Spider-man: The Movie
347915
This game is awesome i've never played any thing better in my life.active gameplay,3D adventure never too slow or too quiet action-packed thriller. Best game of 2002 yet!
4937355
Our local theatre only has one screen so some movies eventually get shown several weeks or even a month after the release date. But there was a strange rarity when Spider-Man 3 along with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End where shown the same time everyone else got to. So rather than watching the film a month later with all the disappointment and negative comments, I discovered along with everyone else that the third Spidey installment was just...iffy. Not outright terrible by any means but it just is; it doesn't transcend the genre and go from a good comic book movie to a great movie period like 2 was but rather this was just entertaining but not consistently.

The film starts out with Peter Parker/Spider-Man happy as can be with a great girlfriend with Mary Jane who's on Broadway and Peter thinking about proposing. But the attention gets to Peter's head and he becomes a little arrogant and oblivious to certain problems which gets worse when Harry Osborne, furious with the knowledge Parker may be responsible for his father's death, is coming after him.

As if they're needed to be more problems, escaped convict Flint Marko, the now-prime suspect in Uncle Ben's murder, has been mutated thanks to an experiment and can change his body's composition to mimic sand. Then of course there's Eddie Brock with a mind for being New York's top photographer, and a strange substance that latches onto Peter and turns him into something no one wants him to be.

PHEW! Man it was tough writing all that because as most people have already said, this film is stuffed to the point where the button its pants would fly off and hit someone in the face by now. There's just way too much going on from storylines to villains to scenes and set-pieces yet at the same time the film doesn't have the strong pacing the second film had which is odd to say the least. Each storyline in essence deserves its own film so to boil it all down to one 2 hour 13 minute movie makes it too scattered. Then of course there's individual scenes (I highly suggest skipping chapter 36 to make the film run much smoother) to dialogue, handling of "emo Peter" complete with Conor Oberst haircut to the introduction of Gwen Stacy which seems to be written in as if to say to Spider-Man fans "see? we have Gwen too, now watch us".

However, the effects, save a few scenes have definately gotten better, and the slightly darker tone is quite appropriate and even welcome and of course the action scenes are just as awesome as they should be. And despite the awful dialogue (at times), the actors do at least do a respectable job with their roles like Thomas Haden Church as Marko/Sandman and even Topher Grace, an oddball choice, is actually good at playing Brock. This is the kind of film where there's enough great parts but it comes after bad or even laughable parts so you're kind of glad there's at least something good in it.

It's obviously not the worst comic book movie; what with Ghost Rider, Elektra and the Punisher out there but in a strange way, this is like the Batman Forever of the franchise: it's watchable sure but man, problems are coming out of its pores.
4665505
First, a review of the movies. The first Spider-Man movie, while occasionally deviating from the original storyline, was a great movie. It was mostly true to Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's original tale of the web-slinger. It pulled on the Norman Osborn/Green Goblin storylines and was really enjoyable.

The second movie was more goodness and was also really well done. This time we are introduced to Doctor Octopus and we see the beginnings of Harry Osborn going crazy (to later become the second Green Goblin).

The third movie was pretty bad, and I am a huge Spider-Man fan. While I really wanted to see Venom as the villain for the third movie, his whole story arc didn't mesh well with the Sandman/Green Goblin arc. And it also didn't help that Topher Grace played the part of Eddie Brock. All I could see is the kid from That 70's Show (not to say anything bad about Topher or the show, I liked them both). But since when was Eddie Brock a puny kid with a grudge? And what's with the symbiote lifting to show his face all the time? This movie had so much potential, but failed to be up to the quality of its predecessors.

As for the blu-ray trilogy, it looks amazing! The quality and clarity of the picture is truly great. The only negative I have against the trilogy is the lack of special features for the first movie. With the amount of space on a blu-ray disc, I'm surprised to see so little.
773753
Based on The Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, it was appropriately directed by Mark Webb.

Usually but not always the remakes lack the originality and the following of the first. Well this version very much surpassed any previous versions and the character of Peter Parker (Spidie) is better rounded and his background that made the character is better told. The whole story seems better rounded and consistent with the magazine.

I appreciate the mix of actors some well known to many others well know to followers. Each made their character come alive.

I do not want to go into too much detail as the fun is anticipating the events. There are some of us that do not need to compare not seeing any original movies or magazines. So it is well worth a look.

There are several DVD and down load combinations of this presentation. If you have the opportunity to watch the extras they only add to the experience of the movie. I liked the voiceover commentary with Mark Webb.
3918115
Spiderman 2 has been labeled by many as the greatest superhero movie ever at best, and at least a very good movie probably better than the first.  So, I had high hopes going into this movie knowing I thoroughly enjoyed the first.

