. I thought both Tobey and William were excellent as Spiderman and Green Goblin respectively. Kristen Dunst was ok but what really was captivating was what was going on in the battle of Good and Evil. Don't let little kids see this movie, the Green Goblin even freaked me out at points. The whole movie was excellent and they left a door open for a sequel which I eagerly look forward to.
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Summary: Unlike Most people
Review: Unlike most people who love this movie, I do not. I like it but dont love it. I thought the special effects were hammy and the acting a little bit stiff. I thought the color sequences were beautiful, the way the red and blue flowed thorugh the movie. The green goblin part was to me very stupid and his laugh was unbearable. Anyways I recommend it but very lightly.
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Summary: Great
Review: Spiderman is a great movie, though the first time I saw it, I had to laugh at some of the effects and acting. But it's still entertainment. Many people disparaged the movie because they didn't like the villain. I thought his argument with himself was one of the best parts of the movie, a scene used later in the year by Gollum in Two Towers, again one of the best scenes in that film. The worst part of Spiderman was that last monologue given by Kirsten Dunst. Didn't look real. Looked like acting. Real people don't spend five minutes reciting lines about how they love someone without interaction from the other party.
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