Caught Spider-Man this morning at

Caught Spider-Man this morning at 10am, the first showing. I had moderate to low expectations. Sam Raimi’s last two movies The Gift and For Love of the Game kinda sucked. As is the way with major motion pictures adaptations of things I like (X-Men or The Fellowship of the Ring) I go in with the “Please don’t suck” mentality.

I border on mild enjoyment to disappointment with X-Men. Spider-Man however was roller coaster, kick in the ass, rock ’em sock ’em fun. The special effects really aren’t so special but I didn’t care. The only special effect that mattered was that I enjoyed the hell out of myself. Willem did a good job with the Green Goblin and Tobey did a great job with Spidey. I’m still puzzling over how exactly they did the shot with Peter Parker standing in front of his mirror taking his glasses off and putting them back on, after he’s been bitten by the spider.

Hehe, they cast Cliff Robertson. He’s come a long way from his academy award winning performance in Charly.