![]() Letting what happens to Ben and Peter (I am not telling) was wonderful and the best punctuation to what makes Peter do what he does and brings complete credibility to the story. Harris as Aunt May and Robertson as Uncle Ben were excellent choices and gave the film a great deal of its credibility and finesse. When he appeared on screen things lite up even more and he was on fire making everyone in the audience laugh and myself nearly p** my pants. Simmons turning in the best performance in the film as J. The rest of cast is nearly as spectacular with the J.K. He gave us wonderful joy at the prospect of "web swinging" and kicking some much deserved ass! Dafoe is wonderfully scary as the man who has succumbed to the power games of the corporate world that drives a decent man mad striving for perfection in himself while trying to hard to please all the wrong people to no avail and then being consumed by guilt that has built over the years of family neglect which finally helps to push him over the edge when an opportunity to make a huge mistake presents itself. He is awkward with the woman he loves, but eloquent when dealing with the familiar, just as most teenagers are even today. Maguire was outstanding at being a guy who can rarely catch a break, but attract difficulty with ease and aplomb. The acting is the finest portion of the film with the leads giving us depth that I was unsure would be allowed by the style of story chosen. The Crow was the only other good comic book movie in my opinion, but it was not an all ages fun ride as this is! I had the privilege of seeing the film last night, 4-30-02, in SF with the press and 300+ other folks for its "Bay Area Premiere". This film however has again demonstrated that an adaptation of a comic book story can be fun and faithful to the story, yet be a film for all ages and those who may not have ever even read a comic book. I am very critical of comic book movies since I am a huge fan of the medium and was tremendously disappointed in the Superman and Batman movies (all of them, some greatly!). ![]() ![]() ![]() Poignant, fun and a faithful adaptation to the original comic book.
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