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Summary: The Great Sam Raimi
Review: This movie was even better than i thought it would be, and i thought it was going to be great. i though that Tobey Maguire was going to [stink] as a spider-man but i was totally wrong he was awsome. i this movie the first week it came out and i still cant stop talking about it. i love Sam Raimi's work and this has got to be one of his best films next to the evil dead trilogy. all i have to say is watch this movie!!!
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Summary: Spider-man
Review: I am not a big fan of the comic book ,but this movie was incridably.I waited three years for it to come out and it was well worth the wait.It had great speciel effects,an outstanding cast,the CGI didn't look CGI and I was really suprised how it came out,I wish it was longer though.Tobey Macquire was perfect to play as spider-man,I was always a big fan of Kirsten Dunst and and Dafoe was creepy.Hopefully they make a sequel and the dvd comes out soon!
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Summary: ...a name in the minds of every American...
Review: Spider-Man - A name in the minds of every American this week. And it isn't difficult to figure out why. In it's first weekend Spider-Man grossed over $114 million, the first movie to ever break $100 million in its first three days. The film is well on its way to become the fastest film to $200 million, a title currently held by Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, which arrived at the total in 13 days.40 years ago two men began a comic book character that would become a legacy. Steve Ditko drew the Amazing Spider-Man, while the more popular Stan Lee, who has a cameo appearance in the movie, wrote the comic book. Spider-Man's alter ego, Peter Parker, is a character that people can relate to, which is what has made the comic book so popular. Spider-Man on the other hand was always misunderstood and made mistakes, which set him apart from all other comic book heroes. It is an amazing treat to see Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man, swinging through the streets of New York. As with any hero, there comes a villain, and Spider-Man has the ultimate villain, the Green Goblin, played spectacularly by Willam Dafoe. The two super humans go face to face in a battle of wits and strengths, challenging each other's minds and morals. The special effects, supervised by John Dykstra who also supervised the special effects on the pioneer special FX movie, Star Wars, were seamless and out of this world. As Spider-Man swings from one skyscraper to another, as the Green Goblin flies through the air on his glider, the finished effects are beautiful and virtually undetectable. I was in awe of the wizardry of visual treats that make up the movie that is Spider-Man. The character relationships in the movie were surprisingly straight forward with the comic book world that they came from. They were interesting enough without taking too much out of the action of the movie, and the action wasn't too much to take away from the story. The action was top notch, Spider-Man's actions did not seem too over the top yet he seemed to be characteristic of a man with super human strengths, senses, and reflexes. The fact the Peter Parker had organic web shooters opposed the classic mechanical web shooters he has had in the comic books for the past 40 years only added to the realism of the movie and helped his character in the story line. With Spider-Man now in the top 100 box-office success films in only the first week, I feel confident that it will continue up the ranks to the top ten in not any longer than two months. The movie began with a bang and will continue to do so throughout its theatre release until it comes out onto video. With actors and crew signed on for a second installment and a third in talk people can only wonder what's to come. I for one will be in line once again on opening day to see what will be. Written Friday, May 10, 2002
Spider-Man (R), Green Goblin (R), the characters, (R) & (C) 2002 Marvel Characters, Inc.
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Summary: Overhyped...
Review: Much as I was excited to see spiderman, having enjoyed the comics and cartoon series, I am sorely disappointed with the film. It was not the plot that was bad, in fact, it stayed pretty accurate, but the really lousy dialogue that accompanied it. If I can spend more than half a movie cringing at cheesy lines and not enjoy the cringing, it probably wasn't a good movie. I mean, cheesiness can be fun and memorable and oftentimes so quotable, but this was quite painful. The hospital declaration of love scene made me look at my friend and ask when the movie was ending. Perhaps the redeeming quality was the action sequences, I did love how Peter Parker flew across the buidings, unfortunately, sometimes, I felt that the special effects seemed choppy and stilted, as compared to the other scenes. Perhaps this is intentional, but I thought it made the film more disjointed. And much as I do enjoy fight scenes, while Spiderman's showdown with the Green Goblin was exciting and all, I felt that is wasn't very tastefully done. But kudos to William Defoe for being such an outstanding brillant. His portrayal of the Green Goblin was exactly how I envisioned it to be. Mary Jane, however, was badly cast. Kirsten Dunst is quite a lousy actress and the red hair is just awful on her! Her acting seems contrived at times and I don't think she brings out the character of Mary Jane at all! Perhaps another young actress, like Claire Danes would make a better Mary Jane. Now, to our title character - Spiderman. When I first found out that Tobey Maguire was playing Spiderman, I thought it was again, another bad choice, but now, in restrospect, I think he did a marvelous job. He captures the innocence, nerdiness of Spiderman so well, and plays our down to earth hero with much aplomb. Despite the awful awful dialogue that plagued the entire film, he managed to deliver his lines as credibly as he possibly could. Overall, despite having a pretty good plot and a believable Spiderman and villian, the film was marred by the less than stellar supporting cast, bad bad script, and not ILM standard special effects.
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Summary: See it. K?
Review: The movie is superb. Many critics say the cheesy straight-from-the-comic lines degrade the film, but I think it helps the movie stay true to the comic.
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Summary: The best superhero movie so far!!!
Review: I think Spiderman is the best superhero movie made so far. It has great storyline and the special effects are awesome. Spiderman lived up to his name by being simply amazing. Even the Green Goblin was very amazing with the things that he did. I recommend this movie for anybody who enjoys science fiction action with lots of amazing special effects. I can't wait for the sequal as well as other Marvel superhero movies that will be released in the future.
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Summary: Totally great
Review: This movie is totally great, but being a 12 year old, I don't get the ending. THat's that only part I don't really like. The rest is like, COOL MAN!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Awesome!!!!
Review: This is such a great movie I can not wait to see the next one. If you want to see a fun movie go see this instead of Star Wars. You will not be disappointed. So far the best movie of the summer.
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Summary: He's SPIDER-MAN!
Review: Did the film versions of "Superman" and "Batman" successfully capture the quintessence of their respective heroes? Yes, they did. Does this movie? You bet it does! Many times during this film I sat there and quietly nodded: "They got it right."
After reading the reviews I was afraid the film was perhaps not the equal of the trailer; it is. Only someone as staid as the movie critic (most of them) would not be enormously pleased with this production.
The story is told flawlessly and dramatically. The effects are very good indeed. One critic complained that Spiderman looks like a character in a video game jumping around; he doesn't. Many of the scenes are quite breath-taking.
The actors keep pace, never dropping the ball.
Forget "Star Wars" -- see this movie instead. It won't disappoint. Four and a half stars, to be exact.
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Summary: The best movie I have seen so far.
Review: This is a movie you do not want to miss. I has a few minor flaws but otherwise its really good. The movie has everything, comedy, action, drama, and a little bit of romance. If you don't already know about the story plot it goes like this. Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) gets bitten by a genetically altered spider causing hime to get superhero powers. To keep going would spoil the movie. To tell the truth you would have to be a [fool] not to go see this movie.
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