The strength of the series lies in the relationships between Peter Parker, Mary Jane and Harry Osborne (Tobey McGuire, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco).  These three people are ordinary people with ordinary problems like everyone else.  I enjoyed both movies because of the interaction and conflict between these characters.

The primary plot of the story, aside from Doc Ock, is Peter's love for Mary Jane.  Peter doesn't want to get close to her in fear of him being Spiderman coming back to hurt her.  This is the big problem I have with the movie.  The movie does such a great job of centering the entire conflict in the movie around Peter loving Mary Jane but constantly disappointing her.  A great way to resolve this would be for Peter to win Mary Jane's heart without Spiderman having anything to do with it.  Unfortunately, director Sam Raimi takes the easy way out and throws away the conflict between Peter and Mary Jane at the end.

This obviously isn't a story you can carry on forever.  Mary and Peter had to get together sooner or later.  I just wish that it hadn't happened so easily.

Overall, this is a good, solid movie, and the ending sets it up for a great Spiderman 3.
139561
a great movie for the whole family spectacular.computer graphics is one thing and excellent acting make a movie that everyone will love i recommend this to everyone.as an adaption to the marvel comics by stan lee bryan synger was a terrific director to this masterpeice.  beleive me when i say this
  YOU'LL NEVER GET BORED OF THIS MOVIE.
4404304
The important question is, do you like comic-book super-hero movies or not?  If you do not, you might still like this movie, but probably not as much as you should.  However, if you do, this is probably the best one ever made.  Sam Raimi does a magnificent job with every aspect of this movie.  He recaps the first movie in drawings over the opening titles, and away we go.  The visual effects are much better than the first movie and the story line is more involved and, being Spider-Man, still achingly sad in a teen-age angst comic-book sort of way.

Here I am thinking of Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst) gazing from the stage at Peter's empty theater seat, not knowing that poor Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is indeed at the theater, being kept out by an overly officious usher.  It is touching in the way it is handled.  These are good actors portraying these roles.  It is an outlandish story, but played as if they were real people and all this exotic reality were perfectly normal.

Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus (Alfred Molina is especially terffic) battle it out in terrific sequences, as they did in the original stories.  It is interesting how they create him in this film.  Of course, the whole story is preposterous.  That is not the point.  You have to get past that before the film starts.  There is a sequence on an elevated train that is absolutely superb.  If you quibble about it not being even marginally possible in any universe, you should just go home and put on a t-shirt that says, "I don't know how to have any fun at all."

Really.
2012613
I have to say that I thought the first Spideman was okay, and I am still surprised at how popular it was. So when I heard about the sequel, I didn't plan on going out of my way to see it. I was never into comic books, and am not really a fan of Superhero stories to begin with. Well, with all the hype and merchandising going on Spiderman 2 caught the attention of my son. He wanted to go so badly, I just couldn't say no. I have to say that I was extremely surprised at how good this movie is. The blend of action, humor and drama is fantastic! The special effects are amazing, and Doctor Octopus should go down as one of Hollywood's greatest villains! Even if you aren't a fan of Superhero movies, there is just too much to enjoy with this film to pass it over. The acting is top-notch and the high flying action will keep you glued to the edge of your seat! I can't say enough about Tobey Maguire. His portrayal of Peter Parker is great. You completely buy him as an average kid who gets caught up in extraordinary circumstances. You actually feel sympathy for this kid who has maybe taken too big a bite of something to swallow, all while rooting for him to start slinging some web. I also recommend seeing Spideman 2 in the theaters, because alot will be lost when it moves to the small screen. If you have been hesitant going to the theater because of the usual hype surrounding "summer blockbusters" which usually fall flat, don't be. Spiderman 2 actually lives up to or surpasses the hype. I will surely be in line when part 3 opens.
3468082
All 3 of these Spider Man movies are better than the new re-boot. I always wanted to get this one in my collection.
2759307
It was just what my boys wanted. Me, I was confused, too many different versions of Spiderman out there!  Oh, well!  We do love a good Marvel movie, though .
2227259
The first Spider Man movie was a classic. This Spider Man movie has great actors, but the story didn't bring anything fresh or exciting to the genre. If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it.
688769
I saw the movie in theater and have been waiting for it to come out of video.  I like this version of spidey so far.
4414279
I mean it's Captain America and Iron man and most of the avengers in the movie. Thor and the Hulk were the only two missing but Spiderman made an impressive appearance. Great movie. I don't think Thor and the Hulk were missed at all in this movie.
2245698
I know a good deal of people like "Spider-Man 3", and even compared it to 1997's "Batman & Robin" (which I thought that was really messed up that their hatered for it went that far).  I could go on, and on, and on, and on...AND ON about why I thought "Spider-Man 3" is a really good movie and why all the haters are wrong. (At times I feel like we saw two very different movies here.)

