Spider-Man

It has everything I expected for in a superhero film and more!

Movie was very engrossing. All thanks to Tobey Maguire for delivering such a believable performance.

Tobey Maguire was made for this role. Gonna be hard for me to shake the image of Spider-Man when I see him on other films from now on.

When you realize it was only 2002 when this movie came out and even with that, this movie can be considered up to par with the movies of today, you realize that it's definitely one of the classics.

Sam Raimi is the true mvp on this one. He paid so much attention to even the little details on this move and because of that, we are all richly rewarded.

I just wish studios would start making great films such as this one again. Today it's just all about hype but no substance.

No other superhero origin film can match the story, the writing, and the soul this one has.

Normally I don't enjoy comic book adaptations, but this is one of the very few exceptions.

A comic-book adaptation that won't disappoint like Superman and Batman!

I can't think of any reason why anyone would not fall in love with this film. Maybe they just have a bad attitude.

A great blend of action, adventure, humor, emotion, thrills and fiction - things you won't expect in a superhero film.

Making superhero films is tricky in the sense that you have to have that balance of fight scenes to make it enjoyable and enough character back story to really give that character some depth.

It may not have the best CGI effects, but for sure everything else - the plot, the script, and the acting - is on the same level as other great superhero films like Batman and Superman.

Tobey Maguire was always going to have a tough task revitalising this franchise - but I think he has done a decent job here. The geeky, shy, young "Peter Parker" bitten by a genetically-modified spider that endows him with superhuman powers, decides to use his newly-found prowess for good. Dressed only in a pair of loosely converted pyjamas, he polices the streets at night apprehending thugs and petty criminals whilst during the day he remains the butt of jokes and pranks at school - usually at the hands of school heart-throb/dim-wit "Flash" (Joe Manganiello). He is best friends with "Harry" (the handsome, but pretty ineffective James Franco) who is not only the son of mega-rich scientist "Norman Osborn" (Willem Dafoe) but who is also dating his own dream girl "Mary Jane" (Kirsten Dunst). When his board try to take the "Osborn" company away from him, Dafoe starts experimenting with drugs that transfer him from a megalomanic scientist into - well a megalomanic "Green Goblin" - and it falls to "Spidey" to save the city and, of course, get his gal. Maguire is engaging in this, he has a glint in his eye and he enters into the spirit of this light-hearted fantasy adventure well. The writing is good in places, if a little too earnest at times, and the visual effects work well. They don't overwhelm the acting - maybe because the spider skills are inherently a little less showy - and this allows the story to focus more on a few engaging characterisations. JK Simmons is good as newspaper editor "Jameson" and there are a few nice cameos scenes from Cliff Robertson and Rosemary Harris as his uncle and aunt. Sam Raimi has kept the pace tight, there is plenty of action peppered with some humour, some ham from Dafoe and a decent amount of scary science to keep this moving along well for two hours.