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Summary: It is what it tries to be, a comic book action movie
Review: The Basic Plot: Peter Parker (played by Tobey Maguire), the school whipping post, gets bitten by a genetically altered super spider. Almost overnight, he gains wild spider-like powers. While at first he uses them to attempt to get into Mary Jane's proverbial pants (played by Kirsten Dunst) he realizes that he should use his new found powers to put a stopper in local crime after his uncle and parental guardian is killed by a car-jacker, a crime which he himself could have stopped. At the same time, a strange creature named the Green Goblin has begun terrorizing the city. Who is this "Green Goblin" character, and will Spiderman be able to stop him?The Movie: It has a very comic book feel at times, which is a good thing. The acting moves back and forth from very good to rather hokey. The best acting comes from Willem Dafoe, whose scenes as the split personality Dr. Norman Osborn and the Green Goblin stand out as some of the best in the movie. Kirsten Dunst, while great to look at, is nothing special as Mary Jane in Spiderman. Even in the very emotional scenes I don't buy it. And Toby, perfectly cast as Parker, and although some say he isn't the one they would have pegged as Spiderman, he's a perfect Peter Parker, and since Spidy and Parker are one and the same, it would only make sense. As for Direction and Cinematography, don't expect anything really new here. It's your clear-cut action movie with the classic Raimi touches like his brother being in the movie, the Cadillac makes a return appearance, and Bruce Campbell makes a cameo as the Ring Announcer. All in all it's not a bad lil' flick. The Video: Talk about a great transfer. Although I only buy Widescreen for the most part, this DVD comes in either the widescreen or fullscreen version. I would have to push for the Widescreen, especially if you got the home theater for it, or if you're just a purist movie buff like me! The Audio: This is where 5.1 audio is key. Every little sound byte comes through crystal clear from the metallic whooshes during the spidy sense scene to the big explosions during the Oscorp Gala scene in Midtown. Yay to Columbia Tri-Star and the Spiderman Team for this audio! The Disc one Commentary: For the love of GOD, do not put Kirsten Dunst on a commentary with Sam Raimi. Shoot me in the foot, put a skirt on my head, and call me Sally Struthers before you put anyone with ears in front of a set of speakers and force me to listen to that girl talk. It's ok when you have a good script behind her, but I'll tell you, in 2 hours, every time I heard her say something, I couldn't help but feel dumber. As for the rest of the people on the Commentary, including Raimi and producers Laura Ziskin and Grant Curtis, they all said stuff that was interesting and worth listening to (in reference to the visuals of the movie). But please, know whom you are putting on a commentary Columbia Pictures. Some actors aren't meant to do improv! The Extras: First off, unless you actually care about Sum 41, you're not going to care much for their music video. So exnay on that. As for the other extras, there is no original behind the scenes from the cast and crew of Spiderman. The only thing you do get is the HBO and E! behind the scenes, which are ok, but half of it is all about stuff that you probably could have figured out from picking up a copy of "The Amazing Spiderman", doesn't matter which. The screen tests of Toby and J.K. Simmons, while at first glance sound great, aren't very long or really all that worthwhile. There are some ok DVD-ROM features, but unless you have a DVD-ROM in your computer, it doesn't really matter because you can't access them. The outtake reel is sub par. I'll say it again, IF YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE AN OUTTAKE REEL, REALLY DO IT! However, there is a lot of interesting background info on the Spiderman Comic book and it's leap from comic to screen. The Bad: If there is one thing that killed the extras disk, it's the horrible layout of the menus. Very hard to navigate and easy for you to miss parts of the extras that you might have overlooked. When I buy a DVD, the extras are key, and they have to be laid out so that someone can access them. Now, if I can build a computer, but have a hard time accessing the extras on a DVD, something is wrong. Oh, and Kirsten Dunst in the Commentary (I can't mention this enough!) The Final Word: Buy the DVD for the movie, stay for some of the extras and come back to it every now and then when you need to watch a straightforward action movie. But don't expect Spiderman "THE EPIC"...
