Spiderman. You probably don't remember it. It's from years ago. They're turning it into a movie now, it'll be out this summer.
With Spiderman being shamelessly rebooted this year, I decided to go back and watch the original. It holds up really well.
It has a nice amount of Sam Raimi’s distinctive directing style, very solid effects and a spot-on comic book tone. Tobey Maguire was great casting as Peter Parker, James Franco was good as the betrayed-to-be best friend. Kirsten Dunst was a bit of a sap, but that’s just the character really.
The major problem is the dialogue , which was cringey bad a lot of the time. It’s easy to say “oh, it’s a comic book movie, the dialogue is supposed to be corny.” Yes, maybe 50 years ago, but the graphic novel medium has come a long way, thanks to the likes of Neil Gaiman, Garth Ennis, and Alan Moore. Comic book does not have to mean naff. Continue reading
