Review of Spider-Man (2002) by Wes S — 05 Aug 2015

Known for reinvigorating the superhero genre, along with X-Men, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man is still a great movie, though muddled by having some "dated" moments throughout the course of the film.

I really love the tone this film took with kicking off the Spider-Man franchise and though it did suffer from being true to the original source material for the most part, it is a fantastic adaptation to film.

Maguire plays a great Peter Parker and Willem Dafoe truly does play a menacing Green Goblin. The movie, being one of the first "new age" superhero films, is a lot more grounded which I actually like a lot.

Though it may feel a bit dated at times, this is still a great superhero film and one that people should not forget.