Upon watching Spider-man today it occured to me that this was the movie that began the currently unended superhero movie race. It is with this movie, and not, sadly, with X-men, that movie producers realized "holy crap, superhero movies can draw in a box office and critical raves!" Spider-man is a well constructed movie that has bought into the mythology of Spider-man with dazzling special effects. Tobey Maquire as Peter Parker adds a delightful turn as he downplays the nerd and plays the hidden loveability of Parker. Watch as he listens to "MJ" (a sweet Kirsten Dunst) confess her love for him, inside he is a boy and a hero fighting to do what is right and it shows in Maguires boyish face. The story is a well crafted origin story with enough dramatic oomph and character to spawn a 3 movie franchise that is potentially still growing. While the second may be better, Spider-man is easily one of the best superhero movies to date that is not afraid to be about little else besides a great story.
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