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Summary: Another great Raimi film
Review: This film is spectacular. I thought it was a bit Hollywood, but anyways a great film. The first film i saw by Sam Raimi was Army of Darkness, which was hilarious. I then went on to see Evil Dead 1 and 2, quick and the dead, and the Gift. When i saw this though i was very excited. this film has great acting from tobey mcguire, kirsten dunst, and william dafoe from one of my favorite movies Platoon. Although it doesn't follow the comics exactly and modernizes a lot of things, it still manages to keep things drawn out and easy to figure out. it revolves around the green goblin and spider-man fighting each other for right and wrong and such, but also talks about mary-jane and peter's relationship. although not true to the comics, the relationship is still interesting to watch. i do wish the dvd had better commentary by sam raimi and the crew, like the evil dead commentary he's done, too bad. the dvd has a lot of material, but most short and boring. movies still great though
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Summary: If you love Spidey, just get this DVD!
Review: As a former comic book collector (and former owner of the first 115 or so X-men comics!) I simply had to see this when it came out. Spidey is done true by this big screen, special effects fest. Tobey Maguire does a convincing Parker as someone stretching his nerd wings with super powers. It is especially gratifying that the origin section with its Spidey as entertainer in the ring with wrestler and subsequent robbery, death of Uncle Ben Parker is kept fully intact with very little alteration whatsoever. (kudos to the filmakers). If you ever enjoyed a read of your Spiderman comics (particularly as originally created without the unusual "bio-organism" costume) then you should get this DVD. You'll enjoy seeing something as outrageous as a teenager swinging through midtown manhatten. NOTE: Even J.Jonah Jameson is done to a "T". I would never have believed it if it wasn't there in the movie! Spidey Lives!
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Summary: Spidergirl
Review: My daughters and I bought this for my husband. But it has turned into my 3 year old daughters movie. She loves it, she stays glued to the screen and really gets into it. The bad thing is that she has started trying to climb walls, and has informed us she is spiderman.
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Summary: Good film
Review: I have not been a comic book fan since I was a kid. I did like this film though. I like action thrillers, and this was a sci-fi film, but the action was decent. It was better then I thought it would be. If you like action films, pick up the widescreen edition of Spider-Man.
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Summary: An Amazing Spider-Man Movie
Review: I've never really been a fan of Spider-Man, so I didn't expect much out of this movie. But it was an awesome movie and I thoroughly enjoyed it. As a matter of fact, the only minor thing about the movie I did not enjoy was the ending and how it sort of just leaves you hanging there a little bit, similar to the ending of Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones (which coincidentally was released about the same time as Spider-Man). Unlike the ending of Star Wars, however, you can tell that there will be a sequel to the movie because of the intentional suspense it leaves you in. I'm not saying that the ending of Star Wars doesn't do the same thing as Spider-Man's, but Star Wars' ending just sort of ends without any kind of build-up to it. Spider-Man had all the elements of a good movie. It contains drama, adventure, irony, action, love, and the classic "good versus evil" scenario. I rate Spider-Man with five stars and it deserves every one of them. I can't wait to see the next one!
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Summary: A Pretty Good Movie to Start off The Summer
Review: Athough this might not have been my favourite movie I saw this year, I can't sit her and cut it up. Spiderman didn't ever really apply to me because I was never a fan of the comics books. But Tobey Maguire did do an excellent job. He really put a lot of work into his role.So I did have to take that into consideration. But it still wasn't my favourite. But a great kick to the hot movie summer!
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Summary: Very Boring
Review: What can I say about Spiderman, besides that I was very disappointed. Some of the CGI was so bad, that as times I thought I was watching a cartoon. The storyline was very weak and didn't seem to go anywhere. And the casting could have been much better. I can't understand why it made 200 million dollars.
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Summary: The Perfect Movie
Review: This thrilling film was one of the most magnificent features Marvel has brought to screen. It is about a teenage boy, living in the city, and soon he will realize how it is to be known as a world famous super hero from the sky. With action and romance, I'd defnetly give this movie 5 stars and hope whoever hasn't seen it, see it now! Enjoy.
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Summary: quality film
Review: Spider-Man is a really good movie if you ask me. I went to see it twice and got the DVD the day it came out. It's a great film. Tobey Maguire plays a good Spiderman. He's pretty dorky as Peter Parker, but that makes him seem even more unlikely to be a super hero, which makes it so great. The first fight scene, when Peter is fighting with that guy, Flash, is really well done, especially when Maguire is dodging the punches in slow motion. Also, I think that the costums of Spiderman and the Green Goblin are really cool. The Green Goblin's mask is awesome. My only problem with the movie is that it takes a while for it to really get going. It's not until about half way through the movie that Spiderman begins to battle witht he Green Goblin. But once it gets going, it's a really good movie.
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