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Summary: Good Movie, But The Ending Ruins It
Review: The movie I could say was pretty good, the costumes were well done, the computer graphics were well played, Toby Maguire and Kirsten Dunst were good as the leading parts. However, if you like movies that have a romantic ending, this is not the movie for you. I won't give away what happend, but the way the movie endend seemed like a total waste.The way it ends may satisfy a guy, but girls who see this movie may be a little dissapointed.I enjoyed Spider Man, but I had to give it 3 stars because of the way it ended.
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Summary: My friendliy neighborhood Spider-Man, how do I love thee?
Review: Oh wow! "Spider-Man" is here! Yahoo! A movie I have been waiting to see for a long time- And I couldn't have asked for more! Tobey Maguire is excellent as Peter Parker, a ordinary teenage boy who only dreams of winning the heart and admiration of the lovely Mary Jane Watson (Who is wonderfully portrayed by Kristen Dunst), his next-door neighbor. While on a field trip to a science lab, Peter is accidentally bitten by an genetically altered (Or is it radioactive?) spider-and gives our protagonist the ability of a spider! It is enjoyable when we watch Peter discover and develop his special abilities. When his beloved Uncle Ben (Who, with May Parker, had raised Peter since he was orphaned as a child.) is killed, Peter learns that "with great power, comes great responsibility" and promised himself to fight crime as the amazing Spider-Man! The movie is entertaining to watch because the storyline is well written-it is original, creative, and they don't tend to copy from anything. I like when the story has original elements (Unless it is based on a book.). The actors were well chosen. Spidey's web-slinging looked so real-I loved the special effects. The action scenes were awesome, but what I liked most about the movie-had to be Tobey Maguire's performance. No one could have done it any better! One of the things I didn't like-was the Green Goblin's costume. Hello?! It looks like something that came out of the "Power Rangers". But that wasn't so important. I enjoyed the movie-and I await the sequel and the DVD release with great anticipation! Arachnophobics beware! Here comes the Spider-Man!
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Summary: Wow!
Review: When I went to see this moive it was blocked!I was the last person in!This moive was great!It had a good beginning.(I personly think when Peter Parkers(Tobey Maguire)sercet crush Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst)Said "Thers only 14"when the guide told them there was 15 spiders in a glass tank.)The special affects were amazing.There is actually a story to follow!thats rare thes days.The action scenes were breath taking.The Green Goblin was the best villein ever!His Glider was really cool.I loved the actors/actress performances.They all did a great job.The part were Peter beats up a bully named Flash is stupid.The scene were Spider-Man jumps on a speding car with robbers in it was entertaining.The Moive almost made me fall off my chair at one time.There is never a dull moment in Spider-Man.It was funny at times,sad and action packed!spider-Man was a Great fighter.There was a mix of The Matrix and Mortal Combat.A great movie by Sam Raimi(The Gift)This is a great movie.Warning I would not let anyone under 10 watch this movie.There is violance,language and some parts younger children might find scary.This is a great moive and I recomend it to anyone that likes lots of action!!
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Summary: One of the most comlpeing "comic book" movies of all!
Review: Tobey Macguire is the definite Peter Parker of Spider-Man but not "the" Spidey! He is just so convincing as Peter Parker when he's griving over his Uncle Ben's death and it was all because he didn't stop the burglar at the fight arena who carjacked Uncle Ben's car and shot him. The chemistry between him and Kirsten Dunst was excellent. William Dafoe as the Green Goblin was one of the best casting ideas ever because he made the Goblin seemed like one of the most maniacal super-villian our friendly-neighborhood Spider-Man has ever faced! One of the best sequences in the movie is when he learns of his powers and uses them to enter a wrestling match and get $3000 to beat "Bonesaw". But the fight promoter cheated him and than a burgular steals the money and Spidey didn't do it. ...
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Summary: Couldn't Have Done It Until Now
Review: This is truly an example of how special effects have grown in recent years. The actors do an excellent job of not making the story look campy. Yes, the plot is a little thin, but I really enjoyed watching Spiderman fly through the city.I loved the animated version of Spiderman as a child. This is a great introduction to what will hopefully be a great series of Spiderman movies to come.
