He uses his power to make money in a low-rent wrestling Hands, heightened senses, great physical strength, and even the ability to scale walls. He barely makes it home, crashes on the floor, and awakens the following morning to improved eyesight, sticky Reject and son of a wealthy researcher and founder of the powerful "Oscorp," Norman Osborn (Willem Dafoe). He has only one person he might consider a friend: Harry Osborn (James Franco), a prep school He's secretly in love with his next-door neighbor, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst), who'sĭating one of the guys who sees fit to bully him. ![]() Never travels anywhere without his trusty camera. Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) lives with his adoptive aunt and uncle and is the school nerd the jocks love to shove around. Web-to-web) action and visual effects to stun audiences into forgetting the absence of a greater purpose. Fortunately, the film lives up to its earnings it's anĮxciting, well made, and balanced picture that takes its time developing characters, relationships, and themes and not simply relying on wall-to-wall Raimi's own Spider-Man sequel would surpass it. The structures were re-filmed or digitally edited - Spider-Man opened to tremendous financial success, breaking box office records that Thoughīefell the film before its Summer 2002 release - promotional materials featuring the World Trade Center were recalled and various scenes depicting The decade will be remembered for its slew of mega-budget blockbusters featuring Marvel's and D.C.'s finest - it was Director Sam Raimi's ( The Evil Dead) Spider-Man that was the first humongousĪnd the picture that paved the way for the influx of films and the countless sequels that swooped into cineplexes in the following years. ![]() With great power comes great responsibility.Īlthough it was X-Men that unofficially kicked off the massive Superhero film craze of Reviewed by Martin Liebman, August 7, 2013
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