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Summary: GOOD SPECIAL EFFECTS..........
Review: I THOUGHT THIS WAS A VERY WELL PRODUCED MOVIE. THE SPECIAL EFFECTS WERE WONDERFUL. THE MOVIE KEPT CLOSE TO THE STORY AND
WAS VERY ENTERTAINING...........
Rating: 
Summary: Not Bad
Review: Great Special Effects, Great extras, and a pretty good plot. Very enjoyable overall.
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Summary: No one will watch this movie in ten years.
Review: Okay, this movie does entertain- at times. But, the story is too simple. I know it's a comic book movie, but at least the climax didn't have to be so cliche- "Who do you choose, Spidey- the girl or the innocent children?" Spidey deserved better than that. This movie entertained and has sold a lot of DVDs, but ten years from now, Spider Man the movie will be seen as a cultural artifact of the period after 9/11/01, not as a great adventure movie for the ages.
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Summary: A Really Great Action Movie ItFullfills The Superhero Genre!
Review: SPIDER-MAN - was a great surprise for me. I was excited and although he takes 2nd seat for me next to Superman as my favorite Super Hero, the film was a great and pleasant surprise! Very entertaining.Directed by Sam Raimi (Darkman, The Gift), the film is action packed and intriguing. The story is real and very down-to-earth. It has a heart and it is a positive message for kids to be the best they can be and believe in themselves. An amazing performance by Toby McGuire (Pleasantville, The Cider House Rules) as the web-slinger himself and as his alter ego Peter Parker. Toby has an honestness about his personality that makes it all real for the viewer of this film. Mary Jane is played fantastically by Kirsten Dunst (Bring It On, Small Soldiers) and her believability as a the girl-next door makes Peter Parker's passion to help others even stronger. Also Cliff Robertson (Melting Pot, Charlie) and Rosemary Harris (Wuthering Heights, Holocost) as Peter's Uncle Ben and Aunt May are very real and important to the story of this film. They set the tone for what Spiderman is to become and is. The standout performance - in a dual role - is given by Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin who terrorizes the city. He plays the psychotic very well. He certainly motivates New York City needing a super hero like Spiderman. His energy and exciting gymnastics, for a man his age, and he did most of his own stunts - is amazing! The DVD extras include some great historical info on Stan Lee and the evolution of Spiderman. There are production shorts and technically information on the computer generated imagery that was done in the film as well as the original screen test for the actors. The commentaries are informative and very interesting. There is also CD-ROM features including a sampling of the video game. This is a good Super Hero DVD to own right next to Superman: The Movie. (12-10-02)
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Summary: Best Superhero Movie Ever?
Review: Directed by Sam Raimi, SPIDER-MAN is the latest blockbuster adapted from a MARVEL comic. And with X-MEN 2 and THE INCREDIBLE HULK coming to cinemas soon, it would seem that Superhero movies are on the upswing. Surpassing my expectations of this being just another silly superhero film, this is one of the most impressive entries into the genre. Just as Spiderman is Peter Parker, Toby Maguire IS Spiderman. Swinging from skyscrapers, saving kids and beating up bad guys with relative ease. Contrary to what some critics thought, the CG Spiderman is really impressive. The pricipal actors, especially Maguire do a great job. Even creator Stan Lee does a cameo in the film. And of course, every hero need a villain. And this is what stops this from being the best superhero movie ever. William Dafoe is good as Norman Osbourne, but like most people, the Green Goblin is a dissapointing adaption of the classic bad guy. And there is a notable lack of zingy one-liners. That said, there is lots to enjoy here; Peter discovering his unique web-slinging abilities, some terrific action with Spidey swinging and the no-holds barred punch up ending. And Danny Elfman's suitably comic book score adds a lot to the action. Building up to an impressive finale and sending off with a sequel-friendly ending, this is a must-have on DVD. Some minor faults aside, this is a perfect Hollywood popcorn blockbuster. It might not be the best Superhero film ever, but it's very close.
The DVD extras are impressive, with 2 discs of extra material. There's an insightful Commentary by director Sam Raimi, Kirsten Dunst, producer Laura Ziskin, and co-producer Grant Curtis, a commentary by special effects designer John Dykstra and visual effects crew. Alos included are trailers, making of docos, director and actor profiles, bloopers, production material and DVD-ROM features. Impressive. Most impressive.
Rating: 
Summary: Boring
Review: I wasn't very impressed with this movie at all. I expected a lot more from Spiderman it didnt' seem to hold true to the comics.
Rating:
Summary: Raimis paints by numbers
Review: This is pure candy-floss: well marketed, somewhat cynically timed, but fundamentally an unimaginative adaptation of cartoon strip which itself was a pretty bare-faced rip-off of Superman. There are a number of reference points for Spider Man, and it doesn't measure up to any of them: Firstly, adapting a comic strip to the big screen: Since Christopher Reeve brought us Superman-con-fromage, action heroes have all but infested the cinema, mostly with substandard results: The best of the bunch was the Batman franchise, which (at least while in Tim Burton's capable hands) took a fairly cornball & camp idea and extracted a far darker, more gothic essence. Sam Raimis does nothing of the sort here: Spidey is straight, wholesome, dull, and ickily adolescent: I'm not sure what Raimis had in mind, but watching scenes where, at the flick of his wrist a infatuated 17 year old shoots sticky white stuff around his bedroom wasn't exactly the superhero experience I bargained for. Secondly, the "celebrity Bad Guy having the time of his life" gambit doesn't pay off: Having a serious thesp play the villain is hardly a new idea. But where Jack Nicholson, Anthony Hopkins, Alan Rickman, Dennis Hopper and so on have animated (and in some cases carried) pretty cheesy films, in Spiderman, Defoe never really gets to grips with his part, and he certainly doesn't ham it up the way it screams out for. Partly I think this is because the green goblin part is poorly conceived: I don't know whether that fault lies with Marvel or Raimis' scriptwriter. And lastly, the special effects aren't that much chop: I rented The Matrix last week, which is practically a senior citizen in the Special FX world, having been around since 1998 or thereabouts. But it still leaves Spiderman for dead. And those are about the only criteria on which a film in the format of Spiderman could have hoped to justify itself. It will never be Citizen Kane, certainly, but given the hype Spiderman received (and its box office receipts) I was a little surprised this picture didn't at least subvert one or two conventions. It (ham-fistedly) set itself up for a sequel, so I guess there is another chance out there for some aspiring director to make a mark. But I'm not holding my breath.
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Summary: Nothing "Special" about this edition
Review: ... this has got to be one of the worst "Special Editions" around. The movie is great but the EPKs ... big time. It has barely anything substantial. It's predominantly various interviews with the cast and Stan Lee and they talk exactly the same thing in each interview; with about half a dozen clips from the movie that repeat several times over. There is no actual behind-the-scenes nor any of the teasers that were immensely popular 8-12 months prior to the movie release. The concept art gallery was good but they could have included some more. Probably the only positive thing I found on the "Special Edition" was the Activision game demo. But for the people who already have the game...oh well. Definitely a huge disappointment for me. Wish the studio had spent a little from the millions they earned in the box-office to make make this DVD a true "special Edition" for the fans.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent
Review: I am quite sure it must have been better on the big screen, in the theatre, but this DVD was most excellent.
Rating:
Summary: Same old, same old.
Review: Tobey Maguire makes an incredibly cheesy Spiderman. The special effects aren't that bad, but I've seen much better. There's nothing really new about this superhero flick, just the same old good-vs.-bad junk.
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