Movie Review "spiderman"

Spiderman Movie Review

Spiderman1 movie which is directed by Raimi was a huge hit in summer 2002, where it was the only movie to achieve $100 million dollars in its initial weekend, the most successful film based on a comic book, and the biggest opening weekend gross on that period of time. "Spider man movie is moving, fun and faithful adaptation to the original comic book" (Vasquez Jr., May 17th 2002). The science fiction movie Spiderman1 genre is fantasy action adventure. The 2002 film was the beginning of the series of four movies of Spiderman acted by the main character Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire). In 2000, superheroes movies were widen, such as Batman and Superman movies, but Spiderman movie attracted people to the colorful outfit of Spiderman, his love story, and the fact that he worked by himself in contrast to Batman who had an assistance. The Director, Sam Raimi, has done great work when he created a movie that appeals to wide range of audiences. He created a movie that flow so fast that viewers won't feel time passing and enjoy every scene. Spiderman is an exciting, action, colorful movie that shows the human side of a hero, and such a movie that a person lives and believes the hero as if he was real.

Spiderman story starts when a weird thing happened to an ordinary but nerdy high school student Peter Parker. He was bitten by a genetically modified spider. As a result of this bite, his body starts to change and he gets strong muscles, Gimlet eyes, superheroes abilities, and his wrists emit web strings. Peter first uses his new powers to gain money, but after his uncle was killed by a criminal whom Peter failed to stop, he decides to use these new powers to battle the evil. At the same time, a businessman and scientist Norman Osborn was exposed to experimental nerve gas, and turn to be the super-strong Green Goblin. Peter Parker now fights the evil Green Goblin, and he is also fighting for the love of his neighbor and classmate Mary Jane Watson against his best friend Harry Osborn, son of Norman Osborn.

Aside from the mesh of web that Spiderman use to capture the bad guys, the story was also able to mesh the characters perfectly to hold up the complicated life of Peter Parker, the hero and the main character of the movie. Peter played by Tobey Maguire. Peter is a guy who lives with his Aunty May played by Rosemary Harris and Uncle Ben played by Cliff Robertson. The character of Aunt May, a kind and gentle old woman, probably contributed to the calm personality of Peter which Maguire played perfectly with his innocent looking face and unassuming demeanor. Uncle Ben gives Peter the credibility when he talked to him about the changes in his attitude in school and at home, where he said "with great power comes great responsibility" (Ziskin , Raimi, 2002) and after he was killed Peter decided to fight evils and get revenge from the criminal who killed his uncle. Throughout the film Tobey's portrayal of Peter did not change much even after he has discovered his super strength and extraordinary abilities. This is probably called for by the