![]() ![]() I also thought the special effects were very good. Simmons ("Oz," Law & Order") as newspaper publisher J. Especially good were Rosemary Harris and Cliff Robertson as Aunt May and Uncle Ben Parker, Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn/the Green Goblin, James Franco as Harry Osborn, and Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson. I also didn't mind the changes to the "Peter Parker: The Amazing Spider-Man" comic book story that the film's writers made, e.g., having Spider-Man's web come out of glands in his wrists rather than being an invention of Peter Parker's. His boyish glee at discovering his new superpowers was infectious and got a lot of laughs. Tobey Maguire was very believable as the gawky teenager in the early part of the film and then, after his run-in with the radioactive, genetically engineered spider, as the athletic, acrobatic superhero of the title. ![]() ![]() Director Sam Raimi kept the action quotient high, but also emphasized the human element of the story. I thoroughly enjoyed "Spider-Man," which I saw in a screening. ![]()
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