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Summary: AWESOME!!!!
Review: I guess that the only problem with Spider Man is that it needs to be viewed on the big screen with that heart pounding DTS. Even on DVD Widescreen, it still won't be the same. It was visually average, while the sound was out of this world. It was EXCELLENT!
I sat in the front row, and it was incredible. I LOVED THE FILM. Great acting, lovely script, and the director of photograpy deserves a noteable mention. I did not expect this to be half of what it was. Shame on me!
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Summary: AN AWESOME MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: OH MY GOD was this movie great!!!!! i saw it last night in chinmark (i don't know how to spell it) i'm nine but almost ten and my little sister's friend was sleeping over then my friend came over for an hour after the movie they saw it with my sis and mom and me. I tottaly loved it it's just that the part i didn't like was the frist kiss in the movie YUCK!!!! it was horrible!! spider man was upside down then mj was not then she put his mask off till under the nose and then it started yuck! the movie was great it was even better in chinmark because it's the best theater ever! we were all the way in the back we had a good sight! anyways my mom thought it would be better and i said to her "MOM u gotta be kidding that movie was grrrrrrrrrrreat!"oh yeah once we were going to see spiderman i said hey guys peter parkers inninshals are pp without the middle name and we started laughing! then my sis's friend said "he must be inbarresed!" but if u beat the movie game well i beat it in 2 days it was so easy but very fun! only some things will be the same as in the movie but it's weird they but the game first and the movie 2nd it mosty the game 2nd and the movie 1st. well i hope u like the movie!
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Summary: Its a Marvel that the philosophy of Spider Man mostly holds
Review: "Spider Man" the movie was thoroughly Marvel Comics. The refrain of the movie was the line, "with great power comes great responsibility." The point is driven home by Peter Parker learning this his inaction when he had the chance to stop a thief led to the thief having the chance to kill his uncle, Ben. The message - every moral slip comes back in spades. Life is also presented as a series of moral choices - save the girl, or save the busload of children? Failure to resolve the moral dilemma is giving in to the dark side, total corruption and insanity. I absorbed much of this philosophy reading Marvel Comics in high school, and this way of looking at the world has become engrained upon my outlook. Never strive for absolute power because power corrupts. The "great responsibility" is not just to use the power justly, but to avoid the temptations of power. Altogether this is not a bad philosophy.The movie falls short in dealing with this philosophy twice. The most obvious instance is when Spider Man is given the choice about the bus and the girl and, using his super powers, he managed to save both and get away with it. This is cheating, I think. He didn't really have to make the choice. There really was no dilemma. The second was subtler. There's a scene when Spider Man arrives at the scene of a burning building and rescues a baby that the NYFD was unable to. NYPD on the scene want to arrest Spider Man, and watch helplessly as he goes back into the building to do what they can't, save another life. I couldn't help but think of September 11th and the concept of the NYPD and FD as the real heroes. Couldn't the scene have been engineered so that a firefighter saved Spider Man? Or even so that we see firefighters saving some people and Spider Man just helping out? The scene was a set up for a battle, so I don't think the idea of Spider Man being the only one capable of helping was incumbent upon the scene. This runs afoul of the Marvel Philosophy in several respects. The first is that it emphasizes Spider Man's individuality as opposed to him being on anyone's side. While Spider Man has always been somewhat solitary, there are countless comic book team ups between Spider Man and everyone else in the Marvel Universe. That most Marvel heroes are part of a team - The X Men, the Fantastic Four, The Avengers, suggests something about the importance of teamwork and the message that "We may be different, but at least there is a 'we.'" The other problem with this scene is that it is a missed opportunity to set up another choice. Spider Man acts because he has no choice. He's the only one who can go in and save the person inside. It may have worked better if he started showing a messiah complex and then got swatted down. There was no lesson in this scene, except that the NYPD and NYFD are not the real heroes after all. But these two flaws were aberrations. On the whole the movie's philosophy not only held together, but proved to be much more practical and meaningful than placeholder philosophies in most action movies.
