"Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man"
A geeky high school kid, Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is on
a field trip to a genetics laboratory when he is bitten by a genetically
engineered spider. Soon after he feels unwell but wakes up the next morning to
discover that he is feeling better than ever, can see without his glasses and has
new muscle tone in place of his once scrawny physique. Peter also discovers
that his reactions are greatly heightened and that he is stronger and faster
than ever before. After the untimely death of his Uncle, Peter decides to put
his new found attributes to the test and adopts the moniker Spider-Man. This is
just in time it seems as New York City
comes under attack from The Green Goblin and only Spider-Man can stop him.
I saw this film ten years ago when it was first released and
although I’ve never been into Comics, even I knew the Spider-Man origins story
at that time. At the time I remember thinking that it was really good but after
ten years I’ve changed my mind. Perhaps it is because the film has aged, maybe
it’s because I’ve seen it before or maybe it’s just because it doesn’t match
recent Comic book adaptations but this time around I was unimpressed.
