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Spiderman, Spiderman, can do whatever a spider can. Yeah, yeah, it’s a
Spiderman of swinging, flipping coolness.
It’s nice when movie makers get things
right. Spiderman was en excellent example of how a comic should be translated
into live action.
Tobey Maguire was great as Peter
Parker transformed from geeky gawk into a Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman.
I very much enjoyed that he didn’t just know how to use his powers. There
was a learning curve. And okay, he liked his powers. No super moping, oh,
whoa is me, I’ve got super powers. Much better to see a super teen yelling
“yeha,” as he swings with his super powers.
Kirsten Dunst was fresh and perky
and fun as M.J. She glowed quite nicely. And that upside down kiss with
Spidey. Heeeelllooo.
And okay, they didn’t cast J. Jonah
Jamison, they just sucked him right out of the comic. But that’s in keeping
with the style of the movie. Every now and then characters would strike
a pose and there’d be a bit of action and it would feel just like something
out of the comic strip. There’s Spidey hanging upside down. There’s J.J.
pounding his desk. There’s the Green Goblin zipping about.
Getting to which. Fun action sequences.
Swinging between buildings. Gliding. Fists flying. Weird pumpkin bombs.
William Dafoe is a fun, nicely schizo, Green Goblin. Proving once again
why scientists who are about to loose their funding should never test their
highly experimental green glowing super stuff on themselves. Yup. It always
ends in sadness tears and strange super powers. And possibly split personalities.
Oh, and there’s the other character
in the movie. New York. Not sad post 911. But pre-glitter either. Somewhere
in between. And it’s only fair. This isn’t Metropolis or Gotham or some
other wanna be slice of New York. This is just (if one can use the word
just) New York.
Great movie. I’m gladding it broke
records. It’s an action movie with heart, which isn’t always easy to pull
off. Hats off to Sam Raimi.