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Summary: AN AMAZING FILM!!! EXCEEDS THE HYPE!!!
Review: How do I begin? I had to buy my tickets a day in advance however I must admit it was well worth it! It's been quite a while since a movie has lived up to or exceeded the hype surrounding it however Spiderman was one of the greatest "character" films ever! Not only was it action packed but the romance in it made it easy for me to bring along my girlfriend. Sure it appeals to teenagers but what's remarkable about this film is that it's also appealing to little kids as well as adults, etc. This was well worth the wait and I will say that I thoroughly enjoyed it!!
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Summary: Wow!
Review: As I entered the crowded movie theater I felt nervous. As a big fan of Spiderman and all his friends at Marvel comics, I wasn't sure if the movie would live up to my expectations. As the ending credits started to roll, I sat there in a state of awe. It was a great movie! It had everything: Adventure, action, comedy, and romance. Tobey Maguire was perfectly cast as Peter Paker a.k.a. SPIDERMAN! I gave to admit, there could of been more action, but it was still worth seeing. I'm not the kind of person to see a movie twice in a movie theater...but Spiderman is one of those movies that one wouldn't mind seeing over and over and over again....
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Summary: Best movie of all time!!!!
Review: In the short time it has been out I have seen Spider-man twice. It is my all time favorite movie. The actors did an exellant job. The fight scenes were incredible especially the slugfest at the end. The plot was great and was very close to the comic. So if you like the comic or just like a great movie go see it now.
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Summary: Spider-Man Defines Only Greatness
Review: When I first heard that Sony Pictures were going to make a film based on the comic-book superhero Spider-Man, I was in shock. This was great! But-- this was three years ago, even before they casted Tobey Maguire and have even wrote the script. Everyday, I went on Upcomingmovies.com to find out more about the film and eventually, I learned more and more and more. After two months approximately, they casted Tobey Maguire. Then they were after the Green Goblin. Finally, Willem Dafoe is casted. Then Kirsten Dunst, then J.K Simmons, and so on and so forth. So you see, I have been waiting for this movie even before they wrote the script. And now, I finally, after nearly three years, I have seen a dream. Spider-Man for one is now my most favorite movie. Sam Raimi delivers a great, action-packed movie with a story actually behind it (unlike any Rambo movie). The acting is marvelous except for Kirsten Dunst. I wished they picked another actress to play the part of Mary Jane Watson. But of course, the film has its weaknesses and down-falls, but fortunately, those glitches are minor and just flow by like air. In some points of the film, the movie seems to long but always, in these types of movies, you want more and more and more. The story is over-all great, not good-- GREAT! Whoever wrote the script knew the original story written by Stan Lee, took it another step further transforming a masterpiece...If you are a Spider-Man fan, you are there, if you are a superhero fan, you are still there, and even if you are an Archie Comics fan, you are there. This film is the most action-packed and truthfull comic book movie that has ever been made...
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Summary: Worth the hype! Something for everyone.
Review: I was extremely pleased with this movie. It had something for everyone. Family values, a love story, and lots of fun action. I took my 8 year old son which I was leary of because of the PG-13 rating. It was acceptable to me. There was one swear used ..., which he knows is wrong to use. The violence was actually less than some of the cartoons on TV. I highly recommend this movie!
