Spider-Man (2002)
Adapted from the well known comic book character this film is directed by Sam Raimi and stars Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco. A young man bitten by a genetically engineered spider and has to come to terms with gaining super powers.
What cinema does for comic book characters is allow their stories to be told in a concise and finite manner without the baggage of years of back story and this film does that job especially well. The plot tells the origin story of Spider-man without it feeling like a burden and layering in a good number of interesting themes as well. While the script may lay things on a little thick it is worth remembering that the target audience for Spider-man is usually slightly younger than other super heroes. Maybe there is a little too much obvious CGI in the special effects but otherwise this is a really well made adaptation.
4/5
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