Rewatching Spider-Man (2002)

[vivdunstan]

Too ill to sleep much, not well enough to sit up and work on my laptop. So glued to the bed, but just managed to rewatch the first Tobey Maguire Spidey film. All of it! Enjoyed it, though it’s far too gloomy lit for much of the time. Tobey Maguire is also often overly flat in his delivery. I was pleased to notice a wheelchair user having a fairly prominent repeating role. Surprised at the homophobic joke in there though. Checking I see it’s been cut out of some more recent repeat airings. Willem Dafoe was excellent, though the Green Goblin was a bit too over the top. Oh and nice to see Octavia Spencer in a brief part.