Toby McGuire, Kirsten Dunst, and many others brought life to the Marvel Comic Spider-Man. I had the "honor" of watching this masterpiece on Saturday, the second day of opening, right after my SAT. While I was standing in line with my brother at the Marlton AMC, I wasn't expecting anything grand. In fact, after checking out the official website, and watching all the preview, I thought the film was going to be quite gay. Obviously, I thought wrong...yet again.
Surprisingly, the line was short. When my brother and I were there, we were the second in line. The guy before us was watching some other movie that I didn't care about. Then, it was all us. Ed was there. He's just a guy I know from school.
"Hey, Alen!" said Esther, a girl that I knew from a while ago, was at the ticket booth.
"Oh hi!" I said with another surprise. I usually don't see anyone from school on the weekends. But then again, I don't go out much in the weekends. After encountering Ed and Esther, my mind was blown. Nevertheless...
"So how can I help you?", she said...or something along that line. I don't know, I zone out a lot.
"Yeah, two for Spider-Man, please." I like being polite.
We got the ticket. We enter the lobby. I decided to buy a medium popcorn and Pepsi before going into the theater. I had not eaten much earlier that day, so I was hungery. And the fact that I was quite a Chunky-McChunk Chunk didn't help suppress my hunger either. As we entered the theather itself, I was once again overwhelmed by the lack of people in there. I mean, this was the second day of the movie opening, and it wasn't packed with sweating, smelling, nerdish kids.
I love this theater.
Ok, now I should get into the movie part. Despite what the public said, I really liked Toby McGuire as Peter Parker and Spider-Man. I believe that he truely captured the essence that is Nerdy Peter Parker. The innocent look on his face, the way he talked, and even the way he moved really mocked the true nerds in a non-offensive way. Kirsten Dunst was also spectacular. Although the way she played Mary Jane Watson was very questionable. It seemed like Hollywood crossed its fingers hoping that the audience such as myself will buy into her sweet, child-like face and tight, skimpy outfits.
Well, it worked.
James Franco as Harry Osborn and Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn and the Green Goblin really made quite the duo. It was really nice that they made them look alike to show the father-son relation. And the depiction was to the point. The costum for the Green Goblin was a total shock to me. It was very creative how they have him wear a suit instead of painting him green.
The plot was great. It was based on the Marvel's "Ultimate" series. The purpose was to retell the story in modern time. So, the series were based on what would happen to Peter Parker becoming Spidey in the new millenium, as opposed to the year 1960-something. Marvel also made X-men and several others in "Ultimate". Anyways, it was expected, but I still felt weird when they changed the plot a little. Like the part where Spidey has to save a trolly-full of children or MJ. At some parts, it was just corny. Like when Spidey rescues MJ for the first time.
Mary Jane: ...Who are you?
Spidey: You already know who I am...
(Mary Jane looks confused.)
Spidey: ...your friendly neighbor, Spider-Man! (Swings away.)
I just wanted to get off my seat, walk up and smack him in the head somehow.
Ok, good plot, grrreeeaat characters, it all came together oh-so-well. I give Spider-ManFour stars out of Five.