Spider-Man (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #5 extract: Spider-Man (2002)

Very distinctly a movie made in 2002. Nonetheless, Spider-Man is... d-d-d-damn good. I think it just falls below Spider-Man 2, but has all that made the second great present within; everything from the playful direction, to the strong characterisation, to the rich joyous tone, to the immersive atmosphere. 

The only things you could nit-pick out as bad would be a few bits of action that, as said, distinguish this movie as one made in 2002 - also, bits of acting do this too. The only detail of Spider-Man that somewhat stuck out to me, however, was the cinematography. Simply put, this isn't the best looking movie - especially during the first act. The lighting seemed too hard and the colouration gave the film a very light and cheesy aesthetic that didn't play well with the the already near-cheesy tone set by the script. 

Despite all of this, re-watching Spider-Man was a great experience - and this is still way up there as one of my favourite superhero movies ever.