It suffers from trying to do too much in that it wants to rush past how Parker developed into Spider-Man and the emotional beats don’t land as well as they should. Maguire channels his wide eyed innocent look, Dafoe hams it up and JK Simmons pretty much steals every scene he is in. It doesn’t help that Dunst has nothing to do except be the girl that needs saving, although both Maguire and her have enough chemistry to help get through the generic teenage boy wish fulfillment fantasy that the film relies on to drive the plot for much of the film. It’s not terrible by any means and entertaining most of the time, it’s just some elements have not aged well. Elfman manages to create yet another great superhero score though!
Shout by Simon MasseyVIP 11BlockedParent2022-01-02T19:45:37Z
It suffers from trying to do too much in that it wants to rush past how Parker developed into Spider-Man and the emotional beats don’t land as well as they should. Maguire channels his wide eyed innocent look, Dafoe hams it up and JK Simmons pretty much steals every scene he is in. It doesn’t help that Dunst has nothing to do except be the girl that needs saving, although both Maguire and her have enough chemistry to help get through the generic teenage boy wish fulfillment fantasy that the film relies on to drive the plot for much of the film. It’s not terrible by any means and entertaining most of the time, it’s just some elements have not aged well. Elfman manages to create yet another great superhero score though!