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I’ve decided not only to review new movies that I see now, but in addition old (and not so old) movies that I have seen in the past. Why? Because I like doing movie reviews, and there are so many great movies that I have seen since starting doing them, so here goes, the first one: Spiderman.

Spiderman stars Tobey Maguire as the crawling superhero. But it also stars him as the geeky nerd, Peter Parker. Spiderman starts out with Peter Parker in high school, constantly made fun of, and in love with “the girl next door,” Mary Jane Watson, played by Kirsten Dunst. And then we can’t forget Peter’s best friend, Harry Osborn played by James Franco. After giving a brief intro on Peter’s life, the story dives into superhero power. Peter gets bitten by the spider, and starts to realize his powers. Then he realizes after a wrestling match, a stolen car, a dead _____, and a mean thief that he can use his powers for good, and he becomes the wall-crawling, web-flinging, tight-wearing, New-York-flying superhero that we all know and love. I have read some of the original Spiderman comic book, and the movie does generally follow the same story, but just makes it more cinematic. Meanwhile, we also follow the development of the main bad guy: The Green Goblin, played by Willem Dafoe who also knows Peter in real life somehow… (I’m trying to keep the spoilers down here, so don’t get mad.)

What I love about Spiderman, and Spiderman 2 is the ability of director Sam Raimi to combine amazing special effects, exciting action scenes, pretty good acting, and a very strong story into one movie that sweeps you up off your feet and takes you along for the ride. It’s a summer blockbuster plus a story and some acting.

Speaking of acting, it’s not the most amazing thing that I’ve ever seen, but it’s much better than Tom Cruise in “War of the Worlds” and most other summer blockbusters. The conflicts and situations that the characters are put through are great. And after that, it gets to play out with some spectacular special effects with Spiderman flying through New York City while trying to stop the Green Goblin from killing him.

The soundtrack for Spiderman is composed by Danny Elfman, who is a very good film composer who has a wide variety of films on his plate. The score fits the movie very well, with upbeat strings and a kind of “awed” feeling to it. It has themes for many things like, Peter, Mary Jane, the Green Goblin, flying through New York City, etc.

One problem that I have with Spiderman is… well, not really anything. I mean there’s a teeny thing here, and a tiny thing there but really it’s a great movie that’s enjoyable to watch, and can entertain any “American Idiot” but also entertain film buffs (if they can accept newer movies). So I’m going to give it a very high:

9/10