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Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Willem Dafoe, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons
Spider-Man was the film that re-defined super hero films for the 21st century, living up to the promise of the X-Men series that began in 2000. Sam Raimi’s striking visuals takes David Koepp’s masterfully blended script and gives us a well paced mix of action, drama and humor. The characters are natural, likable and particularly well cast. The dialog gets understandably cheesy at times (it is still a comic book movie, after all), but this is still a fitting tribute to the most popular comic book series in the world.
Tobey Maguire is Peter Parker, a clever, but unpopular high school student, who finds his life is turned upside down when he gains the super powers of a spider. He learns of his new abilities, how to use them and the responsibilities that come along with power (Gee, I can think of a bunch of celebrities who seem to have missed that class). His life is a maelstrom, of money woes, family and friend issues and an unsuccessful love life with a beautiful classmate named Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst), but become a lot more complicated when a super villain shows up.
Well developed characters, a compelling story and exciting original action scenes make this a first rate action flick that still manages to have both a heart and a pulse.
