“With great power...” Marvel’s most popular character comes to the big screen in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man. In this adaptation high school senior Peter Parker becomes the masked vigilante Spider-Man in the wake of his Uncle Ben’s murder, but Parker’s new quest to rid the city of crime pits him against the mysterious Green Goblin who’s terrorizing the city. The film embraces the campiness of the material and makes it work. And the casting is especially good, and includes Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, and J.K. Simmons; who all give excellent performances. The special effects are also quite impressive, and hold up fairly well. Additionally, Danny Elfman provides an exquisite score that’s energetic and full if whimsy. Terrifically entertaining, Spider-Man is an entertaining and fun film that helped to revitalize the comic book genre.
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“With great power...” Marvel’s most popular character comes to the big screen in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man. In this adaptation high school senior Peter Parker becomes the masked vigilante Spider-Man in the wake of his Uncle Ben’s murder, but Parker’s new quest to rid the city of crime pits him against the mysterious Green Goblin who’s terrorizing the city. The film embraces the campiness of the material and makes it work. And the casting is especially good, and includes Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, and J.K. Simmons; who all give excellent performances. The special effects are also quite impressive, and hold up fairly well. Additionally, Danny Elfman provides an exquisite score that’s energetic and full if whimsy. Terrifically entertaining, Spider-Man is an entertaining and fun film that helped to revitalize the comic book genre.