![]() ![]() ![]() Following a heart-breaking death, Peter swears to avenge the helpless in New York and catch the criminals that the police fail to capture. ![]() One day while attending a field trip for school, Peter is bitten by a genetically modified super-spider, suddenly imbuing him with inhuman powers.Īs Peter practices with his new abilities, he finds a knack for a life of vigilante justice. Apart from fawning over his crush Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst), an innocent and bubbly fellow student and neighbor, Peter lives a mostly uneventful life. Recommended even if you don't care about the comics.Although Harry and Norman live a life of luxury, Peter lives in a low-income neighborhood with his elderly Aunt May (Rosemary Harris) and Uncle Ben (Cliff Robertson). On its own, it's a very good superhero flick, alongside the sequel, it's an absolute masterpiece. Raimi's excellent at showing us the hero's pain, as well as the one he causes to others, and he gets terrific performances from the entire cast, particularly Maguire, Dafoe and Robertson. run, it's a fascinating mix of spectacular action and powerful drama, as it chronicles Peter Parker's(Tobey Maguire) transformation into a superhuman and the responsibilities deriving from said metamorphosis: while fighting crime to avenge his uncle's death, he also has to deal with his feelings for Mary Jane Watson(Kirsten Dunst) and his friendship with Harry Osborn(James Franco) add Harry's father Norman(Willem Dafoe), who's become schizophrenic psycho Green Goblin, and you've got a quite complicated situation. ![]() You can relax, fellas: Raimi's movie is definitely worth a look.Loosely based on the origin story and the Stan Lee/John Romita Sr. "With great power comes great responsibility".These words, spoken by Peter Parker's uncle Ben(Cliff Robertson)during their last conversation and which have become Spider-Man's motto, also perfectly represent the challenge Sam Raimi was facing when asked to bring one of America's most loved superheroes to the screen. ![]()
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