Spider-Man (Widescreen Edition)

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Summary: Spider-man
Review: Wow. If this movie isnt perfect then theres no such thing as a perfect movie. Kirsten Dunst, the most beautiful woman in the world plays Mary Jane Watson, a high school girl who lives with an abusive dad and an abused mom. Tobey Magwire plays the "Amazing Spider-man" who falls in love with Mary Jane. Shes popular. Hes a big time nerd. [Stinks] for him. What will he do to get this girl? Find out!!

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Summary: Garbage
Review: ... From an artistic point of view this movie is garbage since it has no merits(*sigh* no I do not write this merely to impress, I fully grasp the concept of artistry as I believe any thinking individual rightly should). The gravest of all sins committed, even above that attrocious rethinking of the classic Green Goblin costume, is that the studios saw fit to assign David Keopp scripting chores on such a major motion picture. He is an unoriginal man likely to have a boring life since he sees fit NOT to imbue his work with any noticible personal touch, rather he seems content merely to regurgetate what he's seen in other movies ( and not doubt the tenets of screenwritting as preached in Robert Mckee, and Syd Field books).
The screenplay is crassly, so stupidly, so utterly banal, and shameless one wonders if in fact the writer (writers I should say...) were fully conscious of their actions , intending to pass this off as a malicious joke on the American public. You will find, thinkers, that there is NOT ONE single original idea in the whole of this expensive Xerox. One need not reach far back into the annals of film history to see from which works it pilfered thus I will not name them, having full confidence in your film memory.
The direction is boring, as is Tobey Maguire in the lead. Kirsten Dunst resgisters, but only as a non-entity. Her character was sorely underwritten.
The cacophany of sound that Danny Elfman passes off as a score shows how the poor the material is, since even the man who wrote the great score to Batman cannot work wonders without first being inspired.
One more grave failing is perhaps the cornerstone of its appeal to the masses. Spiderman is an 'accessible' hero( unlike Superman who is perfect for ex.). The 'accessible' superhero is an awful concept since it DESTROYS all that is worthy in the hero by giving him flaws, the underlying message being one of reassurance to the average that they may continue about their way, complacent, unmotivated to strive for greatness, since even those men we laud as our champions share our same basic failings, and may be prone to caving into temptation at any given time. This is the anathema of nobility. Sadly, it's popularity has spread in our culture not like AIDS to which there have risen many pleas for a cure, but like a disease much liked in its giving both the great, and the small a common bond.
To provide a balanced review, I will write that on the plus side, William Dafoe is quite good as Norman Osborn, and is the only one in the cast who plays his role, however lousy, with something approximating true conviction. It is he alone that raises this movie 'several rungs in hell' for me; it is the only thing about this movie in which I do not find much fault.
At this point you may wonder, "What did you expect? Shakespeare"? Yes. We all should, as a collective body demand only the very best in order to recieve it. Telling ourselves that we should settle for what we're given in order to not offend others, or simply shrugging our shoulders will lead only to our film industry's downward spiral( or rather continued downward spiral) allowing for mediocorities like this to arise like so many weeds, in place of say American Beauties, or Magnolias ( which are at the very at least have a view point dictated by their authors and not everyone else, a concept rendered beautiful by our society's protestations to even a single man declaring himself seperate and of an unlike mind)...

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Summary: AWSOME!
Review: This movie is incredible. Tobey Maguire gives and OUTSTANDING performance, and the special effects really added to the overall quality of the movie. I reccomend it to anyone looking for a good plot with great action sequences.

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Summary: Are you kiddin me?
Review: This is on the bottom of my list of movies along with Harry Potter and A.I. I went to all of these movies expecting something awesome but they all [were bad]. I am a huge fan of the comic book and I waited so long for the movie to come out, when i saw it, i couldn't believe how bad it was. I hated it. They critics went so easy on it. Kirsten Dunst made a horrible Mary-Jane. Todey McGuire was a pretty good Peter Parker but [wasn't good] as Spider-Man. This movie was a joke. P.S. The Green Goblin's costume was retarted and it [was bad]. Make it like the comic book. P.S.S. I hope the Hulk isn't this bad

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Summary: wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I really really loved this movie. Better than any beevus and butthead I've ever seen. But seriously buy this movie! It's so good I can't even find a word to explain it. you will love this movie... I know I did.

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Summary: Spectacular!
Review: Spiderman was great I would reccomend it out of any others, it was my favorite movie. If your looking to buy a thrilling movie, buy this I loved it and I'm sure you will too. If I could give it a 1-10 I would give it a 10.(Year 2004 there will be a sequel, Spiderman against dr.octopus and lizard!)

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Summary: Too Many Words...
Review: Action Packed, Exciting, Exhilirating,is an understatement to this movie!

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Summary: question
Review: y did the green goblin look like a power ranger? at least make him like the comic.

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Summary: this movie was great
Review: this movie was relly good. I think that it was cool becase sidy swung arond. It was cool that thay put extra things in the movie. I think eveyone that is intrestid in spidy should by this movie.......

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Summary: The start of something better, hopefully
Review: Slick special effects hung over a simple plot don't often make for good viewing. Fortunately, "Spider-Man" is saved from being just another big-budget Hollywood blowout by the guileless performance of Tobey Maguire and the lightly humorous touch of Sam Raimi and his writers. A darker tone and a more complex story would have made this far more interesting, but they can wait for any one of the numerous sequels. And by the look of the boxoffice, there'll be plenty. This isn't a great movie, but it's a great start to what should be a highly entertaining franchise.