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Spider-Man

2002 Directed by Sam Raimi

With great power comes great responsibility.

After being bitten by a genetically altered spider, nerdy high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers.

Tobey Maguire Willem Dafoe Kirsten Dunst James Franco Cliff Robertson Rosemary Harris J.K. Simmons Joe Manganiello Bill Nunn Michael Papajohn Elizabeth Banks Ron Perkins Randy Savage Octavia Spencer Lucy Lawless Bruce Campbell Ted Raimi Stan Lee Macy Gray Johnny Trí Nguyễn Robert Kerman Gerry Becker K. K. Dodds Jack Betts Stanley Anderson Shan Omar Huey John Paxton Jayce Bartok Sara Ramirez Show All…

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Review by Erik Nordgren ★★★½ 3

why does Willem Dafoe need to wear that giant green goblin mask when it's identical to his normal facial expression
Review by Matt Singer ★★★★ 9

SPIDER-MAN >>>>>>>>>> THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
Review by Arielrocks5 ★★★★½ 31

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Something I only noticed in recent years about this film in particular that stands out among everything else is the final moments between Peter and M.J.

Throughout the film, Peter makes it clear that he's doing most of what he does in order to gain her affection, but through that process, she starts to become less and less of a main goal, due to both of their lives seemingly going off in different directions. And then, just when both have been at their lowest points, she's willing to thrown herself to him at a point where her ex had just lost his father, finally realizing how much she loves him.

What made this stand out to me on this watch…
Review by Arielrocks5 ★★★★½ 13

Name a more iconic PSA for excessive masturbation and erectile dysfunction. I'll wait.

(I've been sitting here for twenty minutes trying to think of something serious to say about this movie but I peaked from the sentence above and haven't thought of anything since so I'm so sorry I'm pure trash that will probably write something better about this movie soon)
Review by jose ★★★★ 3

my mom completely out of nowhere: OCTAVIA SPENCER?!?!
Review by issy 🥝 14

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Review by Tbhandal

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Review by Conner Wilson ★★★½

I loved this movie growing up. I saw it in the theater, I watched it on DVD, I played the video game religiously (yes, the one for this movie,) and I most definitely sat on the front lawn pretending to shoot webs at passing cars. I also watched the ‘90s cartoon a lot, drew pictures of Spider-Man, and was obviously really weird.

I’m still a huge fan, and this year I had the chance to read the entire original Lee/Ditko run of The Amazing Spider-Man. I was in the middle of reading when Steve Ditko passed away, and Stan Lee passed away just a few weeks ago. To me, Spider-Man is their most impactful creation, and has always been my…
Review by AlexFilms7 ★★★★½

I’ll start with JK Simmons should have won an Oscar for best supporting actor, Amazing performance and a great casting choice.
Spider-Ma is one of my all time favourite superhero films yes some elements are cheesy and dated but I think it still holds up to this day. Sam Rami direction with the film is fantastic.
Review by Ben Meier ★★★★

Absolutely loved this as a kid and still dude. I like Tom Holland as the current Spider-Man, but in my eyes, nothing touches Maguire.
Review by Isaacthered ★★★★★

Still the best of the superhero spiderman films. Raimi and cast add real heart and excitement.
Review by whyland720 ★★★★

"I will never forget these words..."

People forget how fucking great the writing in this movie is. The most economical superhero origin of all time. It intertwines the stories of the hero and the villain so perfectly. Yes, it's corny. Yes, it's unabashedly sincere. Yeah, there's some wonky bits in the third act and some dated visual effects. And it's still one of the best superhero movies ever in terms of tackling the idea of how hard it is to do the right thing.
Review by dia 🏹 ★★½

peter desperately going “go web! fly! up, up, and away web! shazaam! go! go! go web go! tally ho!” is me while attempting anything
Review by RatchetRobot77778888 😇🌮🍕🍿🍱🍧🥛🥂🥤 ★★★½

Green Goblin’s such a douche and he always puts Kirsten Dunst in peril when she’s wearing the cutest outfits. :(

That cover of “itsy bitsy spider” is just ewwwwwww!!!!

I won’t be surprised if I have a nightmare tonight of Green Goblin saying “HELLO DEAR!”
Review by Ethan ★★★★½

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