User blog:Captain alex/Movie Review: Spider-Man (2002)

Hello Readers! Sorry to keep you waiting for this review, but I've been really busy at home. And by the way, Happy New Year! 2011 is the year of the new Thor and Cap movies, and I think everybody reading this is just as excited as I am. But on to business. Spider-Man was to me, the ultimate modern superhero movie. I mean, I was shocked that after one amazing movie (X-Men), they would make an absolutely AWESOME movie! Let's start off with the acting. Toby MacGuire did a great job portraying Peter Parker and I think that he really got the geek part down. He also portrayed the sort of blind rage Peter felt when his uncle was killed, only to discover that it was indirectly his fault. Wonderful. Now let's talk about the main villain, Norman Osborn AKA the Green Goblin, played by William Dafoe. I like the way they played Osborn's descent into madness, as a sort of Jekkyl/Hyde thing. Harry Osborn, played by James Franco was also good, I thought it was cool the way they implied a sequel in which Harry would take revenge against Spider-Man. But Spidey is his best friend! But we all know THAT. The Spider-Man action was good, and I liked the scenes when he was finding out that he had gotten superpowers. One of my favorite scenes is when he was trying to get out his webbing, pretty hilarious. But, there seemed something familiar about this movie. Oh yeah, the origin is incredibly similar to the Ultimate Spider-Man line, released 2 years before this movie was out. But all in all, this is a great movie in general, not just a great Marvel film. This movie ranks up on my top favorite films in the past 10 years. Well, that's my review of Spider-Man. Please leave your comments below!Captain alex 20:29, January 1, 2011 (UTC)