The first time I saw this film I thought it was just about the best comic book movie that had ever been made. After re-watching it it’s still pretty damn good but there are definitely some things that I’d overlooked the first time… some bad things.
This installment picks up pretty much right where Spider-Man left us. Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is back at it stopping bad guys left and right. This is however taking an enormous toll on his personal life. He’s missing class, late for work, pissing off friends and has essentially no money. Harry Osborn (James Franco)… Continue reading
Origin movies are generally pretty dry. They have to tell the back story of the character to make sure that everyone is up to speed. This movie suffers a little bit from that but it’s one of the best first installments of a comic book character that we’ve had in a long time.
Written by comic legend Stan Lee and directed by Sam Raimi, Spider-Man tells the story of Peter Parker (played perfectly by Tobey Maguire). Parker is a teenager coming of age who happens to be bitten by a radioactive spider on a school field trip. After that fateful… Continue reading
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