Spider-Man
Time Out says
With the stir and crash of Elfman's opening theme, the vertiginous weave of the credit crawl and the hardbitten noir voice-over ('Who am I? Are you sure you want to know?'), this accomplished blockbuster announces itself as a stylish piece of pop myth-spinning. Director and writer afford the old Marvel comic strip the reverence film-makers used to reserve for the Scriptures - which is not to suggest that they miss the fun of it. Every inch the nerd's nerd, Maguire is adroitly cast as Peter Parker, a brainy orphan with a suppressed wild streak and a lot of growing up to do. When the worm turns (courtesy of a GM spider bite), his elation is palpable, a testosterone rush which sends him sky-high. The first thing is to score some greenbacks to impress the red-head next door (Dunst). Meanwhile. Dafoe's arms inventor, Norman Osborn, is the fly in the ointment, trying on his own altered ego - the Green Goblin - to test-Spider-boy's moral mettle. Despite the movie's solid storytelling virtues, it must be admitted that the action spectacular scenes are a somewhat disappointing, and that Dunst is little more than an old-style scream queen.
Details
Release details
Duration:
121 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Sam Raimi
Screenwriter:
David Koepp
Cast:
Cliff Robertson
Stan Lee
James Franco
Gerry Becker
Stanley Anderson
Rosemary Harris
Willem Dafoe
Kirsten Dunst
Bill Nunn
JK Simmons
Jack Betts
Tobey Maguire
Stan Lee
James Franco
Gerry Becker
Stanley Anderson
Rosemary Harris
Willem Dafoe
Kirsten Dunst
Bill Nunn
JK Simmons
Jack Betts
Tobey Maguire