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Movie description :
After incorporating elements of comic book style and design into many of
his films, director Sam Raimi helms this straight-ahead, big-budget comic book adaptation,
which also marks acclaimed young actor Tobey Maguire's first dip into live-action
blockbuster filmmaking. Spider-Man follows the template of the original Stan Lee/Steve
Ditko source material, with hero Peter Parker an orphaned, intellectual teen loner living
in Queens with his aunt (Rosemary Harris) and uncle (Cliff Robertson), and dreaming of the
girl next door, Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst). On a field trip to a Columbia University lab,
Peter is bitten by a genetically altered spider and overnight he gains superhuman
strength, agility, and perception. At first, Peter uses his powers for material gain,
winning a wrestling match with a purportedly lucrative prize. But when Peter apathetically
fails to stop a burglar from robbing the wrestling arena, a tragedy follows that compels
him to devote his powers to fighting crime -- as the superhero Spider-Man. When he's not
busy fighting crime in a spider suit, Peter moves into an apartment with his best friend,
Harry (James Franco), and begins work as a photographer at the Daily Bugle. Meanwhile, his
do-gooder alter ego finds a nemesis in the form of the Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe), a
super-powered, megalomaniacal villain who happens to be the alter ego of Harry's father,
weapons-manufacturing mogul Norman Osborn. Spider-Man was written by the prolific
blockbuster scribe David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Panic Room).
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Spider-Man: A New Yorker's Opinion
Recommended
Synopsis:
Out of all the comic book heroes transformed into film stars, the one I liked least was
the Batman series. Superman, X-Men and now Spider-Man were filmed in the real Gotham City:
New York. There has been much discussion over the last few months of how Sam Raimi - the
Director - would handle the situation. One was when Peter Parker was crossing roofs and
the towers were in the background. This would have followed the current trend many
television shows and movies are following which seems to be the idea that if we erase them
in films and shows where they were previously shown - whether in the opening title
sequence or background in other shots - we are somehow going to forget that they were once
there. My husband was looking for this scene and I had to explain to him that sometimes
things are shot just for the trailer and never actually are intended for the movie. Yes,
our hero, Spider-Man, and the villain, Green Goblin, are described using the word terror
in this film. I didn't notice too much of a reaction from the audience during these times
and I have to wonder how many there felt as uncomfortable as I did. I also have to wonder
how much more time will have to pass before these scenes do not make me uncomfortable
anymore. When Peter's Uncle Ben - who has raised him - tries to have a heart to heart only
to have the teen lash back at him, we see a normal teenager in the midst of growing pains.
Instead of a larger-than-life superhero as we had with both Batman and Superman, I found
Spider-Man to be a more down to earth story of a typical person pushed into a set of
extraordinary circumstances. Kirsten Dunst has been an actress I have had my eyes on for a
while, and she does a great job here as Mary Jane Watson. Harry's family life is a
shambles with an over-achieving father who's desire to remain at the top leads him to
create the villain, Green Goblin. The technology has finally caught up to Stan Lee's
comics.
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Other Features of the DVD :
# Audio commentaries
# Comic/Movie comparison
# Music videos
# Background infos
# Making-of featurette
# Gags and outtakes
Spiderman Trailer :
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Tobey Maguire,Kirsten Dunst,Willem Dafoe,
J.K. Simmons,Elizabeth Banks
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