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Summary: Spider-Mania
Review: Since the sequel is already in the works, a review of "Spider-Man" almost seems superfluous. But it definitely isn't. Because, when a comic-book movie gets it right, as this one does, people should know, especially those who think of going to a big over-hyped summer blockbuster about as often as they think about going to the South Pole. This is a film, of course, in which a guy slings webs, scales walls and fights a villain who looks like a cross between the Joker and the grille of a Dodge Ram. But much like Peter Jackson and the initial "Lord of the Rings" movie, director Sam Raimi gets Spider-Man; he's been smitten with Spidey since he was a kid. (For his 12th birthday,we're told, his mom painted a Spider-Man mural on his bedroom wall.) To Raimi, making Spider-Man isn't interchangeable with making "The Scorpion King" or "Men In Black II" or any other big-budgeted summer movie. That fan's pure devotion coupled with Raimi's considerable directorial flair (remember the "Evil Dead" movies or "A Simple Plan"?) makes the movie far better than you might expect. For anyone who hasn't been reading Marvel Comics since the early '60s (when Stan Lee created the character), Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is a teen geek who lives in Queens with his Uncle Ben and Aunt May (Cliff Robertson and Rosemary Harris). Peter's the kind of guy who gets kicked around by the other kids for no particular reason, the kind of guy with a hopeless crush on the girl next door, Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst, with flame-red hair). On a school field trip, Peter is bitten by a genetically mutated spider. The next morning, he no longer needs his glasses; his abs look like they were carved out of The Rock. He soon discovers he has other powers, too: He can crawl up walls and spin webs that make leaping over tall buildings in a single bound uneccessary. He simply swings though Manhattan's concrete canyons. (Special effects evaluation: very, very good but not always thrilling.) When tragedy strikes his family, Peter stops fooling around with his new powers and starts fighting crime. Meanwhile, Norman Osborn (Willem Dafoe), the tycoon dad of Peter's best friend Harry (James Franco who played James Dean on TV), is experiencing a super-power make-over, too. In a Jekyll -and- Hyde scenario, the good Osborn turns into the bad Green Goblin, who cruises around on a glider wreaking havoc and trying to destroy Spider-Man. Okay, it's not Tolstoy. It's not even Tolkien. But it is a picture jam-packed with swinging action scenes, spiffy spider jokes and an unforced earnestness that never becoes corny or tongue-in-cheek. "Spider-Man" doesn't go for the retro-camp of "Dick Tracy" or the brooding hipness of "Batman." True, the Spidey/Green Goblin battles are generic and somewhat repetitive, which can make the movie feel long. But the picture has an an energy and a self-confidence that give it a terrific movie-movie feel. Even the acting is better than it usually is in this kind of flick. Dafoe brings some of his downtown theater training to his role, especially in the scenes where the innocent Osborn is talking with his evil alter identity. (at one point, he chats with The Green Goblin's mask which hangs from a wing-back chair.) Dunst, whose work in the current "The Cat's Meow" proves she doesn't have anything to prove to anyone, puts some spunk and integrity in her admittedly limited role. Still, it all comes down to Maguire who is flat-out terrific. A lot of fuss surrounded his casting: what's the sensitive kid from "The Ice Storm" and "The Cider House Rules" doing as a beloved comic-book hero? But Raimi said that he didn't need to look for Spider-Man; he needed to find Peter Parker. Maguire, with his slightly crooked grin, his mild yet laser-sharp gaze and his crackly, choked-up voice turns out to be the perfect choice. He knows we root for poor, shy Peter as much as we do for Spidey in all his wall-crawling splendor. Maguire brings a pensiveness to the part as well a goofy likability and an unabashed intelligence. When things get totally outlandish, he's our touchstone. The best advice Uncle Ben gives to his nephew is "With great power comes great responsibility." Sam Raimi knows exactly what that means.
