Spider-Man (DVD 2002)

After years and years of wanting to make this film they finally got it together. The special effects are amazing but the story line a bit week. Willem Dafoe is aweful as always and having such a big part brings this film down to his level.

Tobey Maguire was outstanding as Spiderman/Peter Parker mind you.

It is worth watching and is definitely better than Part 2 but i'm surprised they didn't get a better character and actor to play the 'baddy'.

Suitable for all ages. Just ask my 2.5yr old kid and his Dad, they watched it twice in one day! It IS a Marvel; it will never tire to amuse.

A real family favouite, wonderful storyline, visual effects especially sandman. Well recommended to all.

Excellent movie about a young man called Peter Parker who likes the girl next door. He was a nobody until a spider bit him and gave him special powers. He started developing muscles and saving people lives. Then in the end he gets his girl.

The beginning of the 'Spider-Man' movies and a great one at that. My son absolutely loves this movie as much as 2 and 3. I would recommend this movie to anyone wishing to purchase this for children 5yrs upwards.

Peter Parker can't seem to catch any kind of break. Being Spider-Man has brought him nothing but problems as far as his personal life is concerned. Not only that, Mary Jane Watson is engaged to astronaut John Jameson, and Peter may lose her forever. Things are so bad for him that he is pushed past his breaking point, so he decides that he doesn't want to be a super hero anymore, until a freak accident transforms Dr. Otto Octavius into Dr. Octopus, a super-villain with four metal tentacles protruding from his torso. Peter realizes that only Spider-Man can stop him but, of course, problems arise. Mary Jane gets caught in the middle, and Harry Osborn, who still blames the web-slinger for the death of his father Norman Osborn, also the Green Goblin, wants him dead. Spider-Man will have to push himself past his limits if he's going to survive. Excellent follow on film. Great for kids too.

Excellent film for all the family, even kept our princess still!! Would highly recommend to all 100% We will be getting Spiderman 2 and 3 next... x

great film really good special effects and should definetly be seen toby miguire is a great actor for spider man. spider man 2 and 3 are great films as well

a very good film. no dislikes, fun for everyone,would watch it again, and again, as you enjoy it over and over again,

One of those films that most will know the start but not what happens next perhaps. It cant be avoided due the popularity of the story but leave that aside and open your mind when watching and just let the story unfold in front of you. Breath taking scenes from the air and someone has a job in gymnastics coming I think. Enjoy...MM

Spiderman is the best superhero film to date for one reason and one reason only,the director Sam Raimi.No doubt in his younger days he would pop down to his local Marvel comics distributor and grab a handful of comics and devour each multi coloured frame, and I'll wager, his favourite was the same as many of us,Spiderman,this love and affection,this devotion is reflected in every aspect of the film,from the choice of Tobey Maguire as Spidey,through Kirsten Dunst as MJ to Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin,but to me the crowning glory is J Jonah Jameson,this character has been lifted straight from the comic and placed on the screen as an example of perfect casting.The storyline follows Peter Parker's coming of age as a person and as a superhero,his on,off romance with MJ,his home life and his school & work life,one of the most important aspects of any film is getting to know and empathising with the characters and much of the film is devoted to just this end.Even the changes that Sam Raimi makes from the original comic are logical and in harmony with the subject,ie,he is bitten by a genetically modified spider in the film rather than the radioactive spider of the comics,the atom bomb and radioactivity were big then but are outmoded now,also Spidey's web is natural in the film but in the comic is Peter Parker's Chemical creation and as Sam Raimi said,if Peter was capable of producing a liquid that turned solid in contact with the air and was considerably stronger than steel he would have been a millionaire and wouldn't be taking photo's for a living.If a lot of this sounds a bit geeky it's because to fully understand the accuracy of this film you have to be a comic book geek and I am not ashamed to have this in common with the director of the best superhero film ever made.Nice one Sam

I bidding on this item for my step son. I was very impressed with the excellent condition of it and how cheap i won it for. Was definetly a bargain.

i like it very much as do my nephews, there is lots of action but still ok for the wee ones to watch

Great film - really want to see the next one..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

3rd!!! I hear you say. Some way to start a review, eh? Well, it would have been the best had it not been for Spider-Man 2 & 3. My friends may disagree with me when I say that but they think that the first is the the best. It is by far the best debut of any series that I have ever seen. Special effects that would blow your mind, great cast, great story, fantastic bad guy and the most popular super hero ever. Spider-Man!!!! Yip, the web slinger was recently voted the most popular super hero ever. Marvel haver the best & he is the best of the best. Superman?!?!? Move over, the web slinger is in town. 11 out of 10.