I guess, in short, I'll start from the beginning.  When the first "Spider- Man" movie came out, and all the anticipation behind the first film I was hoping for a big, summer outing for our friendly neighborhood super hero.  The first instatllment was my least favorite, and there just wasn't much that was all that memorable about the first film outside of the performances, and Danny Elfman's score. I mean in the summer of 2002  my favorite movies were Star Wars: Episode 2-Attack of the Clones ( argue with my thoughts on the Star Wars Prequels by reading my one & only  review on the Star Wars Franchise from the Star Wars Trilogy DVD review also here on amazon ) & Minority Report.  I mean i feel that in the first "Spider-Man" the only thing that I remember was the upside-down kiss. I thought the soundtrack was a pretty good listen though, and I still sing "Hero" every now and then.

Now "Spider-Man 2" was definitly good, and it made was my favorite movie of Summer 2004.  But summer 2004 at the movies was such a disappointment anyway (but that's another story) that "Spider-Man 2" easily was the only one that actually lived up to it's hype.  I bought only the superbit collection when it came out, but I did buy the extended cut and separate blu-ray release later, because I just refuse to add that first installment to my library.

Now when "Spider-Man 3" came out, as I had mentioned about wanting that big, summer blockbuster version of "Spider-Man ", I felt that third installment really delivered. I loved the villians, loved the story, loved Peter Parker's arc, I thought the musical numbes were just hiliarious.  And I even loved Christopher's Young's score for the film, including how it was interwoven with Elfman's suite in the opening credits. ( I Hate that the score it's available yet).

Now sure It still would've been up for a fourth installment, and i thought "The Amazing Spider-Man" was everything that the first "Spider-Man" from Sam Raimi should've been.  And I'm looking forward to this new Franchise, and see how they play out the sinister six.  Because the only questionable cristisim I would give "Spider-Man 3" is how they would've done the sinister six after killing off both goblins and Doc Ock (in Spider-Man 2).  That was quite a pickle.

But I'm excited to see "Spider-Man 3" coming to 4k blu-ray, and it Dts-hd (though I loved the dolby true-hd soundtrack from the eariler blu-ray).  I'm sure Bill Pope's cinematography will look better than ever for the film now in 4k.
4919201
Right away I'm going to say that this movie is not the best superhero movie to ever be made. It's not even the best Spider-Man movie to ever be made, but it is a solid film that's entertaining and that's all that matters, right This film is a huge improvement over the first Amazing Spider-Man which couldn't shake the feeling that we'd seen Spidey's origin before and that this was nothing more than a recap. But with ASM2 the filmmakers were finally allowed to break free creatively and create an interesting film with a new villain that Spidey gets to tussle with that the audience has never had the pleasure of seeing on the silver screen. Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone are the highlight of this film and their chemistry is on point which makes the character of Peter Parker more vulnerable to the audience as in the comics where he relies heavily on the support of the women in his life. While I do feel that there were some things crammed into this movie for the sake of setting up Sony's now postponed Sinister Six movie-namely the inclusion of Rhino and the Green Goblin-this movie was an overall good time.
Side note: Even though Marvel and Sony are rebooting (AGAIN) the Spider-Man characyer together, this movie should not be skipped over. I'm sure what Marvel and Sony will produce will be fantastic (especially since Spidey now has access to other giant superheroes) but ASM2 is still a movie that will please and entertain even the slightest of Spidey fans out there.
4604440
The best way I have found to describe this movie to people is this:

I have collected comics since I was 8 (I am now 30).  One of the main titles for me during this time is Amazing Spider-Man.  Spidey is one of, if not my favorite character, because I could always identify with the nerdy Parker.  When the first movie came out, I loved it, it was everything I could've hoped after waiting almost 20 years for a Spider-Man movie.  But the second movie was like a gift to someone like me.  I was speechless as I walked out of the theater.  I could be a real fanboy and nitpick at things (origins, organic web-shooters, or Mary Jane being inserted for Gwen Stacy), but I can't bring myself to do so because what is used works.  It's hard for me to describe exactly what I loved about this movie because it's so much more of an emotional attachment to the character.

If you like/love the Spidey comics, and you aren't too much of a fanboy, you will most likely enjoy this movie, at the very least.
4787050
My 8 years old son is a big fan of Spider-Man. He loved it. We ordered online, before the movie was out and we got it in the day that  was released.