"Spider-Man" is an action/adventure movie based on the world famous Marvel comic book, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
Peter Parker is your average high school student. He is a photographer for the school paper, and he has a crush on the girl next door, Mary Jane Watson. While on a school field trip to a research lab, he is bitten on the hand by a radioactive spider. Suddenly...he has amazing abilities - strength, speed, agility, the ability to climb walls, shooting webs from his wrists, and he can sense when something is about to happen to him. When his uncle is killed by a robber that he could have stopped...he vows to use his abilities for the good of all...and becomes Spider-Man. Unfortunately...he must contend with the Green Goblin...a madman bent on destruction and chaos. Can he save the day and still get the girl?
To me, "Spider-Man" is one of the better super-hero movies ever made. Our hero did not ask to be a hero...it was more or less forced upon him. He fights with the struggles of trying to be a hero and living a normal life at the same time. The casting for this movie couldn't have been better. Tobey Maguire is absolutely perfect as the somewhat nerdy Peter Parker...and is believable enough as Spidey. Kirsten Dunst makes an excellent Mary Jane...but it is Willem Dafoe who steals the movie as Norman Osbourne/The Green Goblin. He is perfect as the violently obsessed Goblin...who will stop at nothing to beat Spider-Man. The story is entertaining enough that even a non-comic book fanatic will enjoy the movie...and will know what is going on.
Great story, great characters...a great ride all in all. "Spider-Man" is worth a spin.
Starring - Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, and Rosemary Harris. Directed by Sam Raimi.
Time - 2 hours, 1 minute. Rated - PG-13 (Violence, some language)
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