Bought for my little 3year old boy who loves spiderman.....Didn't think I would like it but a great family film.....have now bought 2nd & 3rd ones

Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is the typical high school nerd. He’s into science and photography, is teased and pushed around by bullies, and has loved Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) from afar since the day she moved in next door to him. He lives with his Aunt May (Rosemary Harris) and Uncle Ben (Cliff Robertson) and has only one friend Harry Osborn (James Franco), the privileged son of corporate president Norman Osborn (Willem Dafoe). One day on a field trip to a science museum, Parker is bitten by a mutated spider. He passes out when he comes home that day and, when he wakes up in the morning, discovers many interesting changes. His vision is corrected. He has developed actual muscle tone. Even stranger, he can detect danger, climb walls, and shoot webbing from his wrists. As he discovers these skills, he decides that they can be useful for fulfilling his own needs, but after a tragedy hits his family, he becomes determined to use them to fight crime and protect the innocent.

I bought Spiderman DVD for my son who is a total fan at the moment, he's only 4 yrs. When it finally arrived in the post he was so chuffed to bits. The dvd was in great condition and I have a very happy little boy now.

Thanks.

I DECIDED TO BUY BECAUSE MY WEE BOY HAS SPIDERMAN 2 AND 3 AND WE LOOKED EVERYWHERE FOR THIS AND WE GOT IT AT A GREAT PRICE AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION THE ONLY PROBLEM NOW IS TRYING TO GET MY WEE BOY TO NOT WATCH ALL TIME HAHA.

it's simply great, the story a spidy from beginning, a bit of cheesy romance special effects superbe, and some funny moment too. its a good film and the second one is as good as the first. so spider man thumb up.

More than a few film & programme makers have tried to create films or programmes reflecting the powers that Marvel & DC Comics have endowed their Super Heroes with in an imaginative & realistic immitation of what has previously been shown in their comic books and developed to the 10th degree in our imaginations. Many have not suceeded as they cannot read our minds and do not either have the imagination or the sympathetic approach required to bring these characters to life, and as such it would not surprise me if they have never even read more than a couple of the comics on which their film/programmes are based.

This all started to change with the 1st Superman & Batman movies which had huge budgets & the best special effects available at the time of their production. Add to this a decent script & the large amounts of promotion targeted at each of these films and this has resulted in a very successful formula that just needs a bit of tweaking to adapt it for any Super Hero Film.

So we come to The Spiderman Movie. The Formula works in a spectacular fashion
and not only is it popular with the public but earns incredible amounts through
sponsorship & marketing deals. All this being a major plus when it comes to talks of any follow up movies.

Peter Parker, Mary Jane and all the other comic book characters in this film have become 3 dimensional figures with a depth of character frequently missing
in previous attempts at bringing Spiderman to both the little & big screen.

The comic books were originally aimed at an audience that would otherwise never have read anything but the sport pages of the newspapers or girlie magazines, however due to their attractive art work and originally simple black & white story lines they attracted the attention of the kids who empathised with the old clitea that black & white are as clear cut as it is possible to be and that
the baddies were always evil with no redeeming characters & the goodies were always good and never did anything wrong.

This changed in the late 50's/early 60's when Marvel appeared in the shops, their heros had problems just the same as we ordinary mortals and just the same as us they had to go to work to earn a living or go to university.

Super heroing was an extra curricular activity with potentially fatal consequences not only for the hero but the world at large as the baddies still wanted to either rule or destroy the world(nothings changed much their then). The differance being that both of the antagonists had families to consider with all the ramifications these entailed, and if things went horribly wrong they might not get to work on time in the morning & lose their jobs(just like you and me- so their goes the rent money) .

It's taken a long time for Marvel's web-spinning superhero to reach the big screen, and the film's tortuous history is a tangled web in itself.

