I thought Tobey Maguire was a bit odd in this, and I don't think he was a very good Spiderman, as his voice is very recognisable and he just doesn't look like he did in the comics etc.
The very long title sequence was nice in my opinion, and I think that having a long sequence like that gets to show off the brilliant music composed by the one and only Danny Elfman. Then of course, you have that irritating voice over, with the even more annoying first line, "Who am I? Are you sure you wanna know?" It just irritates me.
Obviously in the comics, Peter was bitten by the spider during a demonstration, but in the movie, he's bitten whilst taking a picture of Mary-Jane (Kirsten Dunst). This doesn't bother me too much, but at least he was bitten on the hand, eh The Amazing Spider-Man!
The scene where Uncle Ben dies was very upsetting, and it's just a shame that it was messed with in Spider-Man 3.
The vigilante-like scene was fun, and I prefer that to the Amazing Spider-Man, when he is just walking around the streets! The fact that it's done in a wrestling match is accurate too, and very enjoyable, but Peter is rather irritating again.
The scene where he creates his costume was my favourite, but I prefer the Amazing Spider-Man's.
I would have preferred the Green Goblin if he actually had purple in his costume, more like the comics have, but plain green does it for me.
The middle is a bit boring, until MJ is held hostage by Green Goblin, but the same thing happening in its sequel and the third makes it a bit repetitive. The end fight between GG and Spidey is fun, and when Peter goes extremely high pitched, it made me chuckle!
Overall, other than the silly voice over scenes and monstrously long and dragged scenes in the middle, this movie is actually capable of getting a high score, so I will give it a 7.2/10.
My next Marvel review will be Spider-Man 2.
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