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Summary: Incredible!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed "Spider-Man," which I saw in a screening. I thought the movie was very engrossing. Director Sam Raimi kept the action quotient high, but also emphasized the human element of the story. Tobey Maguire was very believable as the gawky teenager in the early part of the film and then, after his run-in with the radioactive, genetically engineered spider, as the athletic, acrobatic superhero of the title. His boyish glee at discovering his new superpowers was infectious and got a lot of laughs. I also didn't mind the changes to the "Peter Parker: The Amazing Spider-Man" comic book story that the film's writers made, e.g., having Spider-Man's web come out of glands in his wrists rather than being an invention of Peter Parker's. Especially good were Rosemary Harris and Cliff Robertson as Aunt May and Uncle Ben Parker, Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn/the Green Goblin, James Franco as Harry Osborn, and Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson. And in a small but memorable role, J.K. Simmons ("Oz," Law & Order") as newspaper publisher J. Jonah Jameson was hilarious. Perfect casting. I also thought the special effects were very good. Although I could easily tell when Spidey was a computer-generated image (or a stunt double for that matter), it didn't detract from my enjoyment of the movie. However, I saw the movie with a six-year-old, who found the villainous Green Goblin -- superbly personified by Willem Dafoe -- very, very frightening, so I would advise against taking children younger than 9 years of age to this movie. I'm going to go see this movie again and again until it comes on video! See this BlockBuster!
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Summary: Great expectations?
Review: When I first heard of the massive amounts of cash that this movie was making I was delighted. Finally, a movie with Spidey that might just live up to the task. Unfortuneately, I was wrong! I won't describe the movie's plot here, let's just say that everything is as it is in the comic. However, The Green Goblin (wonderfully evil Willem Dafoe) is a sad disappointment. Ever wonder why he wasn't shown in the trailers? It's because his suit makes him look like a Power Ranger (remember those?)! Damn, if they can make Spidey so cool, why not Goblin? In all truth, the villains are usually the most fun to watch... Anyway, the acting is apart from Dafoe horrible, especially Kirsten Dunst who is alltogether not very attractive. The next problem is the endless dialogue. Blah, blah, BLAH! You end around just waiting for the action sequences, which by all rights are just crazy! The film also lacks a real plot. This boils down to the fact that Goblin doesn't have a real goal, like taking over the city or something. He just doesn't like Spiderman for some reason, and they fight, that's it... All in all: 2 stars for the action, nothing for the rest.
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Summary: If You Didn't Like This One, You're Better Off Reading Books
Review: This film definitely stands out as the first blockbuster of the summer. It's steamrolled its way through the box office and doesn't seem to be slowing down too much, coming in close second to Star Wars: Episode II this past weekend. I was definitely impressed with what this movie had to offer. The acting impressed me on all levels. Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst both did extremely well in their roles with Maguire fitting the Spider-Man/Peter Parker persona to near perfection. The special effects stand out as one of the great aspects in this film and are extremely well done. Despite a couple of scenes in which they are obviously computer generated, in which some people think that it made the scenes look cheesy, I don't think these minor flaws took anything away from the movie as a whole. The remaining effects in the movie, namely the scenes as he webs his way from building to building, are nothing short of exhilarating. The plot of the movie followed the story of the Spider-Man comics quite admirably with the Green Goblin storyline and the anticipated emergence of Hobgoblin. I think it would be great if they also included one of the better Spider-Man villains (e.g. Carnage, Venom) in the sequel (to a limited extent where it's inclusiveness isn't overdone as in the Batman movies). But apart from that, it also appealed to those who weren't hardcore fans of the comic book series and was certainly easy to follow if you weren't familiar with the details of Spider-Man's background. If you didn't truly enjoy this movie, then face it. You just don't like good movies. This had a little bit of everything for everyone. Those who didn't get anything out of it should seek a profession as a critic and make money off of their wordy blurbs and useless opinions while continuously praising those discrete low-budget movies that nobody ever cares to or really wants to go see. Definitely one of the most enjoyable super-hero movies to date if not the most. The directing was well done, the plot was excellent, good acting, great effects. Overall, an excellent flick.
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Summary: One of the best movies I've seen
Review: Spider-Man was a great combo of action and romance. Usually the combonation of these two things turns me off and makes me want to leave, but this movie did it wonderfully. This movie may be a thriller, but it has a dark side to all of it, as harmless as it may seems. Peter Parker lives with his aunt and uncle in New York. The love of his life, Mary Jane Watson lives next door. This was an awesome movie with an interesting twist. A spider bire changes everything for Peter when he decides to become Spider-Man. The reason for his decision is sad and makes up his mind for him. I won't give anything away, but I must say that the choices that Spiderman(Peter) has to make are by far the most drastic I've every seen. That's what makes the movie interesting though, waiting to see what he'll decide to do next. I'd recommend this movie to any action fans. Great job!
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