With all the behind-the-scenes wrangles, it's a minor miracle that Sam Raimi's comic book caper is such a stylish, exciting, and ingenious thrill-ride.

Its trump card is the inspired casting of Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker, the high school geek who acquires amazing powers after being bitten by a genetically mutated spider.

Where other actors might have been dwarfed by the cartoonish spectacle, Maguire brings a touching pathos to his diffident hero which roots the outlandish fantasy in human emotions and failings.

Kirsten Dunst is also fabulous as Mary Jane, the beautiful neighbour whom Peter secretly adores. Oddly, their halting romance proves far more engaging than the explosive action scenes, which find Maguire's suited-and-booted Spider-Man nimbly swinging through Manhattan's concrete canyons doing rather unimaginative battle with Willem Dafoe's cackling Green Goblin.

Dafoe is the movie's weak point. Trapped behind an immobile mask and sporting a risible emerald costume, his two-dimensional villain is no match for Maguire's soulful subtlety. But that's a small cavil in a summer blockbuster that, just for once, lives up to the spin.

Brilliant dvds not a scartch on them.My son was very pleased, the delivery was very quick and they were well packaged thankyou.

Tobey Maquire dons the familiar red and blue costume of "your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man" for this adaptation of the much-loved comic book. Sam Raimi directs
As comic-book characters go, Spider-Man was ripe for movie adaptation. Indeed, a big-budget excursion was on the cards for a decade and a half (it was mired in legal battles). Since his first appearance in 1962, he's become one of the most recognisable comic characters. Spider-Man's popularity was built on the fact that his co-creator, Stan Lee (who executive produced the movie), made his human alter-ego an ordinary teen (like the majority of comics readers at the time). Even after he's acquired super-powers the boy still has to contend with everyday concerns - unlike the alien, godlike Superman, or schizophrenic millionaire Bruce Wayne.

Peter Parker (Maguire) is the class geek ("quite the science whizz"). Bullied at school and ignored by the neighbour he adores ("the woman I've loved since before I even liked girls"), Mary Jane Watson (Dunst), Peter's only friend is Harry Osborne (Franco), the son of industrialist Dr Norman Osborne (Defoe).

On a school trip, Peter is bitten by a "genetically designed super-spider" (in the 60s it was a radioactive spider). Suddenly he's able to squirt webbing, climb walls, and sense attack. Peter tests his new abilities by going a round in a wrestling ring. The promoter cheats Peter, so our hero lets a robber - who has stolen the wrestling organiser's stash - escape. When the fleeing thief shoots Peter's beloved Uncle Ben (Robertson), it's a turning point. Wracked with guilt, Peter finally understands his uncle's comment that "with great power also comes great responsibility". He turns to fighting crime. Soon he encounters his first super-villain adversary, the Green Goblin - none other than Norman Osborne, transformed by testing his company's "human performance enhancers" on himself.
Sam Raimi's film, written by David Koepp (Panic Room), incorporates much of the original Spider-Man story, while taking a few liberties (organic webbing instead of synthetic polymer is the most contentious among fans). So while Peter gets work as a freelance photographer at the 'Daily Bugle', supplying photos of Spidey for editor J Jonah Jameson (Simmons, giving a lively turn supplying such lines as "If we can get a picture of Julie Roberts in a thong, we can get a picture of Spider-Man!"), the film conflates the comic's character of Gwen Stacy into MJ Watson. This all works fine - like the adjustments made for the X-Men movie, it assists comprehension for the uninitiated.

Spider-Man is a good blockbuster: it's fun and entertaining. The scenes of Spidey swinging down the canyon-like streets of New York are exhilarating; Raimi even incorporates some point of view shots that follow the arc of Spidey's swing, skimming the roofs of cars before soaring upwards. (However, there are some moments when the CGI is decidely ropey). Maguire does an excellent job of capturing both the adolescent uncertainty of Parker and the glee of suddenly finding himself a superhuman. However, the challenge with any superhero movie is to balance the human dimension with the action. Koepp struggles with this challenge: much of his characterisation is weak and some of the dialogue is awful.

Verdict
Colourful, energetic and well-cast, Spider-Man is a good-quality, highly-entertaining action movie.

my son wanted this dvd ,i won it cheap it arrived quickly pleased with it. would buy of them again,if i wanted more dvd,s