[BlackJack]

Wake the Dog, Kick the Neighbors.....Spidey is Back!

[JennysCool]

Sounds like they've done it right ... As a fan since the Gwen Stacy era, I can't wait ...

[lowbridge]

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[Drew68]

I absolutely can't wait to see this film!!! Sam Raimi is a great director, Tobey Maguire is perfect for the role, and Kirsten Dunst is pure eye-candy.

I know some of the effects will look obviously CGI but who cares!!! It's based on a comic book for cryin' out loud!

SPIDEY!!! SPIDEY!!! SPIDEY!!!

[Brett66]

Saw the early showing. This is a solid movie all around.,the best Marvel has done yet.

[southern rock]

Judging from the commercial, there appears to be so much CGI graphics and special effects, it looks more like video game than a movie.

Personally, I'd rather see the strings, than look at CGI.

[Jay W]

I heard that they didn't digitally edit out the twin WTC towers from the NY skyline in the movie. Is that true?

[k2blader]

Will check Spidey out soon, methinks. :-)

[Sparkvark]

Just got in back from taking the kiddos to see Spiderman and it was excellent! The kids loved it and there was no profanity or sexual innuendo in it.

[rintense]

Can't wait to see this movie! Spidey is my favorite super hero.

BTW, anyone want to take a guess at who this actress is? She makes a cameo in the film. Here's a few hints: she's heavily disguised in this pic, and she was the star of a tv series that Sam Rahmi co-executive produced (along with her husband).

[4Freedom]

Excellent movie. I saw it yesterday. The lines of fans waiting to get in were incredible. They're projecting it could score $100 million, at the box office, this weekend.

[supercat]

A few comments, if someone who's familiar with both the books and movie could help me out [massive spoilers; highlight text to read]:

• The Green Goblin seems like a more CGI-powered character than I'd expect to see in a comic book, and yet the setup of his son as someone who hates Spiderman seems very comic-book-ish. Are there any comic book stories featuring those characters, and if so, how do they compare to the movie plot?

• While I understand Spiderman's promise not to reveal the Green Goblin's identity, dressing Osborn's corpse and putting it in bed as he did made no sense. Were the guy uninjured, that might work, but Spiderman's actions would do nought but implicate him in Osborn's murder.

  What would have seemed logical would have been for Spiderman to have arranged the scene so that it would appear that the Goblin had killed Osborn and then gotten blown up sufficiently to leave no corpse. After all, if Osborn was innocent of the Green Goblin's crimes, he would--as the sole surviving Oscorp board member, be a very logical target for the Goblin.

• I don't mind at all that superheros are not bound by ordinary human limitations. I don't mind too much that they're not bound by laws of physics. But why do other characters get a free pass on such things? Superman catching Lois Lane (helicopter fall, original movie) could be explained away by stating that empowers those touching him with the ability to accellerate their entire body. How, though, can one explain MJ's fall to the cable car's roof?

• How can Spiderman's identity be a mystery when he himself performed in public before starting his superhero role? The wrestling people would certainly have Parker's name and signature on file, especially since he had no particular reason to hide it at the time. Do the comic books get into this at all, or does he not do his wrestling performance in them?

Okay, maybe I'm being too pedantic; I did generally like the movie. Parts were too predictable, but I supose superhero stories need a certain formula as their baseline.

[Syncro]

The previews of this movie rock!

A friend of mine works at Lucas Ranch down the road and I tried to see it there ahead of time but no such luck...gotta be related to an emplyee...I can't wait to see this one...and my six yr old g-son will love it too!

[Pablo64]

We took the kids to see Spiderman yesterday. I have to say it was great. Of course, the die-hard comic book geeks may try to pick nits, but really, they should be thankful that there was so much careful attention to make it seem like a comic book come to life.

The camera angles they used, the poses and movements they had Maguire perform, etc., were all lifted right off the pages of our favorite comic book. We loved it.

Unfortunately it reminded me of the fact that while I was away at college my sophmore year, my mom "cleaned out" my room and got rid of all the stuff she was sure I "didn't want" anymore (her college boy is too grown up for comic books now!). I had a fairly decent collection of The Amazing Spiderman that I had started in the early 70's. I did manage to save one box (she overlooked it) but lost many favorites and all continuity of the collection (deep sigh!) Oh well, I know mom meant well...

[Luis Gonzalez]

[WhiskeyPapa]

Spider-Man, Spider-man!
Does whatever a spider can!
Spins a web -- any size,
catches thieves just like flies!
Look out!
Here comes the Spider-man!

Can he swing from a thread?
Take a look overhead!
Listen, bud!
He's got radio-active blood!
Here comes the Spider-man!

In the chill of night,
at the scene of a crime,
like a streak of light,
he arrives just in time!
Spider-mad, Spider-man!
Friendly neighborhood Spider-man!
At the end, he's ignored,
Action is his reward!
To him, life is a great big bang-up,
wherever there's a hang up,
You'll find the Spider-man!

The theme from the 1964 cartoon.

Great stuff.

Walt

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Dang! Only one Spidey pic so far? Let's fix that!

[The Green Goblin]

Be sure to cheer for me when you see the movie!