I always found this a bit too cheesy, even as a kid, and it’s kinda dated at this point, though I suppose most people aren’t quite willing to admit that (yet). You can feel that this came out during a time where comic book movies weren’t taken seriously, and it aims at a younger audience than most of these films do nowadays. The acting is very stiff and weird (it’s no surprise that it inspired so many memes), the dialogue can be clunky and awkward, the story is generic and predictable, the characters are fine but they also feel a lot like stereotypes and Goblin’s suit looks like it was designed by Joel Schoemacher, it’s too lame to take as seriously as the movie wants us to. On the other hand, I do really love the scenes with JK Simmons, and I like how cinematic it feels, Raimi gives the film a lot of style. The action is pretty well done and can get surprisingly visceral. But overall, I just don’t think it holds up, it really feels like a product of its time.
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I always found this a bit too cheesy, even as a kid, and it’s kinda dated at this point, though I suppose most people aren’t quite willing to admit that (yet).
You can feel that this came out during a time where comic book movies weren’t taken seriously, and it aims at a younger audience than most of these films do nowadays.
The acting is very stiff and weird (it’s no surprise that it inspired so many memes), the dialogue can be clunky and awkward, the story is generic and predictable, the characters are fine but they also feel a lot like stereotypes and Goblin’s suit looks like it was designed by Joel Schoemacher, it’s too lame to take as seriously as the movie wants us to.
On the other hand, I do really love the scenes with JK Simmons, and I like how cinematic it feels, Raimi gives the film a lot of style. The action is pretty well done and can get surprisingly visceral.
But overall, I just don’t think it holds up, it really feels like a product of its time.
4.5/10