SPIDER-MAN(2002)
This really is a great movie!! The special effects are
well done. The acting is very good by almost all! The
script was well done with a decent story and a lot of
action! All-in-all a wonderful movie worth several watches! A
From IMDb.com:
Having seen the trailers for this film I have to say that
I didn't walk into the cinema with high hopes. The
computer effects looked badly integrated, the Green
Goblin's costume looked awful and comic book
adaptations usually have such painful scripting
and plotting. Thankfully I was wrong on most counts
(The Goblin still looks rubbish).
As it turns out, this is probably the best super-hero
film I've yet seen - certainly up there with Superman
and Batman. People seem to automatically comment
that the script and acting was bad because they expect
it to be the case in these films; and indeed it usually is.
But if you go into Spider-man without this prejudicial
attitude you'll be pleasently suprised. The acting is
generally great - there is never a time when anyone
is not believable as their character and you think "Hey,
that's an actor, not Peter Parker". The effects do look
artificial but the pace of the movie means you don't
have time to dwell on this and the script is fine! What
do people want, Shakespearian soliloquies? That would
sound incredibly out-of-place in modern day New York.
There are few of the painful cliches or dreadful dialogue
that plague films like The Phantom Menace and the
catchphrases like "friendly neighbourhood spider-man"
are fully in-keeping with the character.
The comic turns from J.J. Jameson hit the mark, the
snarling facial contortions of Willem Defoe were suitably
evil-looking (and the conversation with his mirror-image
was a great touch). My only gripe was with the Green
Goblin's costume. Very monotone green and not very
scary.
All-in-all a great film that I wouldn't hesitate for a
second in recommending. - to_kill_better
Tobey Maguire ... Spider-Man / Peter Parker
Willem Dafoe ... Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Kirsten Dunst ... Mary Jane Watson
James Franco ... Harry Osborn
Cliff Robertson ... Ben Parker
Rosemary Harris ... May Parker
J.K. Simmons ... J. Jonah Jameson
Joe Manganiello ... Flash Thompson
Gerry Becker ... Maximilian Fargas
Bill Nunn ... Joseph 'Robbie' Robertson
Jack Betts ... Henry Balkan
Stanley Anderson ... General Slocum
Ron Perkins ... Dr. Mendell Stromm
Michael Papajohn ... Carjacker
K.K. Dodds ... Simkins
Ted Raimi ... Hoffman
Bruce Campbell ... Ring Announcer
Elizabeth Banks ... Betty Brant
John Paxton ... Houseman
Tim De Zarn ... Philip Watson (as Tim deZarn)
Taylor Gilbert ... Madeline Watson
Randy Savage ... Bone Saw McGraw
Larry Joshua ... Wrestling Promoter
Timothy Patrick Quill ... Wrestling Arena Guard
Lisa Danielle ... Bone-ette
Natalie T. Yeo ... Bone-ette
Erica D. Porter ... Bone-ette
Kristen Davidson ... Bone-ette
Jason Padgett ... Flash's Crony
Shan Omar Huey ... Teacher
Sally Levi ... Girl on Bus (as Sally Livingstone)
Evan Arnold ... Doctor
Jill Sayre ... Nurse
James Kevin Ward ... Project Coordinator (as James K. Ward)
David Holcomb ... Test Pilot
Octavia Spencer ... Check-In Girl
Brad Grunberg ... Heckler
Shane Habberstad ... Little Billy
Deborah Wakeham ... Billy's Mom
Rachael Bruce ... Times Square Child
Mackenzie Bryce ... Times Square Child
Julia Barry ... Times Square Child
Macy Gray ... Herself
Myk Watford ... Cop at Fire
Bill Calvert ... Fireman (as William Calvert)
Sylva Kelegian ... Mother at Fire
Kristen Marie Holly ... Young Lady at Fire
Ajay Mehta ... Cabbie
Peter Appel ... Cabbie
Scott Spiegel ... Marine Cop
Matt Smith ... Cop at Carjacking
Sara Ramirez ... Cop at Carjacking
Lucy Lawless ... Punk Rock Girl
Jayce Bartok ... Subway Guitarist
Maribel González ... Lady Dogwalker (as Maribel Gonzalez)
Amy Bouril ... Office Lady
Joe D'Onofrio ... Opinionated Cop (as Joseph D'Onofrio)
Jim Norton ... Surly Truck Driver
Corey Mendell Parker ... Chaperone in Tram
Ashley Edner ... Girl in Tram (as Ashley Louise Edner)
William Joseph Firth ... Boy in Tram
Alex Black ... Boy in Tram
Laura Gray ... Tram Group Mother
Joe Virzi ... New Yorker on Bridge
Michael Edward Thomas ... New Yorker on Bridge
Jeanie Fox ... New Yorker on Bridge
Robert Kerman ... Tugboat Captain
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