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Summary: The best comic book film rendering since Batman
Review: I'll admit it. I get a little skeptical about a bran new action film when a month before its release, pictures of the heroic lead character show up on bags of cotton candy at Blockbuster Video and through other mischievious marketing schemes. Many of us were treated to the same insanity with Star Wars Episode One and found ourselves a little disappointed when apart from the great action scenes, the film didn't quite live up to the hype. I'm pleased to say that Spiderman does. The film's strengths are in its humanity and its focus on characters more than on action. The film runs just over 2 hours and seems almost longer because so much of the film moves along at a calm pace building the characers we will be rooting for or hating for the next four or five years (as new films in the series come out). Peter Parker (played expertly by Tobey MacGuire) is a 16-year-old science buff who, on a trip to a genetics lab with his high school, is bit by an escaped genetically-altered spider. One bite is all it takes to send Peter's DNA into choas. He awakes the next morning and discovers changes in his physical body (improved eyesight, muscles magically appearing overnight), and gets a handful of embarassment and trouble when his spider webs manifest themselves in the school cafeteria! The loss of a loved one provokes Peter to devote his life to defending the innocent against crime. Along the way, a displaced plant founder named Norman Osborn has made himself the human guinea pig for a performance-enhancing drug which threatens to be pulled along with his program unless he works out the bugs (no pun intended). The drug enhances his physical abilities, and like the original character Green Goblin, causes Norman to go slowly insane. William Defoe plays the role of Osborn/the Green Goblin brilliantly. Any actor who can so accurately portray such an intense Disassociative Identity Disorder between two such extremes deserved recognition. Watch for the scene where Defoe has a conversation with himself in his bathroom mirror! Brilliance. The film spends the first hour of the film solely on character development before any comic book action takes place. This is a strength of the film. By the time the action starts and the plot thickens, we know the characters well enough to become personally involved with happens to them. The film also simply take the wild and perhaps-impossible science behind Peter and Norman's transformations as a given and instead focuses on the characters. Another strength of the film. Played especially well is the fact that Peter's amazing abilities become both a gift and a curse. Peter find he no longer grow emotionally close to anyone because the ones he loves are the ones that end up getting hurt by his enemies. Thus begins a potentially lonely life for this hesitant superhero. Brimming over with humanity and excellent CGI, plot and dialogue, Spiderman seems to me to be the best comic book film since the Keaton/Nicholson Batman film. Coincidentally, both films are scored by the same wonderful composer, Danny Elfman. Don't wait for video to see this one folks! It's good enough for the extra money, and the big screen experience of this film is amazing. Just try leaving the film as calm and collected as you were when you came in. Highly recommended.
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Summary: SPIDER-MAN - the #1 Movie thats breaking box office records!
Review: I have to say Spider-Man is one of the most refreshing comic book hero movies to ever come out. When I was a young kid, I was a huge Spider-Man fan with the action figures and comic books. As time went on and as I grew older I forgot about him, but that changed when I saw the previews for this movie. I finally saw the movie tonight and it brought back those care free days I had as a kid. Seeing Spider-Man was just one of the most amazing movie experiences (along with E.T.) ever. I have to say this movie was AWESOME. This movie truly has a great stand out cast. TOBEY MAGUIRE who plays Spider-Man did an amazing job. He brought emotion to the character that made him more human than any other hero in a comic book inspired movie. Another great performance was by KIRSTEN DUNST who brought the Lois Lane like quality to this movie, and gave one of her best movie performances to date. Together the two just ignited the big screen and as the sparks flew it gave the movie a romantic twist. The action scenes are amazing and they make you jump out of your seat a few times. All that along with the emotional journey that Spider-Man takes you on, thats what truly makes this movie so great and special. This is one Roller-Coaster ride i highly encourage any one to see. The ending is also a surprise and I will not give it away, but I will say some people liked it and some people did not, Go figure. I did not buy in to all the Hype of this movie. I went to see it cause I wanted to. SPIDER-MAN is breaking Box Office Records! Spider-Man was the #1 Movie at the box Office for the weekend of May 4-5 and had the largest opening gross ever its first week with $118 million. It broke another record in its second week of release on May 11-12 with grossing $72 million, which is the most any movie has ever grossed on its second week, and if thats not enough it is the fastest movie to pass the $200 million mark in only 9 days. I can see why because this movie is just AWESOME! I will be waiting in line when SPIDER-MAN comes out on DVD! Check Spider-Man out! Tobey and Kirstin you both rock!
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